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2026 Week 2 Penn State Nittany Lions Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
Charlemagne42	3	A 45-point FBS shutout is nothing to sneeze at.
bakonydraco	5	83.840
BuckeyeForLife95	7	(1+0) X (45/1) X (487/147) = 149.1
tdoger	7
outthawazoo	8	Beat up what should be a decent G6 team. Offense looked great.
BlueFalcon89	9
NotSoSuperNerd	9	1.182 [10.07-1.93]
kflinderman	10
Pyromania1983	10	Matt Campbell's new Penn State team looked every part the role of a contender. Defense was rolling. New starting QB and Iowa State transfer Rocco Becht was extremely efficient and got almost half the game off with the early lead the Nittany Lions were able to build. With their schedule and the way the team looked in Week 1, they are a darkhorse Playoff team at season's end.
Casaiir	11
Fmeson	11
mthompson2320	11	LW: 12
owlalwaysloveyew	11
jimbobbypaul	12
PlactusTX	12	LW: 15 | W Marshall | Tier 2, win over Tier 6 team
smartkeg	12	Familiar statement: Look great as ever, but haven't played anyone. Below tOSU, Texas, Georgia, etc as its a newer team that I have less data points on.
Xy13	12	{-2} [1-0] (45-0 vs Marshall) --- I think I heard this was Rocco Becht's best game ever. Good sign, also one of their only 2 hard games looks like it got a lot easier. Bump to their CCG odds.
bannista7	13
Blazeth	13
Darth_Ra	13
HideNZeke	13	First season coaches are a blessing in the transfer portal era, and their amount of experience is worth respecting
Noelthemexican	13
Rcfan0902	13	145.00 (NEW)
shifty1032231	13
Sometimeswelose	13
Conglossian	14
CRedds19	14
Dropbackandpunt	14
frumious88	14
galacticdude7	14
jbowen1	14	1942.7
JeromesNiece	14
Longvols	14
MainPeanut25	14
OldCoaly	14
penisthightrap_	14
Player_1_has_Joined	14
roguebandit1	14
T-nawtical	14
zenverak	14
bwburke94	15
CambodianDrywall	15
Chipsahoy523	15	+2
colton_97	15
Corgi_Koala	15
dschinghiskhan	15
Jay_Dubbbs	15
jthomas694	15
KansasEF5Tornado	15
Laschoni	15
Lex_Ludorum	15
Pure_Protein_Machine	15
RJEP22	15
Roscoe_Filburn	15
Ruhrgebietheld	15
seaotter2	15
Staind075	15
SteemieRayVaughn	15
strikersteve60	15
True_Ad5324	15
UNC_Samurai	15
Aidanj927	16
ALStark69	16	+3; I know it's just Marshall but they looked good
BendrickLamar19	16
Blooblod	16
brucewaynewins	16
budget_um	16	Move up 1 spot for Michigan
chillmagic420	16
Corporal_Hicks	16
corundum9	16
daredassdude	16
Drexlore	16
fredmerc111	16
grtgbln	16
HelioOne	16
jonstark19	16
Luigiatl	16
MahjongDaily	16
PSUMediaPA	16
samspopguy	16
scronko	16
SpadeRyker	16
texas2089	16
TheNSAAgent777	16
ToeInDigDeep	16
WarEagle9	16
Zloggt	16
Acm0028	17
BearsAreGreat1	17
Conn3er	17
ewolfy13	17
frone	17
grjohnst	17
Jakesnake42	17	Copy and paste above.. Last Week: #18
jmac_21	17
monkeymatt1836	17
Mr_Brews	17
nemoran	17
plannedsickdays	17
redwave2505	17
romulusjsp	17
SCsprinter13	17
sirvalkyerie	17
Tarmacked	17	It's Iowa State with more experience. This may be more lofty than it should.
thescottula	17
titansfan174	17
TolkienFan71	17
twitter_paulbd	17
udderlymoovelous	17
vanburen1845	17
w8w8	17
ya111101	17
cornholesurfer	18
elnino550	18
Euphoric_Relative_13	18
grey_pilgrim_	18
hascogrande	18
IceColdDrPepper_Here	18
Jerrywelfare	18
jjjoebox	18
joebob431	18
jrich960608	18
mcdsmaster8824	18
PeteyNice	18
RedBarracuda25	18
sroach91	18
SufferingfOrLife	18	↑4 Result: (W) 45-0 Marshall I don't think this win warranted a 4-spot jump, but I don't know; this game just eased a lot of my worries I had with this team, and maybe it's because it's a G6 school and not like an FCS school. Who knows, but I liked what I saw, and everyone knows Penn State has an easy schedule, so if they can just roll with momentum, they are lined up for a very successful season.
BananaBouquet	19
BlueSCar	19
Cecil_Hardboner	19
douchebagjack	19
eclectic_tastes	19
EpicSchwinn	19
Hackasizlak	19
ikindalikelemons	19
JamoRedhead	19
MemeofMemeJTG999999	19	(1-0) (up 1) W: 45-0 vs Marshall (0-1) Next Week: @ Temple (1-0) Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Texas A&M
noahthearc	19
Red261	19
sirgippy	19
TheReformedBadger	19
Versigot	19
Bereft13	20	Power: 21, SoR: 32; LW: NR (28)
DarkLegend64	20
dukemetoo	20
NyquillusDillwad20	20
sickmemes48	20
SwissArmyScythe	20	+1
TaylorLeprechaun	20	NR
VerySeriousBanana	20
diehardcubforever	21
Doogitywoogity	21	Big win over a Marshall squad I expect will be pretty descent. That said it’s still wait and see to get if Campbell has this squad rolling again.
GeauxTri	21
JBonkies	21
jrluhn	21
ManiacalBlazer	21
one98d	21
redrumsoxLoL	21	A 45 nothing win against a respectable Sun Belt team is a great way to begin a new era at Penn State.
TheUltimate721	21
A_Rolling_Baneling	22
ch1l1_ch33s3	22
SlaminSammons	22
bretticus733	23
ChaseTheFalcon	23
Klaassy23	23
lowes18	23
PattyKane16	23
spmartin1993	23
DisraeliEers	24
JustAManAndHisLaptop	24
placid_salad	24	LW: #40
Shion314	24
TDenverFan	24
malowry0124	25
SIMBONEGTP	25

