Penn State moves up three spots to No. 11 in latest College Football Playoff rankings
The third College Football Playoff rankings of the 2022 season have arrived and Penn State finds itself higher than the previous week for the second week in a row. The team is 8-2 overall, 5-2 in the Big Ten and finds itself on its way to a 10-win season for the first time since 2019.
The Nittany Lions were ranked No. 11 by the College Football Playoff selection committee in the rankings revealed Tuesday night.
They’re three spots higher than last week when they came in at No. 14. The ranking comes a few days after the Nittany Lions shut out the Maryland Terrapins on Saturday in Beaver Stadium.
The Nittany Lions have already faced two teams that were in the initial Top 25 — the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines and the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes — and are unlikely to play another by the end of the regular season.
Penn State, Michigan and Ohio State were the only Big Ten teams ranked this week with Illinois falling out.
Neither of the team’s two remaining opponents — Rutgers and Michigan State — were in the Top 25. The Nittany Lions will head on the road Saturday to take on the Scarlet Knights at 3:30 p.m.
College Football Playoff rankings
(Nov. 15, 2022)
1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. TCU
5. Tennessee
6. LSU
7. USC
8. Alabama
9. Clemson
10. Utah
11. Penn State
12. Oregon
13. North Carolina
14. Ole Miss
15. Kansas State
16. UCLA
17. Washington
18. Notre Dame
19. Florida State
20. UCF
21. Tulane
22. Oklahoma State
23. Oregon State
24. NC State
25. Cincinnati
This story was originally published November 15, 2022 at 10:17 PM.
