top-ranked team

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team
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/tiːm/us
/tiːm/
a number of people or animals who do something together as ...
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Both games featured a match up between atop-rankedteamwhich had lost to an unranked (at the time) team.
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The teams were seeded two to seven in the quarterfinals, and the winners are joined by thetop-rankedteamin the semi-finals.
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Thetop-rankedteamis awarded $50,000, the second-ranked team $25,000, and the third-ranked team $10,000.
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The top teams pick their partners starting with thetop-rankedteam, proceeding to the 8th ranked team, then back from the 8th team to the 1st team again.
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The change to the post-bowl final poll was well-timed as thetop-rankedteamwould lose its bowl game four more times in the 1970s: in 1975, 1977, 1978, and 1979.
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These conference tie-ins led to situations where the top-ranked teams in the country could not play each other in a bowl game.
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This system raised the possibility that the two top-ranked teams in the final poll would not play each other in a bowl game.
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Top-ranked teams look for easy opposition, but have to be on their guard against lower teams with ambition.
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This was only the 35th meeting of the two top-ranked teams in the history of college football, including both regular season and bowl games.
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Major match-ups between top-ranked teams or major rivals are often broadcast nationally.
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Kitchener was also one of the top-ranked teams in the country.
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