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
BlackGoose_13	4
NA_Faker	6
Yamiosum	6
wittingtarsier	7
mikecsiy	9
alexjcode_com	11	943
DarthGlazer	11	they looked fine...
jtchr33	11	It is very hard to see an entire team do well where you know a large portion of the players were previously on your team. Debut went good for them, need to keep that momentum throughout non conference to convince me.
saquad69	11
sportstrap	11
Callsign_Psycopath	12
manbeqrpig	12
666PeaceKeepaGirl	13
AllEliteSchmuck	13
hbh110	13
HereComesNightTime	13
S2OP	13
Sflabuckeye13	13
BoilerUp28	14
civfan5843	14
FrontRunner51	14	+2
idnttcrisis	14
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor	14
jtsmd2	14
Menktenk	14
MWiatrak2077	14
S3G	14
thatoneguyD13	14
ceris13	15
dannykandy	15
dee3Poh	15
DownshiftGD	15
ElyxUW	15
fm22fnam	15	+1
geauxsaints777	15
JCNoles	15
jibberishdhyukl	15
MisguidedPassion	15	Up one spot - Michigan fell out of rankings
NotStanley4330	15
Piptit	15
Protoco2	15
Select-Edge-3262	15
70277027	16
ad51603	16	See above
Elegant_Tiger6870	16
jackmc04	16	(+1)
journey1986	16
kevinsdomain	16
Klightgrove	16	Solid opening game against a G6 team, but PSU won't be challenged for several more weeks. Should give Matt Campbell ample time to develop his players and get ready for PSU's bounce back.
loneSTAR_06	16
meristematic	16
National-Sundae9427	16
Neither_Call2913	16
New_Prior2253	16
noah_divine	16	So far, it looks like James Franklin was holding this team back from their true potential. That's scary. You know what else is scary? Koby Howard.
NoOutdoorSoup	16
SignificanceFirm2398	16
Small_Company_5697	16
spaceblev11	16
SpectralHydra	16
Tortillero96	16	1-0 H +45 vs Marshall (unranked)
TyRoland06	16
Yelich04	16	^5
AoA_nB1	17	Did their job
Blazemaster77	17
bolts_win_again	17
bruhstevenson	17
Esb5415	17
hiiightide	17
isrealball	17
JKess207	17
KansasChaser2021	17
Kirkwood641	17
Midnight-Mustang	17
mr_longfellow_deeds	17
NebraskaPlainsman	17
PremierPlayback	17
PrideSax711	17
Real-Plant-5722	17
Repulsive_Rub6443	17
Rishik01	17
RJTrey	17
SaguaroCactus19	17
tbraptors	17
The_Good_General	17
beckett929	18
DillyDillySzn	18
DwayneBaconStan	18
JackWK_Gaming	18
mstr_yda	18
ogsmurf826	18
Ok_Boysenberry716	18
Salmon-Dude	18
vhNeW34bpS	18
ArlyntheAwesome	19
bigred91224	19
DesignerClub1887	19
Ethanol-Muffins	19
IBCBJ	19
LonghornInNebraska	19
MajikSix	19
mill1634	19
PsychologicalFox8660	19
Stock_Win_8169	19
josh55134	20
Nervous_Metal_9445	20
newSomberMan	20
NonZero-Chance	20
Perryapsis	20
quantum_jedi	20
Spazzatack	20
133112	21	Great team, great win against a non-quality opponent.
baileyx96	21
CallMeTheKing	21
penix4heisman	21
Underground_Bread	21
BlueRFR3100	22
buccaneerboy22	22
GenuineBoss	22
myworld3	22
Pure-Shirt-5831	22
TheBeekman8	22
chief_sitass	23
JJones927	23
WBLwiffleball	23
rt13wx	24
Star_Wars_Sith	24
g_trechel	25
ianmcmoney	25

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Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid

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