Penn State sits just outside top 10 in AP college football rankings after Maryland win

Penn State climbed three spots in the new AP Top 25 poll after Saturday’s 30-0 win over Maryland. The Nittany Lions were ranked 11th in the college football rankings released Sunday.

The top five teams in the poll were unchanged, but Oregon’s loss scrambled the rest of the top 10.

The Ducks took the biggest fall in this week’s rankings, dropping six places to No. 12 after losing to Washington. The Huskies made the biggest jump, rising nine spots to No. 15.

This week, the Nittany Lions (8-2, 5-2) play their last road game of the regular season when they face Rutgers (4-6, 1-6). The game will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday on BTN.

Penn State received 882 points in this week’s poll, 26 ahead of No. 12 Oregon and 83 behind No. 10 Utah.

The Big Ten had three ranked teams after Illinois fell out of the rankings: No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan and No. 11 Penn State.

The full AP rankings are below.

AP Top 25

(Nov. 13, 2022)

1. Georgia (10-0), 1,574 (62 1st-place votes)

2. Ohio State (10-0), 1,501 (1)

3. Michigan (10-0), 1,453

4. TCU (10-0), 1,374

5. Tennessee (9-1), 1,341

6. LSU (8-2), 1,218

7. USC (9-1), 1,152

8. Alabama (8-2), 1,140

9. Clemson (9-1), 1,055

10. Utah (8-2), 965

11. Penn State (8-2), 882

12. Oregon (8-2), 856

13. North Carolina (9-1), 843

14. Ole Miss (8-2), 797

15. Washington (8-2), 693

16. UCLA (8-2), 648

17. UCF (8-2), 537

18. Notre Dame (7-3), 495

19. Kansas State (7-3), 468

20. Florida State (7-3), 386

21. Tulane (8-2), 273

22. Cincinnati (8-2), 237

23. Coastal Carolina (9-1), 143

24. Oklahoma State (7-3), 85

25. Oregon State (7-3), 81

Others receiving votes: North Carolina State 77, Texas 65, UTSA 51, Troy 22, Duke 16, Liberty 15, Illinois 13, Minnesota 7, Florida 6, Boise State 5, South Alabama 1

This story was originally published November 13, 2022 at 2:22 PM.