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2025 Week 6 Penn State Nittany Lions Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
ch1l1_ch33s3 3
Buckeyes2010 4
ExternalTangents 4
MADBuc49 4 +0. Would be the #4 playoff seed in this scenario, playing the winner of #5 Indiana/#12 Tulane in the Cotton Bowl
MainPeanut25 4 They’re really never gonna be the best, are they?
nayelirain 4
nbingham196 4
OldCoaly 4 2OT loss to my top team. Stellar effort from the defense, only allowed 17 points in regulation, 3 in the first half. Oregon went 6/18 on 3rd down. Defense could take PSU far/
PeteyNice 4
SufferingfOrLife 4 -1 I still think they are a good team, but I don't know what to truly think because James Franklin seemingly can't win a big game, and Drew Allar just isn't that good of a QB but I like the rest of the team and think James Franklin is a good head coach, so it's tough to drop down the rankings that far.
Zloggt 4
52hoova 5
brucewaynewins 5
DavoinShower-handle 5
galacticdude7 5
malowry0124 5
one98d 5
GenialGiant 6
grtgbln 6
halldaylong 6
Pikachu1989 6
Pure_Protein_Machine 6
Pyromania1983 6
Red261 6
seaotter2 6
SlaminSammons 6
TaylorLeprechaun 6 -2
TouchdownHeroes 6
w8w8 6
Aidanj927 7
bannista7 7
bernkastel87 7
Blooblod 7
BosskOnASegway 7
Cecil_Hardboner 7
cyclonepsycho 7
diehardcubforever 7
dschinghiskhan 7
hascogrande 7
HelioOne 7
jrluhn 7
MarlinsGuy 7
Our-Gardian-Angel 7
PattyKane16 7
ryseing 7
scronko 7
SCsprinter13 7
sgtshenanigans 7
Tarmacked 7
tdeff19 7
TheReformedBadger 7
TimeBroken 7
tjstanley 7
Tman450x 7
TossedRightOut 7
vanburen1845 7
Wescat 7
12panther 8
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 8
BabyBladder 8
blahblehblahwhoru 8
boxbeat 8
Casaiir 8
Cassiyus 8 There's gonna be thousands of words written about James Franklin, Drew Allar, etc etc but... this is a really good team and will continue to be so. UCLA is either going to be nuked into the stone age or Penn State will have a hangover, but PSU will win for sure.
CharlemagneOfTheUSA 8
CockADoodleBOOM 8
conchobor 8
CptCheese 8
Feral_Squirrel 8
GatorBolt 8 Brutal. Didn't penalize them too hard since top 10 game in overtime. But once again, a James Franklin blue ball special.
HUSKEROYAL 8
JamoRedhead 8
Jay_Dubbbs 8
jjjoebox 8
JustinMSU21 8
Longvols 8
Maladroit44 8
Megalomanizac 8
noodlethebear 8
outthawazoo 8
owlalwaysloveyew 8
RegulatorRWF 8
retnuh101 8
rocco2246 8
RollWarTideEagle 8
samspopguy 8
spmartin1993 8
SteemieRayVaughn 8
SwissArmyScythe 8 -5
TDenverFan 8
titansfan174 8
TopGoose 8
True_Ad5324 8 Will James Franklin ever win the big games?
WarEagle9 8
woakley 8
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 9
Cars-and-Coffee 9
Ch-i-ef 9 That game result could have been sent to me in an email
coletheredditer 9
cyberchaox 9
DrKennethJNoisewater 9
e8odie 9
Hackasizlak 9
Helifino 9
HideNZeke 9
Hugefootballfan44 9 LW: 3
icklebush 9
JBonkies 9
JeromesNiece 9
MoneyManeVick 9
Rakarei 9
Sometimeswelose 9
SpadeRyker 9 I didn't let Penn State fall too far because this is sort of what I expected. They're always an elite team with great talent but I like to call them the bridesmaid of modern CFB.
