After a convincing win and surrounding help, the Nittany Lions took their largest leap ever in the College Football Playoff rankings — putting themselves squarely in the hunt for a New Year’s Six bowl.
Penn State is No. 14 in the committee’s third set of rankings, which were released Tuesday night. The Nittany Lions moved up six spots from No. 20 after five teams ranked ahead of them fell in Week 11.
Alabama still sits at No. 1, while Clemson, Notre Dame and Michigan predictably round out the top four in that order. Georgia is on the outside looking in at No.