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	#12 Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2)

Penn State faces long wait to find out bowl fate

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) The Big Ten season is over and it's a long, long wait until Bowl Championship Series bids get doled out Dec. 6.

The wait may be particularly stressful for No. 12 Penn State.

The Nittany Lions (10-2, 6-2) closed out the regular season Saturday with a convincing 42-14 win at Michigan State. But now they risk falling off the football radar while teams from the SEC, Big 12, Big East and other conferences continue impressing bowl scouts. (MORE)

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Sat, Nov 21

Final	1	2	3	4	T
13 Penn State	0	7	28	7	42
Michigan State	0	7	0	7	14

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Leader	Nittany Lions	Spartans
Passing	D. Clark 310	K. Cousins 155
Rushing	E. Royster 114	E. Baker 48
Receiving	G. Zug 99	K. Martin 74

Big Ten
	Overall	Conference
9 Ohio State	10-2	7-1
13 Iowa	10-2	6-2
12 Penn State	10-2	6-2
Northwestern	8-4	5-3
Wisconsin	8-3	5-3
Michigan State	6-6	4-4
Purdue	5-7	4-4
Minnesota	6-6	3-5
Illinois	3-7	2-6
Michigan	5-7	1-7
Indiana	4-8	1-7

Leaders
Passing Yards:	D. Clark	2787
Passing TDs:	D. Clark	23
Rushing Yards:	E. Royster	1104
Rushing TDs:	D. Clark	7
Receiving Yards:	D. Moye	732
Receiving TDs:	G. Zug	7
Interceptions:	N. Bowman	2

Offense (FBS Rank)
Yards:	4950 (11)
Passing Yards:	2867 (32)
Rushing Yards:	2083 (28)
Points per game:	29.7 (42)
Yards per game:	412.5 (36)
Touchdowns:	44 (16)
Field Goals:	11 (71)

Defense (FBS Rank)
Yards:	3325 (17)
Passing Yards:	2198 (39)
Rushing Yards:	1127 (18)
Points per game:	11.8 (4)
Yards per game:	277.1 (7)
Touchdowns:	14 (4)
Field Goals:	12 (56)

Schedule 2009
Date	Opponent	Result / Time
9/5	vs. Akron	W 31 - 7
9/12	vs. Syracuse	W 28 - 7
9/19	vs. Temple	W 31 - 6
9/26	vs. Iowa	L 10 - 21
10/3	at Illinois	W 35 - 17
10/10	vs. Eastern Illinois	W 52 - 3
10/17	vs. Minnesota	W 20 - 0
10/24	at Michigan	W 35 - 10
10/31	at Northwestern	W 34 - 13
11/7	vs. 15 Ohio State	L 7 - 24
11/14	vs. Indiana	W 31 - 20
11/21	at Michigan State	W 42 - 14

AP Rank
Rank	School	Rec
1	Florida	11-0
2	Alabama	11-0
3	Texas	11-0
4	TCU	11-0
5	Cincinnati	10-0
6	Boise State	11-0
7	Georgia Tech	10-1
8	Pittsburgh	9-1
9	Ohio State	10-2
10	Oregon	9-2
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Coaches Rank
Rank	School	Rec
1	Florida	11-0
2	Texas	11-0
3	Alabama	11-0
4	TCU	11-0
5	Cincinnati	10-0
6	Boise State	11-0
7	Georgia Tech	10-1
8	Ohio State	10-2
9	Pittsburgh	9-1
10	Oregon	9-2
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