Penn State in the Polls

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Penn State 1998-2008
Team	AP L's	AP +/-	AP diff avg	leasts	mosts	Co L's	Co +/-	Co diff avg	leasts	mosts	AP-CO diff	All L's	All +/-	Tot. Avg
Penn St	19	18.1	1.0	2	1	20	-3.1	-0.2	2	3	-21.2	39	15.0	0.4

Penn State Losses while in the Top 25, 1998-2008
date	AP rk	CO rk	vs/@	oAP rk	oCO rk	oConf	Opponent	MoL	AP drop	avg	diff	CO drop	avg	diff
10/03/98	#07	#07	@	#01	#01	Big10	Ohio St	9-28	-6	-04.7	-01.3	-6	-08.4	02.4
11/07/98	#09	#09	@	#22	#22	Big10	Michigan	0-27	-10	-07.1	-02.9	-8	-07.8	-00.2
11/21/98	#16	#14	@	#13	#12	Big10	Wisconsin	3-24	-7	-05.1	-01.9	-7	-06.7	-00.3
11/06/99	#02	#02	vs	#30	#43	Big10	Minnesota	23-24	-4	-05.3	01.3	-6	-06.6	00.6
11/13/99	#06	#08	vs	#16	#15	Big10	Michigan	27-31	-7	-07.1	00.1	-5	-06.8	01.8
11/20/99	#13	#13	@	#15	#14	Big10	Michigan St	28-35	-2	-07.6	05.6	-2	-06.8	04.8
08/27/00	#22	#17	v	#15	#16	Pac10	USC	5-29	-7	-08.9	01.9	-9	-09.9	00.9
09/28/02	#12	#12	vs	NR	#40	Big10	Iowa	35-42	-8	-11.4	03.4	-9	-11.0	02.0
10/12/02	#15	#17	@	#13	#10	Big10	Michigan	24-27	-5	-06.5	01.5	-4	-03.3	-00.7
10/26/02	#18	#17	@	#04	#04	Big10	Ohio St	7-13	-2	-05.0	03.0	-4	-04.7	00.7
01/01/03	#10	#10	v	#19	#22	SEC	Auburn	9-13	-6	-04.6	-01.4	-5	-05.1	00.1
09/06/03	#29	#25	vs	NR	NR	BigEast	Boston Coll	14-27	-	-	-	-28	-12.1	-15.9
10/15/05	#08	#10	@	#33	#32	Big10	Michigan	25-27	-4	-07.8	03.8	-4	-08.6	04.6
09/09/06	#19	#19	@	#04	#05	Indy	Notre Dame	17-41	-6	-08.0	02.0	-7	-09.9	02.9
09/23/06	#24	#26	@	#01	#01	Big10	Ohio St	6-28	-8	-08.9	00.9	-	-	-
09/22/07	#10	#10	@	NR	NR	Big10	Michigan	9-14	-11	-10.0	-01.0	-9	-11.0	02.0
09/29/07	#21	#19	@	NR	NR	Big10	Illinois	20-27	-18	-17.0	-01.0	-18	-11.0	-07.0
10/27/07	#24	#22	vs	#01	#01	Big10	Ohio St	17-37	-6	-07.5	01.5	-9	-08.4	-00.6
11/17/07	#26	#22	@	NR	NR	Big10	Michigan St	31-35	-	-	-	-10	-06.8	-03.2
11/08/08	#03	#02	@	NR	NR	Big10	Iowa	23-24	-4	-05.3	01.3	-6	-06.6	00.6
01/01/09	#06	#06	v	#05	#04	Pac10	USC	24-38	-2	-03.3	01.3	-2	-03.5	01.5

Penn State Wins against the Top 25, 1998-2008
date	AP rk	CO rk	vs/@	oAP rk	oCO rk	oConf	Opponent	MoV
09/05/98	#13	#13	@	#21	#21	CUSA	Southern Miss	34-6
08/28/99	#03	#04	@	#04	#03	Pac10	Arizona	41-7
09/18/99	#03	#03	vs	#08	#09	BigEast	Miami (Florida)	27-23
10/16/99	#02	#02	@	#18	#17	Big10	Ohio State	23-10
10/23/99	#02	#02	vs	#16	#17	Big10	Purdue	31-25
12/28/99	#13	#17	v	#18	#13	Big12	Texas A&M	24-0
09/30/00	NR	NR	@	#22	#19	Big10	Purdue	22-20
10/20/01	NR	#39	vs	#22	#20	Big10	Northwestern	38-35
09/14/02	#28	#25	@	#08	#07	Big12	Nebraska	40-7
10/05/02	#20	#21	vs	#16	#15	Big10	Wisconsin	34-31
10/01/05	#29	#29	@	#18	#19	Big10	Minnesota	44-14
10/08/05	#16	#18	@	#06	#06	Big10	Ohio State	17-10
11/05/05	#10	#11	@	#14	#14	Big10	Wisconsin	35-14
01/03/06	#03	#03	v	#22	#22	ACC	Florida State	26-23
01/01/07	#30	#31	v	#17	#18	SEC	Tennessee	20-10
10/13/07	#37	#34	@	#19	#15	Big10	Wisconsin	38-7
09/27/08	#12	#12	@	#22	#21	Big10	Illinois	38-24
10/11/08	#06	#06	vs	#26	#24	Big10	Wisconsin	48-7
10/25/08	#03	#03	vs	#10	#10	Big10	Ohio State	13-6
11/22/08	#07	#08	@	#17	#15	Big10	Michigan State	49-18