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Penn State football is No. 3 in both The Associated Press top 25 and the USA Today Coaches Poll following its second and final bye week of the season. That does not mean the Lions are picked to end up there in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, of course. But they’re on track to host a first-round game and, of course, are in a position to potentially win the Big Ten still. That, of course, would lock it into a quarterfinal spot. Much work remains for head coach James Franklin’s team to make its postseason hopes a reality, of course. Where are the Lions projected to end up in the fi…

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