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2024 Week 12 Penn State Nittany Lions Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
dschinghiskhan 2
Bank_Gothic 3
BosskOnASegway 3
DampFrijoles 3
Darth_Ra 3
DarthYoda2594 3
e8odie 3
Extra_Excrement 3
MADBuc49 3 +1. Would be the #6 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #11 Boise State in the first round
OldCoaly 3
royrules22 3
seaotter2 3
Sometimeswelose 3
tdoger 3
Terminal_BAS 3
theb52 3 68.167
vanburen1845 3
w8w8 3
10catsinspace 4
12panther 4
AudiieVerbum 4
bernkastel87 4
Bill3ffinMurray 4
BRNXB0MBERS 4
Buckeyes2010 4
captain_sasquatch 4
colton_97 4
DavoinShower-handle 4
fadingthought 4
Feral_Squirrel 4
fredmerc111 4 LW: 5
galacticdude7 4
GoBlueScrewOSU7 4
grtgbln 4
HelioOne 4
JonesUCF34 4
JustinMSU21 4
kflinderman 4
Le_Jerk_My_Circle 4
Longvols 4
malowry0124 4
nemoran 4
Noelthemexican 4
noodlethebear 4
NotSoSuperNerd 4 1.803 (10.5-1.5)
one98d 4
Polarbear1914 4
practicallybert 4 Playoff Seed #6 vs. Ole Miss
puffadda 4
Pure_Protein_Machine 4
Rakarei 4
RollWarTideEagle 4
sasmith2015 4
SteemieRayVaughn 4
Striker743 4 Up 2
texas2089 4
TossedRightOut 4
VerySeriousBanana 4
visor841 4
Wescat 4
wesman212 4
WillWorkForSugar 4
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 5
A_Rolling_Baneling 5
Acm0028 5
BananaBouquet 5
BenchRickyAguayo 5
Blooblod 5
BorisNumber1 5
bties 5
Cars-and-Coffee 5
Cassiyus 5
ch1l1_ch33s3 5
ChemicalOle 5
CockADoodleBOOM 5
CommodoreN7 5
conchobor 5
cyclonepsycho 5
Daigotsu 5
dasani3x 5
deadtofall12 5
frumious88 5
fshi 5
GenialGiant 5
Harpua99 5
hascogrande 5
huskerfan4life520 5
hypercube42342 5
IceColdDrPepper_Here 5
icklebush 5
jalexjsmithj 5
jaybigs 5
JBonkies 5 (+2)
jeedf 5
jrichardh 5
Lex_Ludorum 5
lillipup03 5
LiptonCB 5
Maladroit44 5
Meany_Vizzini 5 21.4, +4, +1.3; SOR: 24.4 (5th), MOV: 18.4 (10th)
mellolizard 5
monkeymatt1836 5
Muffinnnnnnn 5
nburt13 5
NyquillusDillwad20 5
Our-Gardian-Angel 5
PHubbs 5
pileatedloon 5
Pollaski 5
PumpSmash 5
rain_parkour 5
RegionalBias 5 They can score. Add offense and this team is scary.
RheagarTargaryen 5
rocco2246 5
scronko 5
SCsprinter13 5
SlaminSammons 5
srs_house 5
strikersteve60 5
stripes361 5
tallg8tor 5
TDenverFan 5
Techwid 5
teddythe3rd 5
Texasagsman 5
the_lost_carrot 5 6.70 6.86
tjstanley 5
UMeister 5
52hoova 6
_fastball 6
AlexanderComet 6
BabyBladder 6
BallSoHerd 6
blahblehblahwhoru 6
BlueFalcon89 6
BlueSCar 6
boxbeat 6
buckeyes75 6
cfbguy 6
ChickenTaco 6
Chris-P-Creme 6
coletheredditer 6 Good, great even, not elite
Corgi_Koala 6
corundum9 6
CptCheese 6
d_mcc_x 6
dan4223 6
DarkLegend64 6
diehardcubforever 6
dogwoodmaple 6
EpicSchwinn 6
ewolfy13 6
fo13 6
frone 6
G-Aardvark 6
GatorBolt 6 Falling upwards doing nothing. Not bad.