srs_house 9
Staind075 9
UNC_Samurai 9
VerySeriousBanana 9
Bank_Gothic 10
BorisNumber1 10
Charlemagne42 10 Adjustment: 42.0%
colton_97 10
CommodoreN7 10
cornholesurfer 10
DampFrijoles 10
DarthYoda2594 10
fshi 10
jonstark19 10 -8
Lex_Ludorum 10
mellolizard 10
MemeofMemeJTG999999 10 (3-1) (down 6) | L: 24-30 vs #3 Oregon (5-0) | Next Week: @ UCLA (0-4) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Indiana
redrumsoxLoL 10 Another Top 10 opponent another loss for the Nittany Lions. It really goes beyond pure randomness how much they struggle against fellow elite competition. Under James Franklin, they just cannot get it done and it seems to be more of a pattern than coincidence at this point. I still have them on the fringes of the Top 10 because they manage to take down good but not great teams.
RegionalBias 10 Lost close @ home to my #2 Oregon
romulusjsp 10
shadowwingnut 10
shifty1032231 10
sroach91 10
strikersteve60 10
zenverak 10
Acm0028 11
BallSoHerd 11
bretticus733 11 Most predictable result ever.
BUSean 11
chweris 11
creative_penguin 11
Daigotsu 11
EpicSchwinn 11
frone 11
G-Aardvark 11
joebob431 11
JustAManAndHisLaptop 11
justsaynotoreddit 11
KansasEF5Tornado 11
Mr_Brews 11
Pollaski 11
r0sco 11
RheagarTargaryen 11
Techwid 11
the_neverdoctor 11
ALStark69 12 -6
ChaseTheFalcon 12
ChickenTaco 12
Corgi_Koala 12
Donny_Do_Nothing 12
Knightro2011 12
LiptonCB 12
mcdsmaster8824 12
nemoran 12
RiffRamBahZoo 12
TheZachster 12
BananaBouquet 13
Bill3ffinMurray 13
Blazeth 13
daredassdude 13
deadtofall12 13
deathbysnusnu7 13
fourpinz8 13
ikindalikelemons 13
Jerrywelfare 13 The best of the "beatens" in my opinion, at least on paper and in the moment.
jmac_21 13
monkeymatt1836 13
noahthearc 13
olmsted 13
teddythe3rd 13
The_Good_Constable 13
BlueFalcon89 14
CambodianDrywall 14
Doogitywoogity 14 A close loss to a top team, but they’re being relatively heavily penalized. Franklin losing another big game is not shocking, but also not good. Drew Allar is not good enough, simply put. He’s been near the bottom almost every week in QBR for the B1G, that is not sustainable for a team that wants to be elite.
Euphoric_Relative_13 14 I think I've gone on like sixteen rants to multiple different people since last night, either online or in-person. I really don't want to talk about it anymore. But with how putrid that offense was for 3/4 of the game, it doesn't matter that we only lost in 2OT, because the offense shit the bed again for us to lose anyway.
GeauxTri 14
IAmAChemicalEngineer 14
Jakesnake42 14 James Franklin can NOT win a big game. Last Week: #5
Lefunnymaymays4lief 14
luckroy 14
OKgolfer 14
soonerfreak 14
Conglossian 15 -11
digdat0 15
djowen68 15
ewolfy13 15
frumious88 15
jthomas694 15
spsellers 15
Terminal_BAS 15
texas2089 15
thomasosu 15
AlexanderComet 16
Chris-P-Creme 16
GoBlueScrewOSU7 16
Keener1899 16
nw____ 16
Player_1_has_Joined 16
sirvalkyerie 16
The-Gothic-Castle 16
ya111101 16
_fastball 17
DarkLegend64 17
Joester09 17
jrich960608 17
MahjongDaily 17
manbeardawg 17
ThaCarter 17
Zef_Apollo 17 I don't know what to do with Penn State, tbh. I think they are as good as they are every year which is the first team outside the top 10 - never to be good enough to beat a top 10 team. They'll move back up when they play more teams but they have 0 P4 wins this season.
