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2018 Week 4 Penn State Nittany Lions Rankings

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User Rank Reason
jputna 1 275.76
ExternalTangents 2
TheJeemTeam 2 1/1 in Tier B: Shocked to see PSU this high up. Blowout win over Kent St. and running up the score against Pitt helps MoV though, likely putting them here over a relatively small sample size.
boonamobile 3
DeceptiveSpeed 3 Maybe a little higher than I'd personally put them, but they've impressed after an early scare from App State.
ryumast3r 3 Points: 457
TotalEconomist 3
r0sco 4
trumpet_23 4
VerySeriousBanana 4 The Nittany Lions have shaken the first week's jitters and looked dominant since then. I think I may be underrating Penn State. I'll have a chance to see them in person at the end of the year, and if they beat OSU, I think they could be #2 or higher at that time.
YellowSkarmory 4
Apep86 5
bwburke94 5
confirmd_am_engineer 5
Fmeson 5
frumious88 5
hokies220 5 Technically had more points in my poll than OU, but I'll never put two teams from the same conference in. Those games will always be settled during the season.
ruwisc 5
Smidgens 5
steinman17 5
stripes361 5 Penn State's secondary has looked better since their opening debacle against Appalachian State. Tentatively moving them closer to my preseason rank of #4.
taloncarde 5
113milesprower 6 3-0 Key Wins: App State (1-1) Pitt (2-1)
admiraltarkin 6
boxbeat 6
Cecil_Hardboner 6
CFSparta92 6
chceman 6
ChickenTaco 6
chweris 6
Colton3690 6
Harmbert_ 6
I_am_bot_beep_boop 6
JaxofAllTrades13 6
keytide22 6
kflinderman 6
lebaronslebaron 6
Nathanael-Greene 6
Rakarei 6
ReallyCreative 6
SantiagoRamon 6
ShogunAshoka 6
sideoutpar 6 11 pts.
spsellers 6
ThaCarter 6
theReluctantHipster 6
twosheepforanore 6
uwbjb 6
Acm0028 7
antiherowes 7
atchemey 7
bakonydraco 7
beerslingerjay 7
bgr308 7
Bill3ffinMurray 7
buckeyegold 7
calidoc 7
Cassiyus 7 +4
CertifiedSheep 7
cinciforthewin 7
cmdrcaboose2 7
DafoeFoSho 7
digdat0 7
Foxmcbowser42 7
GenialGiant 7 A second consecutive blowout for Penn State; we'll see if they can keep this up in conference play.
Hobbes_121 7
IAmAChemicalEngineer 7
kdbvols 7
Keener1899 7
kelling928 7
Knightro2011 7
mjacksongt 7 Penn State seems to have recovered from their shenanigans against App State.
mynameisjona 7
nickknx865 7 Crushed Kent State, but it's Kent State. People will think it's odd that I moved a team up like this ballot is going to show for beating an overmatched team, but I start my ballots fresh every week, and I think the Appalachian State game was a fluke.
OskeewowwowIL 7
RobertNeyland 7
runujhkj 7
SCsprinter13 7
SearonTrejorek 7 0.58228
spasm01 7
SPRX97 7
surreptitioussloth 7
TanzaniaMagic 7
theb52 7 155.500
TopheryG8er 7
ttsci 7
UNC_Samurai 7
vanburen1845 7
xelphin 7 This squad looked much more put together than they did against App State 2 weeks ago, and they continued the momentum they had against Pitt just a week ago, scoring 12 more points despite giving up an extra 4. Trace McSorely is definitely someone to watch as well.
A-Stu-Ute 8
BobDeLaSponge 8
brobroma 8
Buckeyes2010 8
buckeyes75 8
BugsSuck 8
Charlemagne42 8 385, -59, 326; Penn State gets a moderate penalty because App State still shouldn't have gotten that close. The penalty will keep getting smaller as a fraction of their model score as they keep winning.
chrisb19 8
coreyfra 8
CountryRoads8 8
dabul-master 8
dan4223 8
DanNeverDie 8
DarthYoda2594 8
diastereomer 8
f0gax 8
Feral_Squirrel 8
G-manP 8
Ghost_of_Dude 8
GilBrandt 8
GoBlueScrewOSU7 8
icklebush 8
itsabearcannon 8
jlh2b 8
Jpkun 8
justsaynotoreddit 8 0.842
key_lime_pie 8
KingKliffsbury 8
MarlinsGuy 8
mellolizard 8
MrTheSpork 8
nin478 8
njm1314 8
noahthearc 8 No Change. Penn State has rebounded from their early season scare with App State. Illinois next week shouldn't be much of an issue, but with Ohio State on the horizon they could lose some focus.
