Penn State remains steady in first AP Top 25 poll of the regular season
Penn State remained at No. 7 in the first AP Top 25 poll of the regular season after the team’s season-opening 38-15 win Saturday over the West Virginia Mountaineers.
The Nittany Lions, which were also ranked No. 7 in the preseason college football rankings, remained the third-highest ranked team in the Big Ten with Michigan (No. 2) and Ohio State (No. 5) ahead of them.
Those three teams are joined by one other Big Ten team in the rankings, with Wisconsin coming in at No. 19. The Iowa Hawkeyes just missed out, coming in as the top vote-getter not in the AP Top 25.
Penn State will try to improve on its ranking this weekend when it takes on the Delaware Blue Hens at noon Saturday in Beaver Stadium. The game will air on Peacock.
The Nittany Lions received 1,212 points in this week’s poll, 105 points ahead of No. 8 Washington and 43 behind No. 6 USC.
The full AP rankings are below.
AP Top 25
(Sept. 5, 2023)
1. Georgia (58 first-place votes) 1,569
2. Michigan (2 first-place votes) 1,485
3. Alabama 1,424
4. Florida State (3 first-place votes) 1,384
5. Ohio State 1,308
6. USC 1,255
7. Penn State 1,212
8. Washington 1,107
9. Tennessee 975
10. Notre Dame 967
11. Texas 935
12. Utah 919
13. Oregon 823
14. LSU 706
15. Kansas State 579
16. Oregon State 558
17. North Carolina 551
18. Oklahoma 426
19. Wisconsin 407
20. Ole Miss 379
21. Duke 343
22. Colorado 269
23. Texas A&M
24. Tulane 267
25. Clemson 141
Others receiving votes: Iowa 73, UCLA 55, Arkansas 28, TCU 27, Kentucky 15, Pittsburgh 8, Mississippi St. 5, Miami 4, NC State 4, Auburn 3, Troy 3, Fresno St. 3, Minnesota 3, Wyoming 3, Iowa St. 2, Texas St. 2, Texas Tech 1, Louisville 1, Washington St. 1, Illinois 1, Houston 1, UCF 1, James Madison 1.
This story was originally published September 5, 2023 at 2:14 PM.
