AI-assisted summary
Penn State has fallen in the rankings after losing to both Oregon and previously winless UCLA.
Oregon and Ohio State hold the top two spots in a combined Big Ten/SEC ranking.
Several teams, including Alabama and Nebraska, have quarterbacks emerging as top players.
Kudos to Penn State football for changing the narrative that it always loses to top 10 teams. The new narrative: It can lose to anybody.
The Nittany Lions just lost to UCLA , which spent the first month of the season proving it was the worst power conference team in the country. As a result, they have tumbled from near the top to near the bottom of my Big Ten/SEC top 25 .
On Sept. 27, the Nittany Lions lost to unbeaten Oregon. On the following Saturday, they lost to previously winless UCLA.
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