unranked

adjective

un·​ranked ˌən-ˈraŋ(k)t 

: not ranked

especially : not included in a ranked list (as of favorites)

The team was unranked last season.

an unranked boxer

unranked colleges

Examples of unranked in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And Kansas, which the committee pegged as a No. 4, dropped back-to-back games to unranked teams, including the worst defeat of the Bill Self era. —Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025

Kansas’ five-day mid-February road trip to Utah started with a seven-point loss to the Utah Utes on Saturday in Salt Lake City and ended with a 34-point setback — make that a 34-point annihilation — to a second unranked team on Tuesday night in Provo. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2025

With one regular season game remaining next Saturday at unranked USC, Notre Dame is in prime position to secure one of 12 berths in the College Football Playoff. —Tim Casey, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024

Oregon lost its second straight to an unranked team, following up a loss at UCLA with another at home. —Lindsay Schnell, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1658, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unranked

• banked
• blanked
• clanked
• cranked
• flanked
• franked
• planked
• ranked
• spanked
• thanked
• yanked
• outflanked