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74
▼ Below its 5-year level -12▼ Down 7 this season
Career76since 1936
Peak961994
Last 586seasons
#33 nationally · 3-3 (0-3 conf)
Résumé #72 · better than its record
Schedule so far #33
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
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Penn State Nittany Lions

Big Ten · University Park, PA · Beaver Stadium · Head coach Matt Campbell
Rival
Heated rivalry
13-27 all time (40 meetings since 1912)
Ohio State leads
Last: lost 38-14 (2025) · Ohio State has won 9 straight
Wants it back
258 NFL draft picks (top 10% of FBS)NFL Factory71.0% wins since 1936 (top 10% of FBS)Winning Tradition37 consensus All-AmericansAll-American Factory
Recognized national titles: 1986, 1982. Counted: AP poll champion, a coaches-poll champion, or the BCS / playoff title-game winner; a split year counts for both.2national titles
Heisman Trophy winners1Heisman
Seasons finishing in the AP top 10 since 193630AP top-10
Consensus All-Americans since 193637All-Americans
NFL draft picks since 1967258NFL picks
Winning percentage since 193671.0%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1888. Every season →
Chemistry
Chem 49: new staff, still building49
Chem 67: typical
67Foundation
Chem 51: typical
51Gel
gel counts 50% so far
▼ Below its norm -19Trending up
early · #106 of 138
HC year1
Ret. starters18%
QB yrs w/ OC3
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Class of 2027 · 22 commitspotential: what recruits like him became
CB
Kei'Shjuan Telfair
Euclid, OH
★★★★0.960pot83
DL
Stanley Montgomery
Philadelphia, PA
★★★★0.946pot82
OT
David Tarawallie
Painesville, OH
★★★★0.928pot79
LB
Case Alexander
Washington, OK
★★★★0.912pot80
TE
Cooper Terwilliger
Pierre, SD
★★★★0.910pot78
EDGE
Elijah Guertin
Warwick, RI
★★★★0.906pot79
WR
Landon Blum
Woodbine, IA
★★★★0.904pot80
DL
Carter Blattner
Allendale, NJ
★★★0.889pot75
LB
Blake Betton
Shakopee, MN
★★★0.889pot76
QB
William Wood
Westwood, MA
★★★0.887pot75
CB
Dhillon McGee
Desoto, TX
★★★0.887pot73
OT
Ryan Robbins
Upper St. Clair, PA
★★★0.886pot78
TE
Sean Currie
Lawrenceville, NJ
★★★0.886pot75
IOL
Owen Reilly
Bel Air, MD
★★★0.884pot78
RB
Chukwuma Odoh
Paramus, NJ
★★★0.880pot76
ATH
Ka'ron Ceaser
Atco, NJ
★★★0.879pot71
ATH
Jonathan Galette
Montvale, NJ
★★★0.877pot73
DL
Aniti Paiva
Salt Lake City, UT
★★★0.873pot72
IOL
Jon Sassic
Pittsburgh, PA
★★★0.872pot74
ATH
Caleb Cooper
Charlotte, NC
★★★0.871pot74
OT
Oscar Webersink
Oakdale, CT
★★★0.864pot75
LS
Clayton Powell
Lake Charles, LA
★★★0.800pot66
Every class · national rank by total rating
ClassRankCommitsAvg ratingTop recruit
2027#30220.890Kei'Shjuan Telfair CB ★★★★
2026#112150.877Elijah Reeder EDGE ★★★★
2025#5290.897Andrew Olesh TE ★★★★
2024#10260.906Cooper Cousins IOL ★★★★
2023#24230.911J'ven Williams OT ★★★★
2022#15230.912Dani Dennis-Sutton DL ★★★★★
2021#71170.887Landon Tengwall OT ★★★★
2020#15260.895Curtis Jacobs OLB ★★★★
2019#34220.905Brandon Smith ILB ★★★★★
2018#25230.917Micah Parsons WDE ★★★★★
2017#37220.885Lamont Wade CB ★★★★
2016#66190.882Miles Sanders RB ★★★★★
2015#52150.912Saquon Barkley RB ★★★★
2014#70150.878Saeed Blacknall WR ★★★★
2013#63160.855Christian Hackenberg PRO ★★★★★
2012#52190.852Geno Lewis WR ★★★★