The Nittany Lions are No. 8 in the USA Today/Coaches' preseason top 25 poll released today -- a couple of spots behind rival Ohio State.
Penn State, which finished 11-2 last season with a loss to USC in the Rose Bowl, is firmly ahead of No. 9 LSU in voting points (988-917) and just behind No. 7 Virginia Tech (1,020).
Florida is the decisive preseason No. 1 with 53 first-place votes, followed by Texas, Oklahoma, USC, Alabama and Ohio State, at No. 6. Mississippi rounds out the top 10.
Iowa (9-4 last year) is the only other Big Ten team in the top 25. Michigan State (9-4) just missed the list and is the second team outside of the poll with 136 points.
Notre Dame is ranked 23rd and Pitt is out of the top 25 with 64 points, just ahead of West Virginia and Rutgers.
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