The Nittany Lions suffered their first loss of the season last week.
The No. 3 Nittany Lions travel to No. 1 Pitt Wednesday night.
The Nittany Lions jumped four spots from the prior poll.
Penn State is now the third-ranked Big Ten team.
Malone had a career-high nine points in the Nittany Lions' upset win over Yale.
The Nittany Lions are now ranked No. 22.