The Penn State Nittany Lions will begin the 2019 season as the No. 15 team in the country according to the newly released preseason AP Poll, two spots higher than they finished the 2018 season.
This marks the third-straight season the Nittany Lions have been ranked entering the season, the program’s longest such streak since 2006-10. It also marks the 41st-straight week for Penn State in the AP Poll, the fifth-longest streak in the nation.
There are seven Big Ten teams ranked in the 2019 preseason poll, the most of any conference with the SEC coming in second with six.