Was Penn State football in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2021 season?
Penn State football was not ranked in the first College Football Playoff ranking of the 2021 season.
The Nittany Lions failed to make it into the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season on Tuesday after being ranked No. 22 in the latest AP top 25 poll on Sunday.
The lack of a ranking comes after Penn State’s 33-24 loss to the No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus on Saturday, with the Nittany Lions on a three-game losing streak.
The Buckeyes are part of the six Big Ten teams ranked in the initial rankings, along with Michigan State at No. 3, Michigan at No. 7, Minnesota at No. 20, Wisconsin at No. 21 and Iowa at No. 22.
Penn State has played four teams that are ranked in the poll, the aforementioned Buckeyes, Hawkeyes and Badgers, along with No. 13 Auburn.
The Nittany Lions still have to play two more teams that are ranked — Michigan and Michigan State.
The full rankings can be found below:
College Football Playoff top 25
(Nov. 2, 2021)
1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Michigan State
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Cincinnati
7. Michigan
8. Oklahoma
9. Wake Forest
10. Notre Dame
11. Oklahoma State
12. Baylor
13. Auburn
14. Texas A&M
15. BYU
16. Ole Miss
17. Mississippi State
18. Kentucky
19. North Carolina State
20. Minnesota
21. Wisconsin
22. Iowa
23. Fresno State
24. San Diego State
25. Pittsburgh
