Temple Students React To Associated Press Latest Ranking
By Justin Udo
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Temple University football team is ranked in the Associated Press top 25 poll for the first time since 1979.
Big wins over Penn State and Cincinnati helped propel the 6-0 owl's into the national spotlight.
Students around campus are celebrating and excited for the second half of the season.
"It's awesome coming off of last year, they didn't have too great of a year," one student said. "It's nice to see these games, and the Temple community just getting together at these football games."
Students Believe this ranking will help put Temple football back on the national map.
"It's great, it gets people to know the school and that's really great for me, I'm excited that people see our school."
Many of the students say they are impressed with the team's early season success and their optimistic about the rest of the future.
"We have a tough couple of games left, so it's going to be a tough road, but I think their going to tough it out and I think we're going to have a good rest of the season."
Looking ahead, they also realize the challenges ahead.
"We got Memphis and Memphis just won at Ole Miss and now we have also Notre Dame and at ECU, those games are not going to be easy, but I really want them to win, I want them to win so bad."
Unbeaten Temple is the ranked 22nd in the country.
