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2022 Week 12 Penn State Nittany Lions Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
BlueSCar 6
Darth_Ra 6
GilBrandt 6 +2
Inkblot9 6
JeromesNiece 6
owlalwaysloveyew 6
ryumast3r 6
Stoneador 6
TimeBroken 6
BigBoutros 7
crownebeach 7
frumious88 7
hascogrande 7
Hey_Its_Roomie 7 Massive swing from this week to last. Maryland was a decent enough win, but also tons of drops reduce comparability of other schedules and records. Gave them a way bigger leap than I would have guessed.
KJdkaslknv 7
Maladroit44 7
MarlinsGuy 7
MrTheSpork 7
r0sco 7
BUSean 8
Cecil_Hardboner 8
Conglossian 8 +1
CptCheese 8
eclectic_tastes 8
eSpiritCorpse 8 0.9346
kflinderman 8
Lex_Ludorum 8
ndbroski 8
OKgolfer 8
RegionalBias 8 Loses to #2 and #3
SlicksterRick 8 76.6
Sproded 8
trumpet_23 8
bakonydraco 9 86.051
Blooblod 9
boxman151515 9
BugsSuck 9
Casaiir 9
DarthYoda2594 9 Over the last month, played as well as anyone in the country. I'd be lying to myself if I said they weren't really good.
dicky_________seamus 9
DisraeliEers 9
Foxmcbowser42 9
galacticdude7 9
GenialGiant 9
GoBlueScrewOSU7 9
HelioOne 9
huskerfan4life520 9
I_am_bot_beep_boop 9
jmt85 9
njm1314 9
No11223456 9
noahthearc 9
NyquillusDillwad20 9
placid_salad 9
posiitively 9
PrimalCookie 9 3.318
SCsprinter13 9
Sometimeswelose 9
soonersthebetter 9
srs_house 9
stesser 9
Striker743 9 Up 2
ThaCarter 9
ThePelvicWoo 9
ToeInDigDeep 9
TossedRightOut 9
A_Rolling_Baneling 10
Apep86 10
BlueFalcon89 10
BosskOnASegway 10
boxbeat 10
cajunaggie08 10
Cars-and-Coffee 10
ChickenTaco 10
chweris 10
Colton3690 10
corundum9 10
cota1212 10
DarkLegend64 10 B Tier
digdat0 10
Drexlore 10
fadingthought 10
falconlover79 10
G-Aardvark 10
GatorRich 10
hythloday1 10
Impudicity2001 10
itsabearcannon 10
Johnnycockseed 10
malowry0124 10
Meany_Vizzini 10 +6
moistats_ 10
noodlethebear 10
nw____ 10 I guess Penn State is just really comfortable occupying 1D territory in the B1G Ten. Here’s how I see it:
1A — Ohio State and Michigan
1B —
1C —
1D — Penn State
2 —
3 — Illinois, I guess?
4 — Iowa (somehow), Minnesota
4B — Wisconsin
5 — Maryland, Purdue
… and who really cares about the rest

My point is that Penn State is the best of the “good, not great” teams and bodied an unsuspecting Maryland team. Good grief. And, yet, if Penn State played Michigan tomorrow, there is, what, like a 20% chance they’d be shutout? Frustrating team.
Our-Gardian-Angel 10
physedka 10
PromEmperorHarbaugh 10
PumpSmash 10
ScarletFever333 10
sirgippy 10
spasm01 10
The-Gothic-Castle 10
TheReformedBadger 10
TopheryG8er 10
ttsci 10
ucfskuba 10
wameron 10
Wescat 10
WolverineDDS 10
Xtremeloco 10
bernkastel87 11
Bill3ffinMurray 11
BorisNumber1 11
cfbguy 11
Charlemagne42 11 285
cinciforthewin 11
CockADoodleBOOM 11
COLU_BUS 11
conchobor 11
confirmd_am_engineer 11
cornholesurfer 11
crimsonlaw 11
cyclonepsycho 11
d_mcc_x 11
DampFrijoles 11
Extra_Excrement 11
infinitempg 11
jeedf 11
Joester09 11
JohnWickStuntDouble 11
JonesUCF34 11
justsaynotoreddit 11 0.7318
Knightro2011 11
Laschoni 11
Longvols 11
mellolizard 11
molodyets 11
monkeymatt1836 11
nbingham196 11
nburt13 11
nemoran 11
NotSoSuperNerd 11 24.20 [34.73]
Omegaus492 11
Pollaski 11
rain_parkour 11
RegulatorRWF 11
retnuh101 11
royrules22 11
sasmith2015 11
scronko 11
SCRx 11
seaotter2 11
Sophocles5 11
spsellers 11
Staind075 11
SteemieRayVaughn 11
Techwid 11
teddythe3rd 11
thegreendalegelf 11
Thorteris 11
vanburen1845 11
velociraptorfarmer 11
ya111101 11
113milesprower 12
12panther 12
_fastball 12
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 12 Tier 3, Really and truly, Ole Miss, Penn State, Utah, and Washington could pretty much be ranked in any order for me. Going with Penn State in second because their losses are at least to two of the top 3 teams on my ballot, and a 30-0 match against Maryland this week is a sign of very solid football in State College. Big Mo counts for something too.
