After Saturday’s 37-21 loss to no. 17 Indiana, Rutgers has now lost 29 straight games against ranked foes dating back to 2009, the longest streak of any power five conference program. The last victory over a ranked opponent came when the Greg Schiano led Scarlet Knights blew out no. 23 South Florida on a Thursday night in mid-November eleven years ago.
By the time Schiano’s first tenure ended at the conclusion of the 2011 season, he had lost three times to ranked teams since that night, all of whom were named West Virginia. No program wrecked more havoc for Rutgers during Schiano’s first tenure, but the series was mostly hotly contested and two of those losses were in close, heartbreaking fashion.