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2026 Week 3 Penn State Nittany Lions Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
bladefencer 3 0.892, +26, Power: 2, Off: 49, Def: 1, SOR: 4
Charlemagne42 3 Especially when it's Temple.
Hey_Its_Roomie 3 2-0, cumulative opponents' win percentage against other teams is 100%,
A_Rolling_Baneling 4
arbadak 5 .735 rating, 2-0, SOS .507 (NEW, +26)
BuckeyeForLife95 5 (1+0.5) X (36/4.5) X (451.5/215) = 25.2
DisraeliEers 5
digdat0 6
The-Gothic-Castle 6
bakonydraco 8 84.670
DarthYoda2594 8
kflinderman 8
owlalwaysloveyew 8
ehoefler 9 86.70
Pyromania1983 9 I might be a bit bullish and biased on this one, but the Nittany Lions look like a completely different team than last year. Led by LB Tony Rojas, the defense looks like a top-10 defense in the entire country, allowing 0 points and 9 points respectively over the first two weeks. The offense struggled a bit in the first half, but Matt Campbell made halftime adjustments (shocking!) that made Penn State's victory an easy one in the end. Additionally, the team should be able to rack up wins without having to face Ohio State, Oregon, or Indiana this year.
Rcfan0902 9 363.00 (+4)
tdoger 9
tks231 10
Xy13 10
bannista7 11
BlueSCar 11
Dropbackandpunt 11
Fmeson 11
MainPeanut25 11
MemeLovingLoser 11 Change: ▲ 12 | Previous Rank: 23rd | Wins Composite Rank: 24th | SoS Composite Rank: 20th | Margin of Victory Rank: 21st | Penalties Composite Rank: 8th | Yardage Composite Rank: 20th | Turnover Composite Rank: 20th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 29th | Other Stats Rank: 42nd
MrTheSpork 11
mthompson2320 11 LW: 11
TouchdownHeroes 11
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 12
Blazeth 12
bwburke94 12
Cars-and-Coffee 12 2-0. Power 12.4 (#13), resume #21 (61.1% strength of record).
Corporal_Hicks 12
CRedds19 12
Helifino 12
Lex_Ludorum 12
Luigiatl 12
OldCoaly 12
outthawazoo 12 See Miami.
plannedsickdays 12
SteemieRayVaughn 12
strikersteve60 12
UNC_Samurai 12
BallSoHerd 13
Cassiyus 13
Conglossian 13 +1
Conn3er 13
Corgi_Koala 13
dschinghiskhan 13
grjohnst 13
HideNZeke 13
IAmAChemicalEngineer 13
jrichardh 13
RobertNeyland 13
seaotter2 13
soonerfreak 13
T-nawtical 13
TheNSAAgent777 13
True_Ad5324 13
WarEagle9 13
BoukenGreen 14
budget_um 14 Ditto
CambodianDrywall 14
daredassdude 14
DavoinShower-handle 14
diehardcubforever 14
Drexlore 14
grey_pilgrim_ 14
Hackasizlak 14
HelioOne 14
IceColdDrPepper_Here 14
jbowen1 14 1957.19
jthomas694 14
monkeymatt1836 14
nemoran 14
NotSoSuperNerd 14 1.146 [10.08-1.92]
PlactusTX 14 LW: 12 | W Temple | Tier 2 | Wins: T6, T6
Pollaski 14
PSUMediaPA 14
Pure_Protein_Machine 14
RegionalBias 14
Roscoe_Filburn 14
SCsprinter13 14
Sometimeswelose 14
Texasagsman 14
thescottula 14
Zloggt 14
Aidanj927 15
BendrickLamar19 15
brucewaynewins 15
Casaiir 15
Jakesnake42 15 Slow start vs Temple but got going in the 2nd half for a comfortable win. Last Week: #17
JeromesNiece 15
Jerrywelfare 15
jjjoebox 15
jmac_21 15
joebob431 15
jonstark19 15
KansasEF5Tornado 15
Mr_Brews 15
NyquillusDillwad20 15
placid_salad 15 LW: #24
Player_1_has_Joined 15
roguebandit1 15
RollWarTideEagle 15
romulusjsp 15
samspopguy 15
sirvalkyerie 15
smartkeg 15 Defense looks solid, wonky win this week against Temple so I had a few teams that looked more consistent ahead of them.
