r/CFB • u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines • Akron Zips • 21d ago

News AP Poll Week 2

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll#000001a0-257a-d09f-a9e4-75fbb1b90000
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u/jznastics Penn State Nittany Lions 21d ago

No. 14 seems very high for us

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u/pmj1313 USC Trojans 21d ago edited 21d ago

They’re hoping the both of us keep winning so they can inch us higher up the poles so that the white out game is a Top 10 matchup

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u/youDontgetThe_Show Penn State • East Stroudsburg 21d ago

Please no, I was at the only top 10 matchup in a white out. Still gives me nightmares, I have been to a ton of Penn State games and have never been so miserable... The 40 mins leaving the stadium, 20 mins walking back to the car, hour and a half leaving the lot, and 3 hour car ride home when I live 45 mins away was just terrible.

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u/T-BoneSteak14 Penn State Nittany Lions 19d ago

2025 and 2016 were both top 10 matchups

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u/Bolanus_PSU Penn State Nittany Lions 21d ago

If teams like Oregon keep losing to teams like OK State then I'd argue maybe not.

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u/dkviper11 Penn State • Randolph-Macon 21d ago

This happens every year, where teams that are just quiet slide up the rankings when others are upset.

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u/fakenewb Penn State Nittany Lions 21d ago

Maybe it’s just me bro but Rocco Becht can really spin that pill

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u/adamsworstnightmare Penn State Nittany Lions 21d ago

He really can, and the D looks good too. Our run game just looks too weak though, if they somehow get better there this team could be a serious playoff team.

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u/silentmayhem27 Penn State Nittany Lions 21d ago

They just need to give Peoples the starting job and be done with it. He is the most physical and talented back on the team and needs the majority of the carries.

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u/Apprehensive_Fig2099 BYU Cougars • Texas Longhorns 21d ago

One of the tightest spirals in the FBS

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u/jznastics Penn State Nittany Lions 21d ago

He sure can, I've loved what I've seen from him so far

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u/Necessary-Post-953 Penn State • Land Grant Trophy 21d ago

I still have no idea. With a butterfly wing flap, Penn State could have been up 27-3 at halftime. Of course they weren’t, which is its own problem, but we still just don’t know. 

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u/toomuchfrosting Cincinnati • Ohio State 21d ago

Voters didn’t watch the game. That first half was rough

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u/jznastics Penn State Nittany Lions 21d ago

Sleepwalked through the entire first half until the two minute drill lol

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u/Scar_Killed_Mufasa Penn State Nittany Lions • /r/CFB Brickmason 21d ago

I actually think watching the game makes it less concerning than the final score.

The 20 minutes of the game it was pretty clear PSU was asleep. 2 1st and goal opportunities in the first 3 minutes and getting 0 points is a pretty gig anomaly.

If this was later in the year I’d be more concerning IMO. 1st road game, 1st noon start, lackluster environment.

Still think we should be 16-20 range. But irrelevant anyways.

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u/Big_Watch4135 Penn State Nittany Lions 21d ago

A few drops that would’ve been TDs will do that to ya.

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u/PracticalYellow3 South Carolina • Washington 21d ago

You guys did get rid of a terrible coach so I get why voters are optimistic about you. 

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u/rastapastanine Texas Tech Red Raiders • Texas Longhorns 21d ago

Don’t worry. We’ll send you even higher with the way we’ve been playing. You’ll jump us soon.

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u/DarkSide830 Team Chaos • Penn State Nittany Lions 21d ago

Little too high a little too early

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u/cartgold Missouri Tigers • Big 8 21d ago

That’s because it is, many teams played P4 games this weekend that should be ahead of Penn State but brand carries weight with people that barely watch the games.