It's more to do with PSU being at 3. You may look at their record and fall for the exact same thing as the media. UCF is not very good (they got clobbered by Missouri after PSU AND had a bye week right before). Rutgers quite literally [Mark May] the bed. Their all everything QB is on pace to throw for over 3,500 yards....but only 12 tds and 15 ints. Yes against UCF, Akron, Rutgers, and Massachusetts he only has 4 tds and has 5 ints. And I'm not trying to say he's not a great talent, but rather that's a sign of the lack of talent around him both out wide and in front if him. This is a team that is being hit hardest this year by their scholarship hits and the media is blinded by 4-0 and don't realize that 2 of those wins are against Akron and Massachusetts and the other two they probably should have lost.