Where does Penn State rank in the updated Coaches Poll?
Where does Penn State rank in the Coaches Poll following its second bye week of the 2024 season? Check out the updated poll right here.
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Where does Penn State rank in the Week 9 Associated Press Poll?
Where does Penn State now rank in the Associated Press Poll following its bye week? Nittany Lion fans can check out the latest update here.
USA Today/US LBM Coaches Poll – October 20
1) Oregon2) Georgia
3) Penn State
4) Ohio State
5) Miami
6) Texas
7) LSU
8) Tennessee
9) Clemson
10) Iowa State
11) Notre Dame
12) BYU
13) Indiana
14) Texas A&M
15) Alabama
16) Kansas State
17) Missouri
18) Ole Miss
19) Boise State
20) Pittsburgh
21) Illinois
22) SMU
23) Army
24) Navy
25) Vanderbilt
Schools Dropped Out: No. 22 Michigan; No. 25 Nebraska;
Others Receiving Votes: UNLV 28; Syracuse 27; Washington State 25; Duke 7; Memphis 6; Liberty 6; Wisconsin 3; Tulane 3; Cincinnati 2; Nebraska 1; Arizona State 1
Updated Associated Press Poll – October 20
1) Oregon2) Georgia
3) Penn State
4) Ohio State
5) Texas
6) Miami
7) Tennessee
8) LSU
9) Clemson
10) Iowa State
11) BYU
12) Notre Dame
13) Indiana
14) Texas A&M
15) Alabama
16) Kansas State
17) Boise State
18) Ole Miss
19) Pittsburgh
20) Illinois
21) Missouri
22) SMU
23) Army
24) Navy
25) Vanderbilt
Others Receiving Votes: Washington St. 46, Syracuse 15, UNLV 5, Duke 2, South Carolina 1, Nebraska 1, Liberty 1
Does anyone have knowledge of how the play-off seat tickets will be distributed should PSU be a host team at Beaver Stadium?
It'll be interesting. Students away, only a week and a half to sell out the 107k seats, potentially bad weather and/or limited parking, 50% chance of it being a night game, etc. I don't think they can completely gouge on ticket prices and still fill up the place. I'd say that hopefully we'll find out...but maybe we can skip straight to wondering how ticketing will go for our Quarterfinal Bowl game.
Top 25 from a power rating (used to make betting lines) perspective. This my own power rating table. Indiana would be at least 15th if Rourke wasn't out. Before commenting, keep in mind that this has nothing to do with actual records.
1 Georgia
2 Texas
3 Ohio State
4 Oregon
5 Ole Miss
6 Penn State
7 Tennessee
8 Alabama
9 Clemson
10 Miami (FL)
11 Notre Dame
12 Texas A&M
13 LSU
14 Kansas State
15 Iowa State
16 SMU
17 Missouri
18 Indiana
19 USC
20 Florida
21 South Carolina
22 Auburn
23 Washington
24 Kentucky
25 Colorado
1 Georgia
2 Texas
3 Ohio State
4 Oregon
5 Ole Miss
6 Penn State
7 Tennessee
8 Alabama
9 Clemson
10 Miami (FL)
11 Notre Dame
12 Texas A&M
13 LSU
14 Kansas State
15 Iowa State
16 SMU
17 Missouri
18 Indiana
19 USC
20 Florida
21 South Carolina
22 Auburn
23 Washington
24 Kentucky
25 Colorado
Like I said, win/loss record really doesn't factor in. Miss really should have beaten LSU (and I bet on LSU) and just laid an egg vs Kentucky (still outgained them something like 6.3 to 4.5 ypp. FWIW, Sagarin has Ole Miss at #6.
They've played 2 teams with a pulse. Won one, lost one - both by a FG. If their bowl win/stats from last year go into any calculations, they shouldn't.
Priors (last year info) doesn't really apply at this point in the season (they typically do in early season). There is no calculations involved in setting my power rating numbers. Some very analytical handicappers will have player rankings that are used to come up with the total team rating. I aggregate some other guys numbers to start the season and then adjust them based on box scores of each game (and injuries of course). The actual score of the game doesn't impact my adjustments nearly as much as stats.
Here is another power rating from Adam Burke at VSIN that has Ole Miss at 6. Adam is a fairly sharp guy, but there are other ratings I like better.
https://vsin.com/college-football/week-9-college-football-power-ratings-and-predictions/
I guess I'm being hard on them. Their schedule sucks, but they did play LSU in BR. I guess they wouldn't be near the top of my one loss teams at this point. I see them losing 2 of three to @ARK, UGA, & @FL
Yea, those that want to make $$$. Serious gamblers certainly aren't considering Alabama "mediocre" and Kentucky "bad".
Don't necessarily judge a team based on their record, ranking, or to a lesser extent schedule (they have actually lost 2 games). That is a classic trap of the novice bettor.
As things stand now, I would have Ole Miss -10 at Ark, Georgia -3.5 at Ole Miss, Ole Miss -7 at Florida. Obviously things can change.
When it comes to sports betting, I have a love affair with nobody. Allowing personal bias to enter into your handicapping is a great way to lose money. That is why I rarely bet on my own teams.
I hate that SP+ is subscription based now. I assume you have an ESPN subscription?
Yes, I find it well worth it mostly due to the live sports, especially College Basketball and FA Cup. The articles are a nice fringe benefit.
Grant - do you use covers.com at all? Not a subscriber, but find it a good resource.
Not much. Sometimes I'll look at the matchups page to see recent results between the two teams. They have some decent team stats, but I prefer to look at advanced stats that you can get at sites like collgefootballdata.com. And Don Best and Unabated.com for injuries.
Where are the pitters? Undefeated but not in the top 25. I guess when you opt to play a MAC-level schedule you don't get recognition.
This could be the most interesting college football season in recent memory IMO. I don't see any team bullying the pack. As for PSU, I'll remain skeptical. Illinois was the only real "test." Beating a top 25 team at home is fine......but..... until PSU survives Wisky and puts its collective hands in the dirt vs. OSU, is there anyone who can be sure this is a top 10 team? I've always looked for noticeable improvement week to week. What I've observed is some very good things interspersed with some disturbing inconsistencies.
I don't think they need to necessarily beat OSU, but it has to be a 15 round slugfest for me to conclude that they have a "punchers chance" in the playoffs. Until then, I'll stick with my original assessment .....PSU has proven worthy of discussion as a playoff contender. I've yet to see a complete game that makes me comfortable to see them as a NC contender.
I don't think they need to necessarily beat OSU, but it has to be a 15 round slugfest for me to conclude that they have a "punchers chance" in the playoffs. Until then, I'll stick with my original assessment .....PSU has proven worthy of discussion as a playoff contender. I've yet to see a complete game that makes me comfortable to see them as a NC contender.
Pitt is around 50 on my power ratings and like I said, record has nothing to do with it. They are actually 5-1 against the spread this year. An under valued team so far.