goblue10 6
goodnames679 6
Hackasizlak 6
HHcougar 6
Hobbes_121 6
hythloday1 6
jmac_21 6
joebob431 6
Knightro2011 6
MemeLovingLoser 6
MemeofMemeJTG999999 6 (8-1) (up 2)
W: 35-6 vs Washington (5-5)
Next Week: @ Purdue (1-8)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Alabama
MrTheSpork 6
Noy_Telinu 6 Should easily sail into the playoffs with only 1 loss
OKgolfer 6
PalmettoFace 6
PlactusTX 6 (13) W Washington
Pyroblockx 6
ReallyCreative 6
Red261 6
RegulatorRWF 6
ScarletFever333 6
SearonTrejorek 6 0.84274
SpadeRyker 6
spasm01 6
SwissArmyScythe 6 +3
TaylorLeprechaun 6 +2
The-Gothic-Castle 6
the_neverdoctor 6
TheZachster 6
thomasosu 6
UNC_Samurai 6
WarEagle9 6
Zloggt 6
70stang 7 Penn State is 8-1 with 6 P5 wins, including 3 away, as well as 2 G5 wins, 1 FCS win, and 1 loss to last week's #12 Ohio State.
ALStark69 7 +2
bannista7 7
BearsAreGreat1 7
bretticus733 7 Washington was the poor whiteout victim this season.
bwburke94 7 +17.224485 (LW: #12)
CambodianDrywall 7
Casaiir 7
Cecil_Hardboner 7
Ch-i-ef 7 Why Will Rogers didn't transfer to a school running an Air-Raid scheme like what he's been used to his entire college career is beyond me.
COLU_BUS 7
CPiGuy2728 7
cyberchaox 7
dabul-master 7
Drexlore 7
eclectic_tastes 7
GeauxTri 7
halldaylong 7
HarbingerOfFun 7
Helifino 7
HUSKEROYAL 7
IAmAChemicalEngineer 7
infinitempg 7 0.853, +6
jjjoebox 7
jthomas694 7
kamiller2020 7
Keener1899 7
MahjongDaily 7
Mr_Brews 7
nbingham196 7
plannedsickdays 7
Player_1_has_Joined 7
retnuh101 7
skuhlke 7
spmartin1993 7
stew_pac 7 +2
TimeBroken 7 Rank: #9
titansfan174 7
Tman450x 7
TouchdownHeroes 7 LW: 8
udubdavid 7
Xtremeloco 7
YellowSkarmory 7
AlphaH4wk 8
Apep86 8
Blazeth 8
ColombianInIowa24 8 Defeats Washington with ease. Up next Purdue.
Colton3690 8
cornholesurfer 8
cvsprinter1 8 Only loss to ranked team
Doogitywoogity 8 Didn’t watch the game so I’m really just holding course. I assume Washington had it set to M for mini rather than W
DrKennethJNoisewater 8
fourpinz8 8
ikindalikelemons 8
JamoRedhead 8
JeromesNiece 8
Klaassy23 8 (LW Change: +2)
manbeardawg 8
MarlinsGuy 8
MoneyManeVick 8
nin478 8
olmsted 8
owl_man 8
owlalwaysloveyew 8
Pikachu1989 8
r0sco 8
romulusjsp 8
Ruhrgebietheld 8
shadowwingnut 8
soonerfreak 8
spsellers 8
Stoneador 8
ToeInDigDeep 8
Charlemagne42 9 207
CharlemagneOfTheUSA 9 (+2)
ChaseTheFalcon 9
Conglossian 9 -3
Corporal_Hicks 9
djowen68 9
Dropbackandpunt 9
Due_Connection179 9 Last Week #10 vs Washington // Won 35 - 6 // Went as expected.
GilBrandt 9
Inkblot9 9
outthawazoo 9
Pablo49 9 2604
ShogunAshoka 9
ya111101 9
CFBHurts 10
digdat0 10
eSpiritCorpse 10 0.9358
Hey_Its_Roomie 10
Jakesnake42 10 77.53 Last Week: #17
JaxofAllTrades13 10
KJdkaslknv 10
posiitively 10
RJEP22 10 (8-1) - 371.983 pts
RobertNeyland 10
ruwisc 10
ryseing 10
Staind075 10
ehoefler 11 82.63 | +3
ExternalTangents 11 Net Rating: 23.58; O: 9.79, O Rank: 30; D: -13.79, D Rank: 6
Fmeson 11
Hugefootballfan44 11
jimbobbypaul 11
noahthearc 11
nw____ 11
T-nawtical 11
T-Thugs 11 Penn State is 8-1. They have wins over Illinois (6-3), Wisconsin (5-4) and Washington (5-5)
tks231 11
zenverak 11
BUSean 12
HieloLuz 12 They handle Washington and find themself back in the playoff race. Win out and they can make it. 81
trumpet_23 12
velociraptorfarmer 12
bakonydraco 13 84.994
DataDrivenPirate 13
DisraeliEers 13
placid_salad 13 LW: #15
wameron 13
arrowfan624 14
TadKosciuszko 14
ThaCarter 14
RiffRamBahZoo 15
aggiebruin27 16
TheNSAAgent777 16

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
balconesescarpment 3
Bereft13 3 Power: 4, SoR: 4; LW: 8
ChBass 3 Because of that, the loss to Ohio State doesn't hurt, but Penn State needs a better win than USC to move up. They may not get it until the first round of the playoff.