Pikachu1989 8
pileatedloon 8
polydorr 8
ProbablyRickSantorum 8
PureCFR 8
RagingWombats 8
remwin 8
ryseing 8
SCRx 8
TDenverFan 8
Techwid 8
The-Gothic-Castle 8
Ticklebump 8
tmart12 8
topher3003 8
TossedRightOut 8
was_saying_boo_urns 8
woakley 8 Penn State moves into the top 10 with a couple other teams dropping out. They've looked strong after their week one scare
52hoova 9
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 9
Arsenal7X 9
BamaPride95 9
BunnySelfDestruct 9  Pitt > Wake Forest
buttforaface 9
CambodianDrywall 9
captain_sasquatch 9
ChemicalOle 9
Chris-P-Creme 9
CockADoodleBOOM 9
d_mcc_x 9
DarkLegend64 9 +2
djmoody90 9
dybuell 9
flyingcrayons 9
funtubs 9
galacticdude7 9
goblue10 9 Here seems fine? 
grjohnst 9
Hackasizlak 9
jeedf 9
JeromesNiece 9
joebob431 9
Mr_Storm 9
ndhuskerpower 9
noodlethebear 9
OKgolfer 9 Penn State recovered from a poor showing in the opener to absolutely lay waste to Pittsburgh, which is Pitt's only loss. Three FBS games, three FBS wins.
plannedsickdays 9
qacha 9
RLLRRR 9
Saxasaurus 9
ssnider23 9
TaylorLeprechaun 9 +0
Texasagsman 9
typicaliconoclast 9
WarEagle9 9
Wescat 9
wesman212 9
Wurst_Law 9
03040905 10
AaronRodgers16 10
aguyfromthewest 10
Blooblod 10 Last week: 11
BlueSCar 10
BorisNumber1 10
boxman151515 10
bread_buddy 10
bties 10
cajunaggie08 10
CarbonCamaroZL1 10
Cars-and-Coffee 10
Daigotsu 10
DonnieNarco 10
e8odie 10
eclectic_tastes 10
emueagles 10
Fifth_Down 10
fshi 10
G-Aardvark 10
gbuntin 10
hascogrande 10
hawkspur1 10
jnoobs13 10
jshokie1 10
kamikazeguy 10
kelctex 10
like9orphanz 10
LiptonCB 10
lk6 10
monkeymatt1836 10
olmsted 10
orboth 10
owl_man 10
pascha 10
RatherBeYachting 10 Looking like Ohio State's biggest Big-10 competition.
Red261 10
RegulatorRWF 10
seaotter2 10
SometimesY 10
soonerfreak 10
strikersteve60 10
thegreendalegelf 10
TheZachster 10
ToLongDR 10
toocleverbyhalf 10
XSavageWalrusX 10
Zerosa 10
3RDnKING 11
AGSattack 11
bluegrassborn 11
Branzilla91 11
Brostradamus_ 11
CoopertheFluffy 11
dicky_________seamus 11
Dropbackandpunt 11
esoterik 11
GatorAndrew 11
hythloday1 11
JCiLee 11
LEGEN--wait_for_it 11
Mario_Speedwagon 11
Miami_da_U 11 That overtime win vs App St is still ugly. Their next test is tOSU in 2 weeks. I'm not convinced they're really deserving of a top 10 spot, so they'll have to prove it. Ultimately they're undefeated, and have some talent, so they deserve to be ranked ahead of some of these 1 loss teams.
Papalew32 11
retnuh101 11
RiffRamBahZoo 11
ScarletFever333 11
seanosaur 11
slntkilla 11
Sophocles5 11
tabelz 11 Undefeated with 1 solid P5 win. 
The_DHC 11
Aeschylus_ 12
bernkastel87 12
deadtofall12 12
DEP61 12
FellKnight 12
HarbingerOfFun 12
HelioOne 12
Hey_Its_Roomie 12
Johnnycockseed 12
JonesUCF34 12
orangeslash 12
sasmith2015 12
T-nawtical 12
theeguy 12
Xtremeloco 12
alextoyalex 13
BabyBladder 13
djowen68 13
Everythingpossible 13
g_mo821 13
halldaylong 13
Helifino 13
huskerfan4life520 13
jmac_21 13 Penn State destroyed their opponent. They're gonna move up really quick when they get into the meat of their schedule.
luckroy 13 Pot 2
PaulWall31 13
puffadda 13
srs_house 13
SSJRoshi 13
tdeff19 13
teddythe3rd 13
ucieaters33 13
alsonamedbort87 14
doormatt26 14
Extra_Excrement 14
laminak 14
MammothMan34 14
moistats_ 14 It's the same case for LSU, except a much worse rigor of out-of-conference opponents.
myghtymouse 14
PHubbs 14 Who are the real Nittany Lions: the team that struggled against App State or the team that dominated Pitt and Kent State? Maybe App State is good enough to challenge a top CFB team and this PSU squad is really good. In two weeks time I might regret having them ranked so low.
Polarbear1914 14
ryker888 14
studio_sally 14
T-Thugs 14 After a shaky week 1, Penn State has looked good since, crushing Pitt and Kent State. They've got a huge game with Ohio State in two weeks that could determine the Big Ten East. 
TheTeamCubed 14
wazoheat 14
ya111101 14
BallSoHerd 15
BrutonGaster77 15
cfbguy 15
conchobor 15
corundum9 15
DoveFood 15
jrichardh 15
Laschoni 15
neovenator250 15
PalmettoFace 15
royrules22 15
TheFlyingBoat 15 9/29 is where we get to see if I'm right in calling Penn St overrated. They're not a top 10 team imo.
blahblehblahwhoru 16
DisraeliEers 16
swanky-k 16
TimeBroken 16
W_Is_For_Will 17 From here and below these are teams that have remained undefeated but defeated lesser opponents as we are wrapping up non-con games. 
flipadelphia17 18
relax_on_the_mat 18 Decent P5 Pitt on the road, good G5 App St squeaker and FCS at home.
Greflingorax 19
kdcoltred 19
Lex_Ludorum 19 Wins over bad teams don't really mean much, but you look better than Week 1.
nemoran 19
Sproded 20

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