SpadeRyker 15
tdeff19 15
texas2089 15
ya111101 15
_fastball 16
Cecil_Hardboner 16
Chipsahoy523 16 -1
ColombianInIowa24 16 31.80
Doogitywoogity 16 I will be very upfront that I have not seen any Penn State football this season. I am a bit shocked how close the Temple game was, even with holding Temple to 3 before trash time. Seems to suggest that it’s an offensive issue but I have no idea. We’ll have to wait a few more weeks to see this squad really get tested. I don’t think facing a Buffalo said that nearly lost to Albany (shoutout the Great Danes) will tell us much more about this squad unless they have a major issue.
ewolfy13 16
flyingcircusdog 16 Started really slow
fredmerc111 16
frumious88 16
halldaylong 16
hascogrande 16
laprasrules 16
penisthightrap_ 16
scronko 16
sroach91 16
TaylorLeprechaun 16 +4
TheReformedBadger 16
ToeInDigDeep 16 Shut out Marshall and a tough win at an upset-minded Temple from the AAC.
tomdawg0022 16
vanburen1845 16
VerySeriousBanana 16
12panther 17
ALStark69 17 -1; struggled with... Temple?
BearsAreGreat1 17
dukemetoo 17
Euphoric_Relative_13 17
Jay_Dubbbs 17
jimbobbypaul 17
JustinMSU21 17
MahjongDaily 17
MemeofMemeJTG999999 17 (2-0) (up 2)
W: 27-9 @ Temple (1-1)
Next Week: vs Buffalo (1-1)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Missouri
owl_man 17
PeteyNice 17
Red261 17
Staind075 17
Techwid 17
twitter_paulbd 17 P2 Undefeated 4 Points
Workable schedule and a solid team.
Acm0028 18
Bill3ffinMurray 18
ChaseTheFalcon 18
chillmagic420 18
DampFrijoles 18
Darth_Ra 18
deadtofall12 18
eclectic_tastes 18
galacticdude7 18
jrluhn 18
sickmemes48 18
SufferingfOrLife 18 —

Result: (W) 27-9 Temple
SwissArmyScythe 18 +2
TolkienFan71 18
Versigot 18
CommodoreN7 19
DarkLegend64 19
EpicSchwinn 19
GeauxTri 19
JBonkies 19
sirgippy 19 GippyRank expected rank: 22.2. Central 80% interval: 6–45. Top-25 probability: 68%.
SlaminSammons 19
TheUltimate721 19
titansfan174 19
BananaBouquet 20
Blooblod 20
cornholesurfer 20
frone 20
jrich960608 20
PattyKane16 20
Ruhrgebietheld 20
TDenverFan 20
Ch-i-ef 21
CptCheese 21
elnino550 21
spmartin1993 21
ch1l1_ch33s3 22
Shion314 22
noahthearc 23
one98d 23
dubscurry30 24 NR
lowes18 24
malowry0124 24
nbingham196 24
StFuzzySlippers 24
djowen68 25
redwave2505 25
shifty1032231 25
TimeBroken 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
LegionMammal978 1 (+47½) GS .909, TS 0.
chief_sitass 4
grahamca 5 T1ˢᵗ W/L, T1ˢᵗ Predicted Wins, 5ᵗʰ Team Strength, 8ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
penix4heisman 5
NA_Faker 6
owl-bears 6
jtsmd2 7
Ok_Significance_3803 8
BeyondLiesTheWub 9 -5
CallMeTheKing 9
saquad69 9
BlackGoose_13 10
ianmcmoney 10
jtchr33 10 Quietly keep winning and you will steadily move up...then get to a big game and figure it out there. You can move all the players and coaches, but you cannot take the Iowa Stateness out of this team.
