The Week 12 AP poll came out and the Penn St. Nittany Lions come in ranked No. 21 which is the same as their coaches poll ranking. Penn State dropped after their loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers who themselves move up two spots from No. 19 to No. 17.
The AP poll has three other teams ranked with the Michigan St. Spartans who are ranked No. 12, the Wisconsin Badgers come in at No. 15 and the Michigan Wolverines who come in one spot ahead of Penn State at No. 20.
Here is the complete AP poll:
| AP Top 25 |
| RK |
TEAM |
RECORD |
PTS |
PVS |
| 1 |
LSU (60) |
10-0 |
1500 |
1 |
| 2 |
Oklahoma State |
10-0 |
1432 |
2 |
| 3 |
Alabama |
9-1 |
1380 |
4 |
| 4 |
Oregon |
9-1 |
1326 |
6 |
| 5 |
Oklahoma |
8-1 |
1230 |
7 |
| 6 |
Arkansas |
9-1 |
1217 |
8 |
| 7 |
Clemson |
9-1 |
1075 |
9 |
| 8 |
Stanford |
9-1 |
1071 |
3 |
| 9 |
Virginia Tech |
9-1 |
1000 |
10 |
| 10 |
Boise State |
8-1 |
880 |
5 |
| 11 |
Houston |
10-0 |
867 |
11 |
| 12 |
Michigan State |
8-2 |
767 |
13 |
| 13 |
Georgia |
8-2 |
756 |
14 |
| 14 |
South Carolina |
8-2 |
706 |
15 |
| 15 |
Wisconsin |
8-2 |
676 |
16 |
| 16 |
Kansas State |
8-2 |
629 |
17 |
| 17 |
Nebraska |
8-2 |
583 |
19 |
| 18 |
USC |
8-2 |
564 |
18 |
| 19 |
TCU |
8-2 |
402 |
NR |
| 20 |
Michigan |
8-2 |
381 |
22 |
| 21 |
Penn State |
8-2 |
320 |
12 |
| 22 |
Southern Miss |
9-1 |
250 |
25 |
| 23 |
Florida State |
7-3 |
107 |
NR |
| 24 |
Notre Dame |
7-3 |
93 |
NR |
| 25 |
Baylor |
6-3 |
68 |
NR |
