The AP Top 25 Preseason Poll released at noon on Monday, Aug. 11 and it's unsurprising that the points added up in agreement with what pretty much everyone expects of Penn State football in 2025.
Media, polls, analysts, and the general public have toyed with the Nittany Lions bouncing around the top three spots in college football. Recently, the Texas Longhorn hype has taken over as the No. 1 team, just having a slight edge over Penn State. Though the AP Poll agrees with that slight tip in balance, there's a huge emphasis on the word "slight.