HHunko13 3
Jay_Dubbbs 3
jibberishdhyukl 3
JustAGuy7915 3
munchermode 3
NA_Faker 3
Noahsince2002 3
padraig333 3
PersianGuitarist 3
saquad69 3
unused13 3
ab317 4
ajseventeen 4 0.934
ArlyntheAwesome 4 +2
Arvandu 4
brucewaynewins 4
buccaneerboy22 4
carsonivey72 4
charmingcharles2896 4
dheck2016 4
DillyDillySzn 4
donbagert 4
DownshiftGD 4
dterp13 4
dubscurry30 4
dukemetoo 4
FoRtNiteizBAD 4
FsuNolezz 4
hurricaneatx 4 (8-1) - Penn State and Texas have pretty comparable top wins (Texas @Vanderbilt and Penn State against Illinois), though Texas has the marginally worse loss. Quality wins: Illinois
iamaustincince 4
ianmcmoney 4
IT_JUST_MEANS_JORT 4 💃🏻 Playoff Contender
KansasEF5Tornado 4 score: 193.2969
Kareem89086 4
Kirkwood641 4
leadbymight 4
mfraga66 4
Milflover69cbb 4 Should coast into the playoffs they don’t have a game left they should lose and they are the least likely of the big10 contenders to make the conference championship
Omegaus492 4
PattyKane16 4
PSUMediaPA 4
PsychologicalFox8660 4
pvadali 4
Repulsive_Rub6443 4
requiemsux 4
SignificanceFirm2398 4
Spazzatack 4
tbutrie1916 4
TheBeekman8 4
TheReformedBadger 4
ToosUnderHigh 4
TristanARoss 4 Moves up to #4 with a good win over Washington. Not much else to say here, Penn State has been playing solid football this year and figures to continue.
trust_the_process__ 4
willbill182 4
wittingtarsier 4
asbestosman2 5
beaulnej 5
BeyondLiesTheWub 5 +4
BookStannis 5
BoukenGreen 5
bruhstevenson 5
Burns2211 5
coop3345 5
daredassdude 5 Under Indiana for their #43 Scoring Offense, compared to IU at #2. Above BYU for blowing out lesser teams
Fantastic-Calendar-9 5 LW: 8
fellohuman77 5
GavRunsTheTrap 5
geauxsaints777 5
hftfohio 5
JordanDean04 5
journey1986 5
JRam01 5
KansasChaser2021 5
kcvtdc 5
LonghornInNebraska 5
Lqtor 5
maxwell6233 5
mikecsiy 5
MysteriousEdge5643 5
ntny 5
RealignmentJunkie 5
RJTrey 5
Salmon-Dude 5
samtaylor92 5
silfarion10 5
Sp1cyRice 5 +3
spaceblev11 5
SpeddyDawg 5
swdanley17 5
tcomn 5
thatoneguyD13 5 Tier 3.
TheFalconGuy 5
TheQuakinator 5
TolkienFan71 5
True_Ad5324 5
twr96 5
Underground_Bread 5
watermelonlesssun 5
WebfootTroll 5
WhiteDeath57 5
zmp1924 5
133112 6
70277027 6
ActuallyJasonPrice 6
AdministrativeAnt683 6
bigred91224 6
BoilerUp28 6
bolts_win_again 6
Burnsite 6
CaptainGordan 6
Chipsahoy523 6
ConstantPause1239 6
dee3Poh 6
drneilpretenamen 6
eddietheintern 6
Electronic_Nail 6
enneper4 6
Euphoric_Relative_13 6
FrontRunner51 6
GenuineBoss 6
gonshpreds1 6
HopefulReb76 6
JackWK_Gaming 6
JJones927 6
jonstark19 6 +3
jwrtf 6
kevinsdomain 6
loganisfresh 6
Luigiatl 6
MagicWhalesdoExist 6
MajikSix 6
ManiacalBlazer 6
Mascorn 6
mcdsmaster8824 6
Menktenk 6
Middle_Wheel_5959 6
PioneerBrah 6
quantum_jedi 6
Quick-Newt-5651 6
Real_TSwany 6
SaguaroCactus19 6
samspopguy 6
scrambolambo 6
StFuzzySlippers 6
SufferingfOrLife 6
The_Good_General 6 8–1; W vs Washington, 35–6
thealbinotitan1 6 Get right game but need help in the big ten race or just needed James Franklin to win against good opponents
thehornedlamb 6
timpredmore 6 116.8
twitter_paulbd 6
Tylex123 6
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 6 I wonder if they were able to play a good opponent at night if they would then be able to beat them. Guess we'll never know.
