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2024 Week 8 Penn State Nittany Lions Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
Darth_Ra 1
owl_man 1
Bank_Gothic 2
bties 2
Charlemagne42 2 229
cyberchaox 2
DampFrijoles 2
mellolizard 2
MemeLovingLoser 2
retnuh101 2
10catsinspace 3
70stang 3 Penn State has 4 P5 wins including two away, as well as 2 G5 wins to be 6-0. Not playing an FCS team places them above ISU and Pitt.
_fastball 3
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 3
A_Rolling_Baneling 3
aggiebruin27 3
AlexanderComet 3
AlphaH4wk 3
ALStark69 3 +2
arrowfan624 3
bakonydraco 3 81.815
BallSoHerd 3
BananaBouquet 3
bannista7 3
bernkastel87 3
Bill3ffinMurray 3
Blazeth 3
Blooblod 3
BlueFalcon89 3
BlueSCar 3
BorisNumber1 3
boxbeat 3
bretticus733 3
BRNXB0MBERS 3
BUSean 3
CambodianDrywall 3
Casaiir 3
Cassiyus 3
Cecil_Hardboner 3
cfbguy 3
Ch-i-ef 3 Your TE did WHAT to USC??
ch1l1_ch33s3 3
CharlemagneOfTheUSA 3 (+1)
ChaseTheFalcon 3 +1
ChemicalOle 3
ChickenTaco 3
Chris-P-Creme 3
chweris 3
cinciforthewin 3
CockADoodleBOOM 3
Colton3690 3
COLU_BUS 3
CommodoreN7 3
conchobor 3
corundum9 3
cvsprinter1 3
D1N2Y 3
d_mcc_x 3
dabul-master 3
Daigotsu 3
dan4223 3
DarkLegend64 3
darkra01 3
dasani3x 3
DavoinShower-handle 3
deadtofall12 3
digdat0 3
Dropbackandpunt 3
e8odie 3
EpicSchwinn 3
esoterik 3
eSpiritCorpse 3 0.9480
ewolfy13 3 Certainly not the third best team in the country, but they keep winning and especially on the road with a huge comeback was big
fourpinz8 3
fredmerc111 3 LW: 3
fshi 3
G-Aardvark 3
GatorBolt 3
GenialGiant 3
grjohnst 3
grtgbln 3
halldaylong 3
HHcougar 3
Hobbes_121 3
huskerfan4life520 3
HUSKEROYAL 3
IAmAChemicalEngineer 3
icklebush 3
ikindalikelemons 3
JamoRedhead 3
JBonkies 3 (-)
jjjoebox 3
joebob431 3
JonesUCF34 3
jrluhn 3
jthomas694 3 Previously 8th. Road wins over West Virginia and Southern Cal and a home win over Illinois, with zero losses puts them second in SOR per ESPN. I don't know that I completely agree that resume is better than some others, but they did a good job winning a tough game on Saturday and I can't continue justifying keeping them behind one loss teams after that
JustinMSU21 3
KJdkaslknv 3 6-0
Knightro2011 3
Le_Jerk_My_Circle 3
MahjongDaily 3
Maladroit44 3
malowry0124 3
manbeardawg 3
MemeofMemeJTG999999 3 (6-0) (up 1)
W: 33-30 (OT) @ #26 USC (3-3)
Bye
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
monkeymatt1836 3
Mr_Brews 3
MrTheSpork 3
nburt13 3
nemoran 3
nin478 3
noahthearc 3
noodlethebear 3
nw____ 3
NyquillusDillwad20 3
OldCoaly 3
Our-Gardian-Angel 3
owlalwaysloveyew 3
PalmettoFace 3
Pikachu1989 3
plannedsickdays 3
posiitively 3
practicallybert 3
Pure_Protein_Machine 3
Rakarei 3
ReallyCreative 3
Red261 3
RegionalBias 3 Survive and Move On
RiffRamBahZoo 3
rocco2246 3
RollWarTideEagle 3
royrules22 3
Ruhrgebietheld 3
ScarletFever333 3
scronko 3
SCsprinter13 3
SearonTrejorek 3 0.85706
Shootit_Rockets 3
SIMBONEGTP 3
Sometimeswelose 3
spmartin1993 3
Sproded 3
Staind075 3
SteemieRayVaughn 3
stew_pac 3 +2
strikersteve60 3
studio_sally 3
T-nawtical 3
tauzeta 3
TDenverFan 3
Techwid 3
theb52 3 67.000
TheNSAAgent777 3
thomasosu 3
tjstanley 3
tmothy07 3
ToeInDigDeep 3
TopGoose 3
TossedRightOut 3
UNC_Samurai 3
w8w8 3
wameron 3
WarEagle9 3
WillWorkForSugar 3
woakley 3
WolverineDDS 3
Zloggt 3 Feels kind of wrong to put them so high, ah? Well...I guess consistency (and blemish-free records) is rewarded these days...
