THE POLL / Big Ten / 2026

PENN STATE.

Every game. Every component. Every point accounted for.

COMPUTER RANK

#46

AP RANK

RECORD

3–2

COMPUTER SCORE

64.66

Penn State is #46 with a 3–2 record. Strength of schedule contributes 15.77 points to its 64.66 total. Its most valuable win is over Marshall (45–0), worth 2.02 résumé units. Loss quality is its lowest component at 46.0/100. The next team, Louisiana, scores 63.24.

THE SCORE, DISASSEMBLED.

v1.0.0

Results · 25%

60.0 / 100

+15.000 points

Quality wins · 20%

63.5 / 100

+12.701 points

Strength of schedule · 20%

78.8 / 100

+15.766 points

Strength of record · 15%

58.4 / 100

+8.759 points

Road / neutral · 8%

65.3 / 100

+5.226 points

Capped dominance · 7%

70.1 / 100

+4.905 points

Loss quality · 5%

46.0 / 100

+2.299 points

SUM OF WEIGHTED CONTRIBUTIONS = 64.65693431
Adjusted OWP: 0.631579 · OOWP: 0.586218 · Raw SOS: 0.617971

THE SEASON SO FAR.

WEEKLY COMPUTER RANK

Movement history appears after the next published week.

THE RECEIPTS.

WK	OPPONENT	SITE	RESULT	OPP. QUALITY	WIN VALUE	LOSS PENALTY
1	Marshall	home	W 45–0	0.6545	+2.0181	—
2	Temple	Road	W 27–9	0.4631	+1.9503	—
3	Buffalo	home	W 55–13	0.4531	+1.7663	—
4	Wisconsin	home	L 20–24	0.6805	—	1.4873
5	Northwestern	Road	L 13–34	0.6015	—	1.5488

Résumé units feed the quality-win and loss components before percentile normalization. They are not direct additions to the final score.

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