Penn State and West Virginia both received votes in the preseason AP college football poll, which was released on Sunday.
The Nittany Lions received 20 points in the voting, while the Mountaineers received just one. Their neighbor to the west overshadowed both schools, as the reigning national champions, the Ohio State Buckeyes, were unanimously voted as the No. 1 team in the country.
Both Penn State and West Virginia will face tough conference schedules this season. The Big Ten has three schools ranked in the top 25, as Michigan State (No. 5) and Wisconsin (No. 20) join Ohio State.
In the Big 12, defending conference co-champions TCU and Baylor are both in the top five, with the Horned Frogs ranked No. 2 and the Bears ranked No. 4. Oklahoma (No. 19) also made the top 25.
The full top 25 rankings are as follows.
1. Ohio State
2. TCU
3. Alabama
4. Baylor
5. Michigan State
6. Auburn
7. Oregon
8. USC
9. Georgia
10. Florida State
11. Notre Dame
12. Clemson
13. UCLA
14. LSU
15. Arizona State
16. Georgia Tech
17. Mississippi
18. Arkansas
19. Oklahoma
20. Wisconsin
21. Stanford
22. Arizona
23. Boise State
24. Missouri
25. Tennessee
Penn State opens their season with a rare non-conference road trip. They will visit the Temple Owls at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 5.
The Mountaineers will open the season at Milan Puskar Stadium against Georgia Southern that evening at 7:30 p.m.
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