Every season it seems as if many have to ask this question at the beginning of the year. The Navy Midshipmen always seem to be railroaded when it comes to being ranked at the start of the season.
I am fully well aware that they didn’t finish the season too strong last year, losing three consecutive games, but they finished with a 9-5 record (7-1 in the American Athletic Conference). With a program like the Texas Longhorns, who finished the 2016 season 5-7 and lost to the Maryland Terrapins to open the season, it is truly a wonder as to how they were ranked in the top 25 and not the Midshipmen.