arrowfan624 12
BamaPride95 12
bties 12
captain_sasquatch 12
Chris-P-Creme 12
Chucky1539 12
cmdrcaboose2 12
CommodoreN7 12
Corgi_Koala 12
Corporal_Hicks 12
DavoinShower-handle 12
dogwoodmaple 12
fourpinz8 12
halldaylong 12
HUSKEROYAL 12
IAmAChemicalEngineer 12
ikindalikelemons 12
joebob431 12
Keener1899 12
LiptonCB 12
MahjongDaily 12
Mr_Brews 12
notyogrannysgrandkid 12
one98d 12
outthawazoo 12
peachios 12
PHubbs 12
pileatedloon 12
Polarbear1914 12
practicallybert 12
RavenclawWiz816 12
Red261 12
relax_on_the_mat 12
RheagarTargaryen 12
RollWarTideEagle 12
ruwisc 12
SearonTrejorek 12 0.77067
soonerfreak 12
SpadeRyker 12
stripes361 12
studio_sally 12
TaylorLeprechaun 12 +3
tdeff19 12
TDenverFan 12
Texasagsman 12
THECrew42 12
TheFlyingBoat 12
TheJeemTeam 12
thexraptor 12
TheZachster 12
thomasosu 12
typicaliconoclast 12
UNC_Samurai 12
WarEagle9 12
wesman212 12
52hoova 13
ACCBiggz 13
Acm0028 13
arrow_dynamics 13
badgers4194 13
blahblehblahwhoru 13
Branzilla91 13
CambodianDrywall 13
Cassiyus 13
Ch-i-ef 13
dan4223 13
Disregardskarma 13
EpicSchwinn 13
esoterik 13
fshi 13
grjohnst 13
hypercube42342 13
kamiller2020 13
kdcoltred 13
not_folie 13
owl_man 13
Pikachu1989 13
strikersteve60 13
tauzeta 13
TouchdownHeroes 13
TrojanMan35T 13
ucieaters33 13
VerySeriousBanana 13
Zloggt 13 No big wins, but also not THAT bad losses...
311polo 14
ALStark69 14 0
BallSoHerd 14
Buckeyes2010 14
ChargerFan2121 14
djowen68 14
DrKennethJNoisewater 14
DylanCarlson3 14 LW: 15
Hackasizlak 14
HarbingerOfFun 14
Helifino 14
icklebush 14
JCiLee 14
jjjoebox 14 +1
LEGEN--wait_for_it 14
lillipup03 14
myghtymouse 14
olmsted 14
PalmettoFace 14
ReallyCreative 14
roaddogg 14
SlaminSammons 14
theb52 14
tmothy07 14
TopGoose 14
AlphaH4wk 15
Blazeth 15
buckeyes75 15
CFBHurts 15
e8odie 15
GeauxTri 15
Hobbes_121 15
Jakesnake42 15 73.17
JaxofAllTrades13 15
Nathanael-Greene 15
Rakarei 15
ryseing 15
ShogunAshoka 15 Points: 27.5
tallg8tor 15
aggiebruin27 16
bretticus733 16 Penn State put together arguably their best performance of the season against Maryland. What's hurting PSU is their lack of notable wins that strengthen their resume. Part of that is the scheduling, but the losses to Michigan and Ohio State took away those chances.
luckroy 16 Pot 5
T-nawtical 16
Dropbackandpunt 17
jlh2b 17
Noy_Telinu 17
RiffRamBahZoo 17
ShamusJohnson13 17
tjstanley 17
bwburke94 18 +11.4408832 (LW: #23)
deadtofall12 18
Pablo49 18
Ticklebump 18
YellowSkarmory 18
dabul-master 19
IceColdDrPepper_Here 19 31; 5225

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
CheapTrickIsOkay 6 2549
Harpua99 6
ianmcmoney 6
Strog18 6
BuckNuts937 7
Cascadia-Rising 7
Cooliamabeast 7
CPiGuy2728 7
D1N2Y 7 +6
Devintheroaster 7
grahamca 7 T10ᵗʰ W/L, T9ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 6ᵗʰ Team Strength, 6ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
Muffinnnnnnn 7
saquad69 7
udubdavid 7
brucewaynewins 8
cirtnecoileh 8
ColombianInIowa24 8 Only losses to undefeated, with one close one. Taking care of business elsewhere.
FeliceDot27 8
fredmerc111 8
ManiacalBlazer 8 80.852
PSUMediaPA 8
Sflabuckeye13 8
1Subject 9 0.0142206
bannista7 9
Bereft13 9 Power: 7, SOR: 10; LW: 12
buckeye4249 9
Chipsahoy523 9
drewscottt 9
ETHTrillionaire 9
GoCardinals74 9
kclem33 9
MrBakck 9 Has better losses than the Alabamas and Clemsons of the world and had a strong win over Maryland. Still didn't look nearly as competitive in the UM game as they should've, otherwise I'd have them above Bama.
