How rare is a top 3 ranking in football and basketball; Couches ablaze

Spartan Nation... When was the last time any school was ranked #1 in men's hoops and in the top 3 in football in the same week during the season? The ES wuz trying to figure this out with Joe, Scooz, and Rod at the Peanut Barrel. Hmmm. Florida in its last year of football under Oscar Meyer? Maybe Oklahoma in early 2000's (that's a stretch with basketball); potentially Michigan (Cheating Five; Remedial Robinson title) in the late 80s/early 90s? Ohio State (Greg Oden and the sweater)? Outside of these schools, one might have to go back to the mid 60s with the UCLA hoops teams that were #1 forever under John Wooden and went to a Rose Bowl or more.

COUCHES ABLAZE

The ES wuz in Indy and was in his own blazing glory of beer and victory, so didn't get to see the fires and partying in East Lansing after the B1G Ten Title victory over Iowa. However, after returning later on Sunday and walking through town... Linden Street seemed to be ablaze with couches early Sunday morning.

Corner of Linden and Division

Further down on Linden

Damn straight it is GREAT TO BE A SPARTAN.

Rank: NR. 5-6 Overall/3-5 Big Ten.
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 2	W. MICHIGAN	W, 35-13
Sep. 10	AKRON	W, 52-0
Sep. 17	at Washington	L, 28-39
Sep. 24	MINNESOTA	L, 7-34
Oct. 1	at Maryland	L, 13-27
Oct. 8	OHIO ST.	L, 20-49
Oct. 15	WISCONSIN	W, 34-28 (2ot)
Oct. 29	at Michigan	L, 7-29
Nov. 5	at Illinois	W, 23-15
Nov. 12	RUTGERS	W, 27-21
Nov. 19	INDIANA	L, 31-39 2ot
Nov. 26	at Penn St	4/FS1

Rank: #9 .11-2 Overall, 7-2 B1G Ten PEACH BOWL CHAMPS.
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 3	at N'western	W, 38-21
Sep. 7	Y'GSTOWN ST.	W, 42-14
Sep. 14	at Miami (Fl.)	W, 38-17
Sep. 21	@ Nwestern	W, 31-10
Sep. 28	NEBRASKA	W, 23-20 OT
Oct. 2	W. KENTUCKY	W, 48-31
Oct. 9	at Rutgers	W, 31-13
Oct. 16	at Indiana	W, 20-15
Oct. 30	MICHIGAN	W, 37-33
Nov. 6	at Purdue	L, 29-40
Nov. 13	MARYLAND	W, 40-21
Nov. 20	at Ohio St	L, 7-56
Nov. 27	PENN ST	W, 30-27
Dec.31	Pittsburgh, Peach Bowl	W, 31-21

Rank: None. 2-5 Overall
Date	Opponent	Result
Oct. 24	RUTGERS	L, 27-38
Oct. 31	at Michigan	W, 27-24
Nov. 7	at Iowa	L, 7-49
Nov. 14	INDIANA	L, 0-24
Nov. 21	at Maryland	CANCELED
Nov. 28	N'WESTERN	W, 29-20
Dec. 5	at Ohio St.	L, 12-52
Dec. 12	at Penn St.	L, 24-39

Rank: None. 7-6 Overall, 4-5 B1G Ten
Date	Opponent	Result
Aug. 30	TULSA	W, 28-7
Sep. 7	W. MICH.	W, 51-17
Sep. 14	ARIZONA ST.	L, 7-10
Sep. 21	@ Nwestern	W, 31-10
Sep. 28	INDIANA	W, 40-31
Oct. 5	at Ohio St.	L, 10-34
Oct. 12	at Wisconsin	L, 0-38
Oct. 26	PENN ST	L, 7-28
Nov. 9	ILLINOIS	L, 34-37
Nov. 16	at Michigan.	L, 10-44
Nov. 23	at Rutgers	W, 27-0
Nov. 30	MARYLAND	W, 19-16
Dec. 27	Wake Forest, Pin Stripe Bowl	W, 27-21

Rank: None. 7-6 Overall, 5-4 B1G Ten
Date	Opponent	Result
Aug. 31	UTAH ST.	W, 38-31
Sep. 8	at Arizona St.	L, 13-16
Sep. 22	at Indiana	W, 35-21
Sep. 29	CMU	W, 31-20
Oct. 6	N'WESTERN	L, 19-29
Oct. 13	at Penn State	W, 21-17
Oct. 20	MICHIGAN	L, 7-21
Oct. 27	PURDUE	W, 23-13
Nov. 3	at Maryland	W, 24-3
Nov. 10	OHIO ST.	L, 6-26
Nov. 17	at Nebraska	L, 6-9
Nov. 24	RUTGERS	W, 14-10
Dec. 31	vs Oregon, REDBOX BOWL	L, 6-7

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Final Rank: #3. 13-1 Overall. 9-0 Big Ten. ROSE BOWL CHAMPIONS
Date	Opponent	Result
Aug. 30	W MICHIGAN	W, 26-13
Sep. 7	S FLORIDA	W, 21-6
Sep. 14	YOUNGSTOWN ST	W, 55-17
Sep. 21	at #22 Notre Dame	L, 13-17
Oct. 5	at Iowa	W, 26-14
Oct. 12	INDIANA	W, 42-28
Oct. 19	PURDUE	W, 14-0
Oct. 26	at Illinois	W, 42-3
Nov. 2	#23 MICHIGAN	W, 29-6
Nov. 16	at Nebraska	W, 41-28
Nov. 23	at N'western	W, 30-6
Nov. 30	MINNESOTA	W, 14-3
Dec. 7	#2 OHIO ST. - B1G CHAMPIONSHIP	W, 34-24
Jan. 1	#5 STANFORD - ROSE BOWL	W, 24-20

Rank: #12 AP, #13 USAT, #17 BCS. 11-3 Overall. 7-1 Big Ten. OUTBACK BOWL CHAMPIONS
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 2	YOUNGSTN ST	W, 28-6
Sep. 10	FLA ATLANTIC	W, 44-0
Sep. 17	at Notre Dame	L, 13-31
Sep. 24	C MICHIGAN	W, 45-7
Oct. 1	at Ohio St	W, 10-7
Oct. 15	MICHIGAN	W, 28-14
Oct. 22	WISCONSIN	W, 37-31
Oct. 29	at Nebraska	L, 3-24
Nov. 5	MINNESOTA	W, 31-24
Nov. 12	at Iowa	W, 37-21
Nov. 19	INDIANA	W, 55-3
Nov. 26	at Northwestern	W, 31-17
Dec. 3	Wisconsin. B1G TEN CHAMPIONSHIP	L, 39-42
Jan. 2	Georgia. OUTBACK BOWL	W, 33-30 (3ot)

Rank: #7 AP/USA. 11-2 Overall. 7-1 Big Ten. BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 4	WESTERN MICH.	W, 38-14
Sep. 11	Fla Atlantic (at Ford Field)	W, 30-17
Sep. 18	NOTRE DAME	W, 34-31 (ot)
Sep. 25	NO. COLORADO	W, 45-7
Oct. 2	WISCONSIN	W, 34-24
Oct. 9	at Michigan	W, 34-17
Oct. 16	ILLINOIS (HC)	W, 26-6
Oct. 23	at Northwestern	W, 35-27
Oct. 30	at Iowa	L, 6-37
Nov. 6	MINNESOTA	W, 31-8
Nov. 20	PURDUE	W, 35-31
Nov. 27	at Penn State	W, 28-22
Jan. 1	vs. Alabama (Capitol One Bowl)	L, 7-49