Following its first loss of the season, Penn State took a tumble in the rankings.
The Nittany Lions slotted in at No. 7 in this week’s AP Top 25 poll and no longer hold any first-place votes following a 30-24 double overtime loss to Oregon on Saturday night. They’re the highest-ranked one-loss team in the nation. The Ducks, meanwhile, jumped up to No. 2 and sit just behind Ohio State.
Penn State still has matchups on the road against the No. 1 Buckeyes and at home against No. 8 Indiana, which moved up three spots this week after defeating Iowa. Elsewhere, former Nittany Lion quarterback Beau Pribula and Missouri moved up to No. 19 after beating UMass to advance to 5-0.
The full rankings are as follows.
- Ohio State (4-0)
- Oregon (5-0)
- Miami (Fl.) (4-0)
- Ole Miss (5-0)
- Oklahoma (4-0)
- Texas A&M (4-0)
- Penn State (3-1)
- Indiana (5-0)
- Texas (3-1)
- Alabama (3-1)
- Texas Tech (4-0)
- Georgia (3-1)
- LSU (4-1)
- Iowa State (5-0)
- Tennessee (4-1)
- Vanderbilt (5-0)
- Georgia Tech (5-0)
- Florida State (3-1)
- Missouri (5-0)
- Michigan (3-1)
- Notre Dame (2-2)
- Illinois (4-1)
- BYU (4-0)
- Virginia (4-1)
- Arizona State (4-1)
