The Penn State Nittany Lions didn't even show up against the Northwestern Wildcats, 34 to 13, on the road on Friday. With the loss, Penn State moved to 3-2 on the season.

	TEAM	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Penn State	10/2/2026	PSU	@	NW	L 13-34	2	20	291	506	35.7	100.0
2	Penn State	9/12/2026	PSU	@	TEM	W 27-9	3	23	416	283	50.0	0.0
3	Penn State	12/27/2025	PSU	@	CLEM	W 22-10	2	20	397	236	57.9	0.0
4	Penn State	11/29/2025	PSU	@	RUTG	W 40-36	5	23	509	533	12.5	100.0
5	Penn State	11/15/2025	PSU	@	MSU	W 28-10	4	19	367	229	20.0	50.0
6	Penn State	11/1/2025	PSU	@	OSU	L 14-38	2	15	200	480	53.3	0.0
7	Penn State	10/18/2025	PSU	@	IOWA	L 24-25	3	19	266	313	37.5	50.0
8	Penn State	10/4/2025	PSU	@	UCLA	L 37-42	5	21	357	435	44.4	33.3
9	Penn State	12/31/2024	PSU	@	BSU	W 31-14	4	21	387	412	38.5
10	Penn State	12/7/2024	PSU	@	ORE	L 37-45	5	28	518	466	53.8	100.0
11	Penn State	11/23/2024	PSU	@	MINN	W 26-25	3	20	361	281	9.1	75.0
12	Penn State	11/16/2024	PSU	@	PUR	W 49-10	7	23	539	302	64.3	100.0
13	Penn State	10/26/2024	PSU	@	WIS	W 28-13	4	22	419	298	57.1	0.0
14	Penn State	10/12/2024	PSU	@	USC	W 33-30	3	28	518	409	30.8	100.0
15	Penn State	8/31/2024	PSU	@	WVU	W 34-12	5	21	457	246	45.5	100.0
16	Penn State	11/24/2023	PSU	@	MSU	W 42-0	5	23	586	53	36.4	100.0
17	Penn State	11/4/2023	PSU	@	MD	W 51-15	6	25	404	234	46.7	100.0
18	Penn State	10/21/2023	PSU	@	OSU	L 12-20	1	15	240	365	6.3	33.3
19	Penn State	9/30/2023	PSU	@	NW	W 41-13	5	19	353	175	47.1	100.0
20	Penn State	9/16/2023	PSU	@	ILL	W 30-13	3	20	383	354	38.9	0.0
21	Penn State	1/2/2023	PSU	@	UTAH	W 35-21	5	15	448	391	53.8	0.0
22	Penn State	11/19/2022	PSU	@	RUTG	W 55-10	7	21	436	167	25.0	100.0
23	Penn State	11/5/2022	PSU	@	IND	W 45-14	6	27	483	196	43.8	100.0
24	Penn State	10/15/2022	PSU	@	MICH	L 17-41	2	10	268	563	33.3	25.0
25	Penn State	9/17/2022	PSU	@	AUB	W 41-12	5	19	477	415	45.5	0.0

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More Penn State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,108

Becht

RUSH

212

Peoples

REC

344

Howard

Team Rankings

PPG

32.0

63rd

OPP PPG

16.0

27th

RUSH YDS/G

156.4

82nd

PASS YDS/G

243.6

65th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
11	Purdue	1-1	2-3
12	Michigan	0-2	3-2
13	Penn State	0-2	3-2
14	Washington	0-2	3-2
15	Illinois	0-2	2-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	USC	@	PSU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	PSU	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	PUR	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	PSU	@	WASH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MINN	@	PSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Penn State

3 - 2

Final

Northwestern

3 - 1

Fri 2 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200