0010MK 7
CallMeTheKing 7 125-2-6
chillmagic420 7
civfan5843 7
Crelc3 7
dawgfan24348 7
dawnbreaked 7 Tier 3
Effective-Lead-6657 7 (+2) Penn State has no good wins and will not have the opportunity for a good win. However, they've taken care of business resoundingly against the lesser competition, including Washington this past week, and their only loss is by a yard to the #2 team. Like OSU, this is a team one play away from #1.
funt9rtle 7
gavinw24 7
jackmc04 7 (+1)
JamesDontPlayNoGames 7
Lefunnymaymays4lief 7
Living_Human 7
mccainjames11 7 Still definitely a playoff team and is beating every team on their schedule, but has yet to show they’re one of THE teams
MichuAtDeGeaBa_ 7
mport97 7
mr_longfellow_deeds 7
Mynameisdiehard 7 Just in a tough spot. They are definitely a good team but a very real possibility they finish with 1 loss and not chance at a conference championship game. The sad reality of today's realignment. This may work in their favor though as I think they are a shoe in with for the CFP with 1 loss. May be interesting though if there are 4 Big Ten teams fighting for spots. Their loss is a 7 point loss to the #4 team, so I updated resumes and they got jumped this week.
owl-bears 7
PeteyNice 7
RedBarracuda25 7 Angry Penn St is a force
Sflabuckeye13 7
Shion314 7
SNjr 7
sroach91 7
stealingchairs 7 Not too dominant
Tornadohunter24 7 [8-1, 5-1] (-) |
WBLwiffleball 7
ziggysaysnada 7
_Junk_Rat_ 8
AMETSFAN 8
BlackGoose_13 8
bryophyta_insolitam 8 W 35-6 vs. Washington
BuckeyeForLife95 8
BYUPollvoter 8
drewscottt 8 +3
ekk929 8
g_trechel 8
GeyWeyner12 8
Hastronaut 8
HideNZeke 8
HouseShowTights 8
isrealball 8
JazzYotesRSL 8 +2 A good bounce back win for the Nittany Lions, who have what should be an easy path to the playoff. Key word: should.
Josh_historybuff 8 35-6 vs Washington
MainPeanut25 8
mill1634 8
mountain_troop86 8 Did anyone watch their Peacock game? Apparently there was a white out?
mthompson2320 8 LW: 10
nebsA1 8
Piptit 8
sconbon 8
sirvalkyerie 8
SpeedShark327 8
spencej98 8
Tortillero96 8 +1
Versigot 8
1Subject 9
ALToidzz 9
Blazemaster77 9 Haven't really beaten anyone in hindsight but Washington may have been their best win. 1 loss to #2 by 1 score LW: 11
cirtnecoileh 9
divey043 9
FlashSpider-man 9
forkedravioli 9
grahamca 9 T6ᵗʰ W/L, T3ʳᵈ Predicted Wins, 10ᵗʰ Team Strength, 14ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
Life-Veterinarian699 9
LoCh0_xX 9
Midnight-Mustang 9
newSomberMan 9
redleg86 9 raw score: 3.667
wins [5,5,0,6,4,4,5,5] best win: Illinois (6)
losses [-1] worst loss: Ohio State (1)
<< score before loss punishment: 3.778 rank: 8 >>
Serenityy8 9
SortaDecent 9
WRSpill 9 (11)
androonfl 10 discovered they do NOT move me
aredna 10
EBuckhouse 10
SpursUpSoundsGudToMe 10
throwaway_6786 10 A nice bounceback win over Washington, but I'm still not totally sold on this team, especially since their best win is over a 6-3 Illinois. They've got a few more games left, and if they win them all, they'll probably get into the CFP, but I'm not sure just how high they'll be able to go without a marquee win on their resume.
cfbpeoplespoll 11 273 points. Prev rank 19
DeerPrison 11
RadiationRichard 11 LW - 11
TommyWiseau22 11
Rcfan0902 12 1569.47
STL_12 12 LW: 22
geordieColt88 14
ilacwamh 14 14. Penn State has just one loss, but they don’t have any wins over good teams, which keeps them outside the top 10.
TheSleaze22 14
Yelich04 14 ^3
Bushken 17 60.31
CakeEaters 18 Highly overranked team that will get into the playoffs because they only had to play Ohio st
josh55134 19
Dougiejurgens2 20
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Green = Hybrid

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