Fresh off a nail-biting victory over Alabama that moved the Lions to 9-2 on the season, Penn State is not any. 18 within the first NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings of the year. NET is that the primary ranking system that the NCAA developed to exchange the RPI before the 2018-19 season, and may be a major component the choice committee uses to work out seeding and at-large bids for the NCAA tournament. internet rankings are going to be updated a day for the remainder of the season.
The ranking may be a water line for Pat Chambers and his program, which finished last season at No. 49. the sole comparable ranking came at the top of the 2017-18 season where the Lions finished as NIT champions and No. 19 in Ken Pomeroy's ranking. Had the NCAA established NET for that season, Penn State could are an at-large selection.
Penn State plays two home buy games against Central Connecticut State (Fri. Dec. 20 - 6 p.m.) and Cornell (Sun. Dec. 29 - noon) before an enormous showdown with Iowa at the Palestra on Jan. 4.