Where did Penn State football move in the top-25 rankings after blowing out UMass?
Despite Penn State’s 63-0 blowout win over UMass on Saturday, the Nittany Lions still dropped one spot in the latest Associated Press Top 25 Poll.
At No. 7, Penn State is back to where it started this season in the poll, which was released Sunday afternoon. The fall comes after after spending three weeks at No. 6.
Washington was one spot behind Penn State last week but leap-frogged the Nittany Lions after beating Oregon, 36-33, on Saturday. Oregon dropped one spot to No. 9.
Penn State remains the third-highest ranked team in the Big Ten. Michigan is still at No. 2 and the Nittany Lions’ next opponent, Ohio State, is ahead of at them at No. 3.
When it came to the top 10, the top four teams remained the same in Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State and Florida State.
The undefeated Nittany Lions will try to improve on their ranking this weekend when they travel to Columbus for their biggest test of the season to date.
The Nittany Lions received 1,253 points in this week’s poll, 155 points ahead of No. 8 Texas and 24 behind No. 6 Oklahoma.
The College Football Playoff committee will release its first set of rankings Oct. 31.
The full AP rankings are below.
AP Top 25
(Oct. 15, 2023)
1. Georgia 1,541 voting points
2. Michigan 1,492
3. Ohio State 1,393
4. Florida State 1,388
5. Washington 1,355
6. Oklahoma 1,277
7. Penn State 1,253
8. Texas 1,098
9. Oregon 1,034
10. North Carolina 1,011
11. Alabama 987
12. Oregon State 834
13. Ole Miss 825
14. Utah 695
15. Notre Dame 664
16. Duke 593
17. Tennessee 557
18. USC 530
19. LSU 493
20. Missouri 365
21. Louisville 309
22. Air Force 245
23. Tulane 137
24. Iowa 125
25. UCLA 122
Others receiving votes: James Madison 70, Clemson 35, Florida 12, Washington St. 11, Fresno St. 6, Liberty 5, Kentucky 4, Wyoming 4, Kansas 2, West Virginia 1, Oklahoma St. 1, Miami 1.