Acm0028 4
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 4
AudiieVerbum 4
blahblehblahwhoru 4
Buckeyes2010 4
bwburke94 4
CFBHurts 4
Conglossian 4 +2
cornholesurfer 4
DarthYoda2594 4
dogwoodmaple 4
eclectic_tastes 4
Extra_Excrement 4
fadingthought 4
galacticdude7 4
GeauxTri 4
GilBrandt 4
HarbingerOfFun 4
hascogrande 4
Hey_Its_Roomie 4
Hugefootballfan44 4 LW: 7
hypercube42342 4
IceColdDrPepper_Here 4
Jakesnake42 4 85.63 Last Week: #4
jimbobbypaul 4
jmac_21 4
JustAManAndHisLaptop 4
Keener1899 4
KirbyDumber88 4
Klaassy23 4 (LW Change: -1)
Lex_Ludorum 4
lillipup03 4
Longvols 4
MADBuc49 4 Would be the #6 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #11 Tennessee in the first round
magnumweiner 4
MarlinsGuy 4
MoneyManeVick 4
Noelthemexican 4
NotSoSuperNerd 4 1.406 (10.1-1.9)
Noy_Telinu 4
oghawks18 4
outthawazoo 4
PlactusTX 4 (3) W Southern California
Polarbear1914 4
Pollaski 4
PrimalCookie 4
Pyroblockx 4
realclean 4 =
redrumsoxLoL 4
RegulatorRWF 4
RheagarTargaryen 4
seaotter2 4
skuhlke 4
SlaminSammons 4
soonerfreak 4
SpadeRyker 4
Stoneador 4
TadKosciuszko 4
tallg8tor 4
texas2089 4
TheZachster 4
titansfan174 4
udubdavid 4
vanburen1845 4
velociraptorfarmer 4
VerySeriousBanana 4
visor841 4
Wescat 4
YellowSkarmory 4
12panther 5
BearsAreGreat1 5
BenchRickyAguayo 5
Cars-and-Coffee 5
colton_97 5
CptCheese 5
creative_penguin 5
cyclonepsycho 5
Doogitywoogity 5 The universe tried to comfort me, “all is not lost young traveler, Penn State will be number 5”
Drexlore 5
Due_Connection179 5 Last Week #5 at USC / Won 33 - 30 (OT) / Penn State (on the back of another USC B1G collapse) snuck out the win this week. I'm not penalizing them for a close win or anything (obviously because I still have Miami at #3), but (like I said in my BYU point) I'm just trying to make my rankings look closer to the CFP format moving forward.
ehoefler 5 87.02 | +5
Hackasizlak 5
Harpua99 5
Helifino 5
hythloday1 5
jalexjsmithj 5
JaxofAllTrades13 5
jaybigs 5
LiptonCB 5
nbingham196 5
No11223456 5
one98d 5
pileatedloon 5
rain_parkour 5
RJEP22 5 263.141 pts
ruwisc 5
ryseing 5
sasmith2015 5
sirgippy 5
spsellers 5
SwissArmyScythe 5 --
TaylorLeprechaun 5 -2
tdeff19 5
Texasagsman 5
the_lost_carrot 5 AVG: 7.76 | Weighted AVG: 7.33
the_neverdoctor 5
ucieaters33 5
Xtremeloco 5
coletheredditer 6
djowen68 6
fo13 6
goodnames679 6
HelioOne 6
infinitempg 6 0.932, +4
kflinderman 6
PHubbs 6
Player_1_has_Joined 6
shadowwingnut 6
ShogunAshoka 6
srs_house 6
Striker743 6
stripes361 6
Terminal_BAS 6
ThaCarter 6
The-Gothic-Castle 6
tks231 6
ColombianInIowa24 7 Embarrassing showing against USC. Up next rest before facing Wisconsin.
