Updated Coaches Poll, AP Top 25 in Big Ten

Penn State and James Franklin’s well-documented struggles against top-10 teams continued in Week 5 with a gutting double-overtime loss to Oregon.

The following week, a more disheartening and stunning setback awaited.

In one of the most stunning results in recent college football history, the No. 6 Nittany Lions were shocked 42-37 by a previously winless UCLA team on Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Rose Bowl — a loss defensive end Dani Dennis-Sutton described after the game as “embarrassing.”

Though quarterback Drew Allar was sharp enough, throwing for two touchdowns and rushing for a career-high 78 yards, the Nittany Lions’ ballyhooed defense was carved up by what had been a hapless Bruins offense, allowing 435 total yards. Tennessee transfer Nico Iamaleava was responsible for much of that production, with 294 total yards and five touchdowns.

Elsewhere in the Big Ten, No. 20 Michigan cruised past Wisconsin 24-10 behind 117 yards and two touchdowns from Justice Haynes. No. 1 Ohio State blew out Minnesota 42-3. No. 22 Illinois knocked off Purdue 43-27. Maryland squandered a 17-point fourth-quarter lead in a 24-20 loss to Washington, the Terrapins’ first defeat of the season. Nebraska bounced back from a loss two weeks earlier to Michigan with a 38-27 victory against Michigan State.

A pair of top-10 teams in the conference, No. 2 Oregon and No. 9 Indiana, were enjoying bye weeks seven days ahead of their much-anticipated matchup on Saturday, Oct. 11 in Eugene, Oregon.

What impact will those results have on the major national polls? Here’s a look at where Big Ten teams find themselves in the US LBM Coaches Poll and the AP Top 25 rankings heading into Week 7:

College football rankings after Week 6

Big Ten teams in bold. First-place votes in parentheses.

Ohio State (59)
Oregon (3)
Miami (3)
Ole Miss
Texas A&M (1)
Oklahoma
Indiana
Alabama
Georgia
Texas Tech
LSU
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Missouri
Michigan
Notre Dame
Illinois
BYU
Texas
Vanderbilt
Iowa State
Penn State
Arizona State
Virginia
Memphis

Others receiving votes: Utah 134; Florida State 93; Cincinnati 70; South Florida 65; North Texas 28; Navy 26; Washington 25; USC 23; UNLV 21; Nebraska 17; TCU 15; Old Dominion 13; Louisville 10; Tulane 8; Duke 7; Auburn 7; Iowa 5; SMU 2.

AP Top 25

Ohio State (40)
Miami (21)
Oregon (5)
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Indiana
Alabama
Texas Tech
Georgia
LSU
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Missouri
Michigan
Notre Dame
Illinois
BYU
Virginia
Vanderbilt
Arizona State
Iowa State
Memphis
South Florida
Florida State

Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 129; Texas 111; Penn State 97; Utah 84; Nebraska 60; USC 46; UNLV 19; North Texas 16; TCU 14; Washington 10; Mississippi State 10; Navy 4; Louisville 3; Auburn 1.

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