best point differential in a penn state season

The Penn State Nittany Lions had their highest point differential in a season in 1971, with a 323-point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Penn State	323	1971	11	10	1	0		454	41.3	131	11.9
2	Penn State	320	2017	13	11	2	0	72	534	41.1	214	16.5	296	48.0	57.1
3	Penn State	319	2008	13	11	2	0	63	506	38.9	187	14.4	300
4	Penn State	311	1973	11	11	0	0		431	39.2	120	10.9
5	Penn State	296	2023	13	10	3	0	59	471	36.2	175	13.5	292	40.5	76.9
6	Penn State	294	1994	11	11	0	0		526	47.8	232	21.1
7	Penn State	266	2024	16	13	3	0	69	530	33.1	264	16.5	367	45.9	72.0
8	Penn State	265	1991	12	10	2	0		432	36.0	167	13.9
9	Penn State	257	2019	13	11	2	0	61	465	35.8	208	16.0	277	42.2	61.1
10	Penn State	233	1968	10	10	0	0		339	33.9	106	10.6
11	Penn State	229	1978	11	11	0	0		326	29.6	97	8.8
12	Penn State	228	2022	13	11	2	0	61	465	35.8	237	18.2	278	37.8	70.0
13	Penn State	225	1969	10	10	0	0		312	31.2	87	8.7
14	Penn State	219	2002	13	9	4	0	57	446	34.3	227	17.5	277
15	Penn State	216	2009	13	11	2	0	47	375	28.8	159	12.2	273
16	Penn State	209	2005	12	11	1	0	52	413	34.4	204	17.0	261
17	Penn State	203	1986	11	11	0	0		326	29.6	123	11.2
18	Penn State	195	1982	11	10	1	0		368	33.5	173	15.7
19	Penn State	193	1981	11	9	2	0		345	31.4	152	13.8
20	Penn State	191	1977	11	10	1	0		348	31.6	157	14.3
21	Penn State	183	1972	11	10	1	0		358	32.5	175	15.9
22	Penn State	178	1992	11	7	4	0		388	35.3	210	19.1
23	Penn State	174	1996	12	10	2	0		362	30.2	188	15.7
24	Penn State	172	2018	13	9	4	0	56	439	33.8	267	20.5	278	36.9	56.3
25	Penn State	170	2016	14	11	3	0	66	526	37.6	356	25.4	287	32.6	50.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,339

Grunkemeyer

RUSH

1,303

Allen

REC

552

Pena

Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

38th

OPP PPG

21.4

41st

RUSH YDS/G

177.5

50th

PASS YDS/G

181.6

139th

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Nebraska	4-5	7-6
11	Northwestern	4-5	7-6
12	Penn State	3-6	7-6
13	UCLA	3-6	3-9
14	Rutgers	2-7	5-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	MRSH	@	PSU	3:30 PM
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	BUFF	@	PSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	WIS	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM

Last Game

Penn State

1 - 0

Final

Clemson

0 - 1

Sat 27 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167