DrKennethJNoisewater 7
HieloLuz 7 Points: 94.44 | Wins: 1 T3, 2 T4, 2 T6, 1 T7 | 1 WB | 2 WP |
Muffinnnnnnn 7
OKgolfer 7
olmsted 7
ya111101 7
diehardcubforever 8
Inkblot9 8
Meany_Vizzini 8 21.1, -3, -0.8
placid_salad 8 LW: #5
TimeBroken 8 Rank: #9
JeromesNiece 9
Joester09 9
luckroy 9 Pot 3
r0sco 9
lookglen 10
tdoger 10
trumpet_23 12
ExternalTangents 14 Net Rating: 33; O: 13.83, O Rank: 32; D: -19.17, D Rank: 8
Fmeson 14
CPiGuy2728 18
justsaynotoreddit 18 0.883
DataDrivenPirate 20

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
BuckeyeForLife95 2
CakeEaters 2
thehornedlamb 2
133112 3 Wow, Penn State, that was a close one! Real B1G fans were watching Purdue-Illinois on another device during the game(and that game is why Illinois is no longer ranked, by the way). Nothing against the Nittany Lions, just didn't have a great performance when the two teams behind them did.
70277027 3
_Junk_Rat_ 3
ab317 3
ActuallyJasonPrice 3
AdministrativeAnt683 3
Aggravating-Steak-69 3
Aidanj927 3
Airweldon 3
AMETSFAN 3
Arvandu 3
asbestosman2 3
BG-WestyC 3
bigred91224 3
blaisek 3
bolts_win_again 3
brihimia 3
brucewaynewins 3
bruhstevenson 3
bryophyta_insolitam 3 W 33-30 @ Southern California
Burnsite 3
camus69x 3
cirtnecoileh 3
ConstantPause1239 3
corona779 3
CriterionCrypt 3
daredassdude 3
Dawg-Bite 3 Have survived and are still undefeated. Have a decent win over USC and blew out rival West Virginia. They also have a top 25 win over Illinois
dawgfan24348 3
doctrhouse 3
donbagert 3
dr_funk_13 3
drneilpretenamen 3
dubscurry30 3
dukemetoo 3
ElyxUW 3
enneper4 3
ESPbeN 3
Fantastic-Calendar-9 3
Fghjkdid911 3
FlashSpider-man 3
FoRtNiteizBAD 3
funt9rtle 3
geauxsaints777 3
GenuineBoss 3
Hastronaut 3
HideNZeke 3
HopefulReb76 3 I can't punish them for an OT win. They still won. There have been a lot of hiccups in several games and some inconsistences that could really end up hurting this team down the stretch with harder games like Ohio State coming up.
hurricaneatx 3 (6-0) - Quality wins: Illinois, @USC
JackWK_Gaming 3
jibberishdhyukl 3
jonstark19 3 +1
Josh_historybuff 3 33-30 vs USC (OT)
jwrtf 3
KansasChaser2021 3
kevinsdomain 3
Lefunnymaymays4lief 3
LonghornInNebraska 3
Luigiatl 3
MajikSix 3
mathmanhale 3
Mossed26 3
munchermode 3
Mynameisdiehard 3 2nd highest SOR. Deserve to be above OSU while they are still undefeated. They will have a chance to prove the belong in a few weeks.
NA_Faker 3
nebsA1 3
newSomberMan 3
patriots230 3
PersianGuitarist 3
PeteyNice 3
pianoprofiteer 3
PSUMediaPA 3
PsychologicalFox8660 3
quantum_jedi 3
RealignmentJunkie 3
RipRaycom 3
saquad69 3
Sauronslefteye 3 (+1) Finding ways to win on the road is huge
SaveTheCombees10 3
sconbon 3
scsd4222 3
Serenityy8 3
sirvalkyerie 3
SNjr 3
Somali-Pirate-Lvl100 3
soonertiger 3
spaceblev11 3
Spazzatack 3
tatteredgnome_23 3
tcomn 3 Group B
thatoneguyD13 3 Tier 2.