Dropbackandpunt 18
Fmeson 18
IceColdDrPepper_Here 18
NotSoSuperNerd 18 1.149 [8.5-3.5]
NyquillusDillwad20 18
owl_man 18
redwave2505 18
Striker743 18 NR-finally played someone, lost in OT
BearsAreGreat1 19
Bereft13 19 Power: 4, SoR: 69; LW: 13
corundum9 19
pileatedloon 19
ScarletFever333 19
TheNSAAgent777 19
Xy13 19 They've played one real game, and had every single advantage (home white out, off a bye week, experienced team vs younger team, etc), and they lost. Team still looked pretty good, and it was a one score game. I expect them to stay ~10-16, even if they beat INDI, unless they beat OSU / teams above lose.
BenchRickyAguayo 20
Corporal_Hicks 20
jalexjsmithj 20
kflinderman 20
placid_salad 20 LW: #8
cvsprinter1 21 1-loss
MemeLovingLoser 21 Change: ▲ 1 | Previous Rank: 22nd | Wins Composite Rank: 22nd | SoS Composite Rank: 46th | Margin of Victory Rank: 11th | Penalties Composite Rank: 4th | Yardage Composite Rank: 40th | Turnover Composite Rank: 19th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 34th | Other Stats Rank: 14th
Noy_Telinu 21
SIMBONEGTP 21
tks231 21
ToeInDigDeep 21
COLU_BUS 22
dabul-master 22
Darth_Ra 22
grjohnst 22
Klaassy23 22 (LW Change: -7)
plannedsickdays 22
ruwisc 22
Ruhrgebietheld 23
nin478 24
trumpet_23 24
aggiebruin27 25
HarbingerOfFun 25
PSUMediaPA 25
studio_sally 25
the_lost_carrot 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
carsonivey72 3
Power5IsAScam 3
Underground_Bread 3
AccessPhysical7252 4
IT_JUST_MEANS_JORT 4
Lee-Key-Bottoms 4
loganisfresh 4
LonghornInNebraska 4
MotherQuocer 4
Salmon-Dude 4
shamShaman 4
TomorrowFinal6642 4
unused13 4
133112 5 LW: 2
_JustinTheGreat_ 5 -3
_THE__BOULDER_ 5
Crelc3 5
DillyDillySzn 5
fellohuman77 5
HailHavoc 5
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 5
Piptit 5
Pure-Shirt-5831 5
saquad69 5
Select-Edge-3262 5
SpectralHydra 5
The_Good_General 5
538allspelledout 6
dannykandy 6
donbagert 6
energydan 6
FuzzyDunlop911 6
geordieColt88 6
GreenAndYellow12 6 -2
jbowen1 6
jtchr33 6
leadbymight 6
logace444444444 6
maxwell6233 6
Noahsince2002 6
PsychologicalFox8660 6
spencej98 6
TheBeekman8 6
twr96 6
Versigot 6
ActuallyJasonPrice 7
AJ_CC 7
androonfl 7
buccaneerboy22 7
charmingcharles2896 7
ConstantPause1239 7
coop3345 7
FoRtNiteizBAD 7
iHasMagyk 7
jwrtf 7
laprasrules 7
loneSTAR_06 7
mill1634 7
RedBarracuda25 7 rinse and repeat this team has a big game problem that atp is just second nature
Tylex123 7
udderlymoovelous 7
WebfootTroll 7
amoledshatter 8
BoilerUp28 8
BoukenGreen 8
bruhstevenson 8
greenlanternbaz 8
jackmc04 8 (-6) the james franklin agenda will never be broken
JJones927 8
josh55134 8
Lanrick2002 8
LeanersGG 8
ManiacalBlazer 8
Mynameisdiehard 8
samtaylor92 8
SignificanceFirm2398 8
SpeddyDawg 8
StFuzzySlippers 8
thatoneguyD13 8 Tier 3. The valley isn't so happy right now, but a double overtime loss to the #2 team is not a disqualifying game. I was actually mildly impressed with how they played, especially in the fourth quarter.
Tortillero96 8 (3-1) -3
tvjbowe571 8 -2 I can't punish you guys too bad. Had a chance to take down Oregon and blew it
AllEliteSchmuck 9
alttabbins 9
ArlyntheAwesome 9 -7
Dawgs555 9
DodgerOfZion 9
Esb5415 9
gavinw24 9
GloryReaper_ 9
HopefulReb76 9
Imd0wnc0w 9 They’re like the lion who naps all day but suddenly wakes up and reminds everyone who’s king—just don’t startle them before game time!
