Penn State moves up to 13th in AP college football poll
Next up for the Nittany Lions: a matchup at home against No. 2 Ohio State.
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With a showdown against No. 2 Ohio State on the horizon, Penn State moved up three spots to No. 13 in the Associated Press college football poll on Sunday.
The Nittany Lions (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) throttled Minnesota, 45-17, on Saturday as Sean Clifford passed for 295 yards and four touchdowns with one interception.
Penn State will host the Buckeyes (7-0, 4-0) on Saturday at noon (Fox29). It will be the sixth straight meeting with both teams ranked and the Buckeyes have won the last five.
LSU reentered the AP poll at No. 18 and No. 25 South Carolina earned a ranking for the first time in four seasons.
The first six teams in the AP top 25 held their spots after either winning or not playing this past weekend.
Georgia is No. 1 for the third straight week, with No. 2 Ohio State gaining ground after it blew out Iowa. The Bulldogs, who were idle, received 31 first-place votes and 1,530 points, and the Buckeyes got 18 first-place votes and 1,513 points.
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No. 3 Tennessee received 13 first-place votes. No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Clemson, and No. 6 Alabama also held their spots, with the Tigers receiving a first-place vote.
No. 7 TCU moved up a spot after remaining unbeaten with a second-half comeback against Kansas State. Oregon jumped two spots to a season-high No. 8 after routing UCLA.
Oklahoma State is No. 9, followed by Southern California and Wake Forest in a tie at No. 10.
LSU, in its first season under coach Brian Kelly, handed Mississippi its first loss of the season in emphatic fashion and moved back into the rankings ahead of its game against Alabama on Nov. 5 in Baton Rouge, La.
The Tigers were ranked for a week earlier this month before losing to Tennessee. They improved to 6-2 by outscoring Ole Miss, 42-3, after falling behind by 14 in the first half.
South Carolina, under second-year coach Shane Beamer, is ranked for the first time since a one-week stint after the opening weekend of the 2018 season. The Gamecocks beat Texas A&M to improve to 5-2. They have not been ranked this late in a season since 2013.