TheReformedBadger 3
Tight_Discipline_134 3
True_Ad5324 3 Surviving somehow
trust_the_process__ 3
Tylex123 3
UTTuba16 3
WBLwiffleball 3
WebfootTroll 3
willbill182 3
WRSpill 3 (4)
Wumbology724 3
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 3 I feel bad moving you up here after barely winning against USC, but you're probably gonna just end up here anyways, so might as well.
Xy13 3
ziggysaysnada 3 +1
0010MK 4
ALToidzz 4
Bereft13 4 Power: 6, SoR: 3; LW: 5
bostonboy08 4
CallingUagoatUgoat 4 T-4. 0 Tier 1 or Tier 2 wins. Best win - SP+ #27 USC.
CallMeTheKing 4 108-0-25
cbusalex 4 W: #17 Illinois, #45 West Virginia, #48 Southern California, #100 UCLA, #111 Bowling Green, #133 Kent St.
ChBass 4
ckubi 4
Crelc3 4
divey043 4
DownshiftGD 4
gonshpreds1 4
ianmcmoney 4
isrealball 4
Jay_Dubbbs 4
JJones927 4
josh55134 4
JustAGuy7915 4
leadbymight 4
loganisfresh 4
MainPeanut25 4 +2
ManiacalBlazer 4
Mascorn 4
maxwell6233 4
mfraga66 4
mountain_troop86 4 Classic Franklin Penn St let down spot didn't happen surprisingly
mport97 4
mr_longfellow_deeds 4
notsaying123 4
ntny 4
owl-bears 4
PattyKane16 4
Piptit 4
RadiationRichard 4 LW - 4
Salmon-Dude 4
samtaylor92 4
Sflabuckeye13 4
Shion314 4
SignificanceFirm2398 4
sly2bfox 4
SortaDecent 4
sroach91 4
TheBeekman8 4
TheSleaze22 4
throwaway_6786 4 At last, Penn State has a field goal kicker they can count on. Not a great win for Penn State over a 3-3 USC on the road (and the Illinois win narrowly avoided losing all its luster), but with OSU losing and struggles abound from some of the teams behind them, Penn State ends up at #4 again. A bye week is followed by a trip to Wisconsin, and then they have their showdown with the Buckeyes in Happy Valley. And speaking of the Buckeyes...
Tornadohunter24 4 (-)
twr96 4
_JustinTheGreat_ 5
big_thunder_man 5 6-0. (#2 in SOR). Jumped Windiana because of how big the SOR difference is, but honestly, USC is not that great. And they barely snuck by.
BoilerUp28 5
BoukenGreen 5
chillmagic420 5
Chipsahoy523 5
DaewooLanosMFerr 5
DeerPrison 5
dubkent 5
fellohuman77 5
gavinw24 5
mill1634 5
Omegaus492 5
Sp1cyRice 5 (-1)
TheQuakinator 5
tisofold 5
Underground_Bread 5
wittingtarsier 5
yesiambear 5
BeyondLiesTheWub 6 -2
Effective-Lead-6657 6 (-2)
jackmc04 6 (-) good test. tyler warren is a beast.
kcvtdc 6
Living_Human 6
RedBarracuda25 6 As a Drew Allar hate watcher, what a terrible game
SomerandomIDFBfan 6
Yelich04 6 ^8
carsonivey72 7
dterp13 7
hoovereatscowpoop 7
IT_JUST_MEANS_JORT 7
journey1986 7
Milflover69cbb 7 Lesser of the two
mthompson2320 7 LW: 8
Protoco2 7
aredna 9
drewscottt 9 --
EBuckhouse 9
JoshuaMan024 9 239.06
Noahsince2002 9
Rcfan0902 9 1056.77
spencej98 9
1Subject 12
msonar623 12
cfbpeoplespoll 13 179 points. Prev rank 15.
grahamca 13 T1ˢᵗ W/L, T5ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 19ᵗʰ Team Strength, 30ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
STL_12 13 Points: 13.500 LW: 13
ThompsonCreekTiger 14
The_Stratman 16
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