SB Nation Pittsburgh - Pitt Football Preseason Rankings Hypehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48827/pitt-fv.png2010-06-08T20:25:23-04:00http://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/rss/stream/12625762010-06-08T20:25:23-04:002010-06-08T20:25:23-04:00Pitt Ranked 21st By GatorSports.com Of The Gainesville Sun
<figure>
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vu2A6neKAixIn6CkeqyUcmXnPkE=/0x26:400x293/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/47828131/large_pittsburgh.sbnation.com.minimal.0.png" />
</figure>
<p>Pitt was <a href="http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20100605/ARTICLES/100609680/1136?p=1&tc=pg" target="new">ranked 21st by Gatorsports.com of the Gainesville Sun</a> in their top 25 preseason poll. The website calls Dan Mason Pitt’s rising star for 2010.</p>
https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2010/6/8/1508182/pitt-ranked-21st-by-gatorsportsAnson Whaley2010-06-02T20:32:54-04:002010-06-02T20:32:54-04:00Sporting News Tabs Pitt #19
<figure>
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vu2A6neKAixIn6CkeqyUcmXnPkE=/0x26:400x293/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/47828131/large_pittsburgh.sbnation.com.minimal.0.png" />
</figure>
<p><a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/college/s_684081.html" target="new">The Sporting News placed Pitt 19th in its preseason football poll </a>giving the Panthers another top 25 ranking.</p>
<p>The publication also listed Dion Lewis as a top five Heisman candidate and placed several Panthers on its All American teams including Lewis and Jason Pinkston (1st team), Greg Romeus (2nd team), and Jonathan Baldwin (3rd team).</p>
https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2010/6/2/1498587/sporting-news-tabs-pitt-19Anson Whaley2010-06-02T20:16:21-04:002010-06-02T20:16:21-04:00Pitt Ranked 14th By Lindy's
<figure>
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vu2A6neKAixIn6CkeqyUcmXnPkE=/0x26:400x293/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/47828131/large_pittsburgh.sbnation.com.minimal.0.png" />
</figure>
<p>Pitt has been <a href="http://www.lindyssports.com/article.php?cn=1783" target="new">ranked 14th by Lindy’s </a>in their preseason poll – also the highest ranking of any Big East team. Other conference schools in Lindy’s top 25 include West Virginia (19th) and Cincinnati (22nd).</p>
<p>In somewhat related news, the publication also places RB Dion Lewis and DE Greg Romeus on its All-American First Team. WR Jonathan Baldwin made the 2nd team.</p>
https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2010/6/2/1498560/pitt-ranked-14th-by-lindysAnson Whaley2010-06-02T20:09:35-04:002010-06-02T20:09:35-04:00Pitt Football Preseason Rankings Hype
<figure>
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vu2A6neKAixIn6CkeqyUcmXnPkE=/0x26:400x293/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/47828131/large_pittsburgh.sbnation.com.minimal.0.png" />
</figure>
<p>Fresh off a ten-win season in 2009, Pitt comes in ranked #18 in <a href="http://www.athlonsports.com/">Athlon's 2010 preseason rankings</a>. The Panthers were the first Big East school ranked and the only other conference school in the top 25 was Connecticut. </p>
<p>With a strong offensive core of <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/75523/Dion_Lewis" class="sbn-auto-link">Dion Lewis</a> and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/37500/Jonathan_Baldwin" class="sbn-auto-link">Jonathan Baldwin</a> back to lead the way, this is likely the first of many of these types of rankings for the Panthers.</p>
https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2010/6/2/2315985/pitt-football-preseason-rankings-hypeAnson Whaley