Josh_historybuff 9 24-30 vs Oregon (2OT)
Luigiatl 9
mccainjames11 9
Menktenk 9
Milflover69cbb 9 Allar won’t win a thing at psu
Nervous_Metal_9445 9 Dominated by Oregon, for a majority of the game, but clawed their way back into it and caused a 2OT thriller that had me on my seat.
Ok_Boysenberry716 9
requiemsux 9
rharvey512 9
smartkeg 9
SNjr 9
TyRoland06 9 Was #5, lost to #8, drop to #9
WBLwiffleball 9
willbill182 9
Windoge_Master 9
AdministrativeAnt683 10
BeyondLiesTheWub 10 -9
bolts_win_again 10
CardInternational753 10
CrazyPenguin29 10
daboswinney123 10
Dawg-Bite 10
divey043 10
dukemetoo 10
EL-YEO 10
facts_over_opinion 10
Fantastic-Calendar-9 10
LoCh0_xX 10
mountain_troop86 10 Model Rank: 47. Well...here we are again.
myghtymouse 10
NA_Faker 10
NebraskaPlainsman 10
Repulsive_Rub6443 10
Roscoe_Filburn 10
Signal_Tip_7428 10
Star_Wars_Sith 10
TolkienFan71 10
Wolf12711 10
CaptainDonald 11
chillmagic420 11
dubscurry30 11
EstablishmentSlow754 11
FlashSpider-man 11
fm22fnam 11 -9
Kirkwood641 11
meristematic 11
pigman769 11
SaguaroCactus19 11
Spazzatack 11
WRSpill 11 (6)
666PeaceKeepaGirl 12
Blazemaster77 12
ChBass 12
DownshiftGD 12
HouseShowTights 12
journey1986 12
kevinsdomain 12
Living_Human 12 72.13
Middle_Wheel_5959 12
nebsA1 12
RowDull8230 12
Sflabuckeye13 12
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 12 (-6) Order for 1 loss teams goes Texas (best overall team) - Georgia (better win) - LSU (better resume then PSU) - Penn State (lost only actual game so far)
70277027 13
bigred91224 13
cheeks_mcgoo 13
gonshpreds1 13
HHunko13 13
IBCBJ 13
jimmyfeeneyiowa 13 Still have yet to beat a real team
LightningDusty 13 ↓4
RJTrey 13
scsd4222 13
thehornedlamb 13
zmurds40 13
CRedds19 14
JackWK_Gaming 14
Small_Company_5697 14 Terrible QB play from Allar slides them down seven spots, need to win a big game before being moved up
Aggravating-Steak-69 15
DwayneBaconStan 15
Fhaksfha794 15
Nath0leon 15
mthompson2320 16 LW: 10
vhNeW34bpS 16
AMETSFAN 17
anxiousauditor 17
elnino550 17
funt9rtle 17
MyAngelMiraidon 17 they showed they're at least able to keep up with oregon even if they lost in ot. Thus no drop even if they lost (was considering placing them higher but rewarding losses feels wrong)
newSomberMan 17
S3G 17
therin_88 17
TommyWiseau22 17
_Junk_Rat_ 18
bk00pi 18
g_trechel 18
mr_longfellow_deeds 18
Yelich04 18 v4
JoshuaMan024 19 114.1
quantum_jedi 19 Really tough loss for the Nittany Lions... Drew Allar just doesn't seem to have any clutch in him, but this is still a really good team. They are being punished in these rankings for having no wins over top 100 teams and that trend will continue next when Penn State travels to Los Angeles to play a horrific UCLA squad.
Ok_Significance_3803 20
TheSleaze22 20
aredna 21
FrontRunner51 21 -14; Played wretched offense for 3 quarters. For now they're penalized for an otherwise easy schedule and unimpressive offense, despite the very close loss to Oregon that could have gone either way at the end.
hbh110 21
sportstrap 21 Last Week: 10
ogsmurf826 22
Norleras 23
RealignmentJunkie 23
rt13wx 23
Mossed26 24
RadiationRichard 25
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