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BOSTON (AP) – In his short career at Boston College, football coach Jeff Jagodzinski said he’s appreciated working in the obscurity his program finds in a pro sports-obsessed town. He might not have much longer to enjoy it.

Boston College on Sunday jumped five spots to No. 7 in the AP Top 25 following their 24-14 win over Massachusetts.

The win Saturday gave 5-0 BC its best start since 1954, and vaulted the team to its highest ranking since Doug Flutie led BC to No. 5 in the final poll in 1984.

It’s also the first time since 1992 that the Eagles have cracked the AP Top 10. So while Jagodzinski says, “I want to stay as anonymous as we can. I don’t want to be on anybody’s radar,” the first year coach knows thing are about to change.

“When you start winning games and knocking people off, you are wearing the bulls-eye,” he said.

BC surged in the rankings even though it didn’t dominate Massachusetts, which plays in the division formerly known as I-AA.

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But while BC was winning, five teams in Top 10 were losing this weekend, including Oklahoma, Florida, Rutgers, West Virginia and Texas.

Jagodzinski said the weekend’s results proved no team can take anything for granted.

“Look at what happened to the Top 10 teams this week,” he said. “If you don’t take care of it, someone’s going to come up and take that away from you.”

Bowling Green is next for BC, then the more difficult part of the schedule begins with a road game at Notre Dame and five straight games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents.

Jagodzinski was similarly dismissive of rankings, saying they were “for the fans and media.”

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