Following Close Win, Penn State Drops in ESPN’s Weekly Rankings

The Penn State football program entered their Week Two game against Bowling Green as 34.5-point favorites but only ended up winning by seven points.

In today’s age of national rankings, it’s about style points and because they didn’t win pretty, Penn State has paid the price in at least one weekly ranking.

Sunday morning, ESPN released their FPI Top 25 after Week 2 and has some interesting results.

Not only have the Nittany Lions dropped but so have the previously No. 1 ranked Georgia Bulldogs.

Here are the latest ESPN FPI ratings and there are plenty of changes.

ESPN’S FPI TOP 25 RATINGS:

1. Texas (moved up 2 spots)

2. Georgia (dropped 1 spot)

3. Alabama (dropped 1 spot)

4. Ohio State

5. Tennessee (moved up 2 spots)

6. Ole Miss (moved up 2 spots)

7. Penn State (dropped 2 spots)

1. USC (moved up 7 spots)

2. Missouri (moved up 3 spots)

3. Notre Dame (dropped 4 spots)

4. Louisville (moved up 2 spots)

5. Miami (dropped 1 spot)

6. Oregon (dropped 3 spots)

7. Clemson (moved up 8 spots)

8. Oklahoma (dropped 6 spots)

9. Central Florida (moved up 4 spots)

10. Michigan (dropped 3 spots)

11. Kansas State (moved up 3 spots)

12. Texas A&M (dropped 1 spot)

13. LSU (dropped 3 spots)

14. Utah (moved up 3 spots)

15. Washington (moved up 3 spots)

16. Arkansas (moved up 7 spots)

17. Boston College (moved up 10 spots)

18. Auburn (dropped 9 spots)