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PENN STATE FOOTBALL
2005 Big Ten Champions
Currently ranked 3rd in the BCS
2005 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Result | Record |
TV |
| September 3 | South Florida | W 23-13 | 1-0 (0-0) |
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| September 10 | Cincinnati | W 42-24 | 2-0 (0-0) |
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| September 17 | Central Michigan | W 40-3 | 3-0 (0-0) | WB |
| September 24 | at Northwestern | W 34-29 | 4-0 (1-0) |
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| October 1 | No. 18 Minnesota | W 44-14 | 5-0 (2-0) |
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| October 8 | No. 6 Ohio State | W 17-10 | 6-0 (3-0) |
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| October 15 | at Michigan | L 27-25 | 6-1 (3-1) |
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| October 22 | at Illinois | W 63-10 | 7-1 (4-1) |
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| October 29 | Purdue | W 33-15 | 8-1 (5-1) |
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| November 5 | No. 15 Wisconsin | W 35-14 | 9-1 (6-1) |
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| November 19 | at Michigan State | W 31-22 | 10-1 (7-1) |
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| January 3 | No. 22 Florida State | 8:00 PM |
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Current BCS Top Ten:
| Harris Poll | USA Today | Computer Rankings | BCS | ||||||||||||||
| TEAM | RK | PTS | % | RK | PTS | % | A&H | RB | CM | KM | JS | PW | % | COMP AVG | BCS AVG | PRVS | |
| 1 | USC | 1 | 2800 | .9912 | 1 | 1536 | .9910 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | .960 | 2 | .9807 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas | 2 | 2737 | .9688 | 2 | 1501 | .9684 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 1.000 | 1 | .9791 | 2 |
| 3 | PSU | 4 | 2494 | .8828 | 4 | 1344 | .8671 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | .920 | 3 | .8900 | 4 |
| 4 | LSU | 3 | 2539 | .8988 | 3 | 1415 | .9129 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 18 | .700 | 8 | .8372 | 5 |
| 5 | VaTech | 6 | 2244 | .7943 | 5 | 1277 | .8239 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | .870 | 4 | .8294 | 6 |
| 6 | OSU | 7 | 2172 | .7688 | 7 | 1137 | .7335 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | .850 | 5 | .7841 | 7 |
| 7 | Oregon | 8 | 1980 | .7009 | 8 | 1102 | .7110 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | .790 | 6 | .7340 | 10 |
| 8 | ND | 5 | 2254 | .7979 | 6 | 1185 | .7645 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | .510 | 12 | .6908 | 9 |
| 9 | Miami | 10 | 1799 | .6368 | 10 | 990 | .6387 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 19 | .740 | 7 | .6718 | 3 |
| 10 | Auburn | 9 | 1945 | .6885 | 9 | 1025 | .6613 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 16 | .550 | 10 | .6333 | 13 |
Penn State Tri-Captain
2005
Butkus
Award WINNER
(Best Linebacker in the country)
2005
Bednarik
Award WINNER
(Best Defensive player in the country)
1st Team All-American
Lombardi Award Finalist
1st team All Big Ten
3-time Big Ten Defensive
Player of the Week
Week 5
National Defensive
Player
of the Week
Midseason
All-American
First team Academic
All-American
1st Team All-American
Nagurski Trophy Finalist
Hendricks Award Finalist
Big Ten
Defensive Lineman of the
Year
1st team All Big Ten
Week 10
National Player of
the week x 4
Midseason All-American
Penn State Tri-Captain
5th place, Heisman Trophy Voting
Big Ten Most Valuable Player
O'Brien Award Semifinalist
Big Ten
Offensive Player of the
Year
2005 Team MVP
2nd team All Big Ten
Week 8 Big Ten Offensive
Player of the Week
PSU record 6 touchdowns vs
Illinois