S2OP 10 (+3)
alexjcode_com 11 903
Ethanol-Muffins 11
hbh110 11
HereComesNightTime 11
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 11
Kareem89086 11
sportstrap 11
the_lost_carrot 11
FindGreatness23 12
Piptit 12
39_Ringo 13
dee3Poh 13 .490
JCNoles 13
RowDull8230 13
SaguaroCactus19 13
DirectTop8624 14
DownshiftGD 14
fm22fnam 14
FrontRunner51 14 (0)
geauxsaints777 14
jibberishdhyukl 14
Kirkwood641 14
Klightgrove 14
loneSTAR_06 14
meristematic 14
MisguidedPassion 14
ogsmurf826 14
Perryapsis 14
Repulsive_Rub6443 14
requiemsux 14
SpectralHydra 14
ab317 15
Aggravating-Steak-69 15
AoA_nB1 15 Sluggish 1H, pulled away late
bigred91224 15
Blazemaster77 15
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 15
jis024 15 I'm very much buying into this revamped Penn State team despite their early struggles against Temple.
jwrtf 15
KansasChaser2021 15
MWiatrak2077 15
NebraskaPlainsman 15
Original_Profile8600 15
PrideSax711 15
Salmon-Dude 15
Select-Edge-3262 15
Small_Company_5697 15
spaceblev11 15
Tortillero96 15 +1
W (2-0) A +18 vs Temple (unranked)
W (1-0) H +45 vs Marshall (unranked)
666PeaceKeepaGirl 16
70277027 16
_THE__BOULDER_ 16 Penn State has been off to a good start this year, and I will be curious to see how they do when they start conference play. Good performances in their tune up games so far.
ArlyntheAwesome 16
BoilerUp28 16
DwayneBaconStan 16
Esb5415 16
gonshpreds1 16
GrimmacingGrinny 16
hiiightide 16
irishspring4521 16
manbeqrpig 16
Neither_Call2913 16 Penn State not looking amazing, but could be worse.
newSomberMan 16
Sflabuckeye13 16
SignificanceFirm2398 16
The_Good_General 16
TyRoland06 16
UnableToBelieveIt 16
Underground_Bread 16
_Junk_Rat_ 17
bolts_win_again 17
ceris13 17
DillyDillySzn 17
kevinsdomain 17
mr_longfellow_deeds 17
Nervous_Metal_9445 17
NoOutdoorSoup 17
PsychologicalFox8660 17
RJTrey 17
S3G 17
TomorrowFinal6642 17
bruhstevenson 18
ChiTrojan2 18
isrealball 18
jackmc04 18 (-2) ^
JackWK_Gaming 18
josh55134 18
Milflover69cbb 18
Noahsince2002 18
SomerandomIDFBfan 18
tbraptors 18
Tch267702 18
thehornedlamb 18
DesignerClub1887 19
myworld3 19
Ok_Boysenberry716 19
SportsCat4 19
Star_Wars_Sith 19
WBLwiffleball 19
WRSpill 19 (NR)
DarthGlazer 20 just wait...
Spazzatack 20
Yelich04 20 v4
beckett929 21
buccaneerboy22 21
geordieColt88 21
MyAngelMiraidon 21 I still have trust issues with this team but they seem legit enough
New_Prior2253 22 Really wanted to move PSU down further after the first half against Temple. Giving them some time to figure this out.
Pure-Shirt-5831 22
Living_Human 23 65.92
LonghornInNebraska 23
ndbfsu22 23
Rhizical 23
Flaky_Bit6733 24
FoodCourtDruid 24
Jacob_Sumner 24
Protoco2 24
rt13wx 24
Midnight-Mustang 25
Rishik01 25
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Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid

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