College Football Rankings, Week 14: Penn State Nittany Lions Fall to No. 23 In AP Poll

After losing their final regular season game of the 2011 season to the Wisconsin Badgers 45-7, the Penn State Nittany Lions dropped three spots to No. 23 in this week's AP Poll.

Penn State finishes the regular season at 9-3 and waits to find out their fate for the bowl season. Penn State's loss opened the door for the Badgers to win the Leaders Division and to play in the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis on Dec. 3. Wisconsin will play the Michigan State Spartans.

Here's the complete AP Poll Top 25 for Week 14:

1) LSU
2) Alabama
3) Oklahoma
4) Stanford
5) Virginia Tech
6) Arkansas
7) Houston
8) Oregon
9) Boise State
10) USC
11) Michigan State
12) Georgia
13) Oklahoma
14) South Carolina
15) Wisconsin
16) Kansas State
17) Michigan
18) TCU
19) Baylor
20) Nebraska
21) Clemson
22) West Virgina
23) Penn State
24) Southern Mississippi
25) Florida State    

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College Football Rankings, Week 14: Penn State Nittany Lions No. 19 In USA Today/Coaches Poll

The Penn State football program lost its third game of the 2011-12 season Saturday, 45-7, at the University of Wisconsin, and the result led to a drop in the latest college football rankings, released Sunday afternoon.

After being ranked No. 19 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll last week, the Nittany Lions (9-3) fell to No. 22 this week. Penn State is the lowest of the five ranked Big Ten schools, as Michigan State (No. 9), Wisconsin (No. 12), Michigan (No. 16) and Nebraska (No. 19) are all ranked ahead of PSU. The Spartans and Badgers will meet each other in the inaugural Big Ten Conference Championship (8:17 p.m. on FOX), Saturday, Dec. 3.

Meanwhile, the USA Today's top five looks a bit different than the AP Poll's. LSU remains No. 1 overall, while Alabama, Virginia Tech, Stanford and Oklahoma State round out the USA Today's top five. Here's the rest of the top 25 rankings:

1) LSU
2) Alabama
3) Virginia Tech
4) Stanford
5) Oklahoma State
6) Houston
7) Oregon
8) Boise State
9) Michigan State
10) Arkansas
11) Oklahoma
12) Wisconsin
13) South Carolina
14) Georgia
15) Kansas State
16) Michigan
17) TCU
18) Baylor
19) Nebraska
20) West Virginia
21) Clemson
22) Penn State
23) Southern Mississippi
24) Florida State
25) Cincinnati

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College Football Rankings, Week 14: Penn State Football Falls In AP Poll

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