After losing to Indiana in overtime to open the Big Ten season, Penn State nearly falls out of the Top 25 in this week's USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-127.
The No. 25 Nittany Lions are down 19 spots and have fallen from second in the conference power rankings behind No. 3 Ohio State to fifth, trailing the Buckeyes, No. 8 Michigan, No. 13 Wisconsin and No. 24 Indiana.
The Hoosiers are up 38, the largest single-week leap in this week's 1-127. Several Big Ten teams made similar jumps, including No. 44 Purdue (up 34) and No.