Noelthemexican 9
noffinater 9
OldCoaly 9
pianoprofiteer 9
Pure_Protein_Machine 9
siggyrambler 9
Spacesurfer6 9
stew_pac 9 +4
Terminal_BAS 9
TheSunsNotYellow 9 9.265
AdministrativeAnt683 10
cyberchaox 10
DaewooLanosMFerrr 10
dterp13 10
entropy888 10
ewolfy13 10 May be semi-for real. Dominated except for the number 2/3 teams in the country. And should have beat OSU also
FsuNolezz 10
IMissMW2Lobbies 10
jimbobbypaul 10 30.9
KenobiBrobi 10
mcdsmaster8824 10
MrOrcaDood 10
mthompson2320 10
NielsensFourth 10 2879
PattyKane16 10
PlactusTX 10
RealignmentJunkie 10
RootBeerBloat 10
Shion314 10
spmartin1993 10
swdanley17 10
TheRedKing75 10
ThompsonCreekTiger 10
usernamegoeshere763 10
w8w8 10
zenverak 10
10catsinspace 11
70277027 11
Amane_VIII 11
AnAngryPanda1 11
bruhstevenson 11
c2dog430 11
ChaseTheFalcon 11
cmcabrera 11
decencymoss 11 W vs. Maryland, 30-0
Fantastic-Calendar-9 11 LW: 14
hendarvich 11
HideNZeke 11
HieloLuz 11
Is_Flacco_Elite 11
JustinMSU21 11
kevinsdomain 11
kysac51 11
maknasty09 11
mauliknshah 11
maxwell6233 11
newSomberMan 11
nuttreturns 11
Pyroblockx 11
RJEP22 11 8-2
rocco2246 11
skuhlke 11
SwissArmyScythe 11 +4
The_Good_Constable 11
TheBeekman8 11
thehornedlamb 11
tomdawg0022 11
TommyTwoTaps 11
True_Ad5324 11
WBLwiffleball 11
WRSpill 11
-Bibingka- 12
59brad 12
_TGT7 12
AlphaMemory2 12
Archaic_1 12
attax 12
BertGallagher 12
boomersooner222 12
Dawg-Bite 12 Same situation as Ole Miss. No impressive ranked wins. However, they played #2 close and have dominated the teams they’re supposed to.
definitelynotpatrick 12
diehardcubforever 12
drneilpretenamen 12
dschinghiskhan 12
dusklord1 12 I think it's entirely possible Penn State is better than one or more of the 2 loss Pac 12 teams ahead of them, but they have beaten absolutely no one of note. They are clearly the #3 team in the Big 10 by eye test and record, but their best win is probably Purdue? They also lost soundly to both teams they played with a pulse. I can't justify them much higher than this.
Foriegn_Picachu 12
frone 12
GatorBolt 12
GIZZYLOLLYPOPS 12
Grizzly_96 12
HappyDuck123 12
jaybigs 12 .9876
JBonkies 12
jrluhn 12
losbullitt 12
magnumweiner 12
mikecsiy 12
muzikjamr 12
OSUfan88 12
PaulMSURon 12
Piptit 12
Protoco2 12
PythonLemon 12
qwer546 12
romulusjsp 12 +3
russdb 12 dom'd ur mary
Serenityy8 12
shadowwingnut 12 Points: 982.86; SOS: 26
SkiFlashing 12
soneill06 12
tapswitch 12
ViewFrom209 12
_n8n8_ 13
averyvick 13
BananaBouquet 13
BRNXB0MBERS 13
JamoRedhead 13
just-regular-I-guess 13
LamarcusAldrige1234 13
Loopylime 13
moyboi2112 13
nebsA1 13
TheFalconGuy 13
thelawlesspizza 13
Underground_Bread 13
whereismysauerkraut 13
camus69x 14
colby983 14
CreativeAd9693 14
DownshiftGD 14
HAIRY_GORILLA_COCK 14
IBCBJ 14
ilikepie145 14
JetoGrov 14 Penn State stays below the Pac-12 trio because who has Penn St beaten? No one. But they also have better losses than anyone else left.
MADBuc49 14 They only move down due to Washington’s win
Megalomanizac 14
OutRiteWite 14
texas2089 14
TimJressel 14
titansfan174 14
TXUSAW 14
Yelich04 14
AlexanderComet 15
asbestosman2 15
ballstar03 15
BearsAreGreat1 15
CallMeTheKing 15
MemeofMemeJTG999999 15
SpeddyDawg 15
the_neverdoctor 15
Xarathustria 15 228.468
ch1l1_ch33s3 16
Dontworryaboutit1 16
Due_Connection179 16 Last Week #16 vs Maryland Won 30-0. Not much to say, all-around great game. This Week at Rutgers. (This is the part of the poll where my responses will probably be single sentences).
KrispyKangaroo96 16
MajikSix 16 Both losses pretty ugly but taking care of biz against B10
redrumsoxLoL 16
thatoneguyD13 16
ActuallyJasonPrice 18
FourteenClocks 19
Hampton64 19
TadKosciuszko 19
Ruhrgebietheld 20
grtgbln 25
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