penn state football record last 10 years against top 10 opponents

The Penn State Nittany Lions are 4-19 against the AP top 10 between September 28, 2016 and September 28, 2026.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Penn State	10/22/2016	1-0	PSU	vs	OSU	W 24-21	1.000	3	13	276	413	15.4	0.0
2	Penn State	12/3/2016	1-0	PSU	vs	WIS	W 38-31	1.000	5	21	435	415	30.0	0.0
3	Penn State	1/2/2017	0-1	PSU	vs	USC	L 49-52	.000	7	23	465	575	40.0
4	Penn State	10/28/2017	0-1	PSU	@	OSU	L 38-39	.000	5	17	283	529	46.7	0.0
5	Penn State	9/29/2018	0-1	PSU	vs	OSU	L 26-27	.000	3	22	492	389	17.6	33.3
6	Penn State	11/3/2018	0-1	PSU	@	MICH	L 7-42	.000	1	11	186	403	18.2	100.0
7	Penn State	11/23/2019	0-1	PSU	@	OSU	L 17-28	.000	2	15	227	417	40.0	0.0
8	Penn State	10/31/2020	0-1	PSU	vs	OSU	L 25-38	.000	3	20	325	526	33.3	0.0
9	Penn State	10/9/2021	0-1	PSU	@	IOWA	L 20-23	.000	2	18	287	305	31.3	0.0
10	Penn State	10/30/2021	0-1	PSU	@	OSU	L 24-33	.000	3	27	394	467	61.1	0.0
11	Penn State	11/13/2021	0-1	PSU	vs	MICH	L 17-21	.000	1	20	332	361	33.3	66.7
12	Penn State	10/15/2022	0-1	PSU	@	MICH	L 17-41	.000	2	10	268	563	33.3	25.0
13	Penn State	10/29/2022	0-1	PSU	vs	OSU	L 31-44	.000	4	24	482	452	37.5	75.0
14	Penn State	1/2/2023	1-0	PSU	@	UTAH	W 35-21	1.000	5	15	448	391	53.8	0.0
15	Penn State	10/21/2023	0-1	PSU	@	OSU	L 12-20	.000	1	15	240	365	6.3	33.3
16	Penn State	11/11/2023	0-1	PSU	vs	MICH	L 15-24	.000	2	17	238	287	28.6	66.7
17	Penn State	11/2/2024	0-1	PSU	vs	OSU	L 13-20	.000	1	15	270	358	27.3	50.0
18	Penn State	12/7/2024	0-1	PSU	@	ORE	L 37-45	.000	5	28	518	466	53.8	100.0
19	Penn State	12/31/2024	1-0	PSU	@	BSU	W 31-14	1.000	4	21	387	412	38.5
20	Penn State	1/9/2025	0-1	PSU	vs	ND	L 24-27	.000	3	20	339	384	27.3	100.0
21	Penn State	9/27/2025	0-1	PSU	vs	ORE	L 24-30	.000	3	15	276	424	40.0	100.0
22	Penn State	11/1/2025	0-1	PSU	@	OSU	L 14-38	.000	2	15	200	480	53.3	0.0
23	Penn State	11/8/2025	0-1	PSU	vs	IND	L 24-27	.000	3	17	336	326	53.3	100.0
	Average							.174	3.0	18.2	335.0	422.1	36.1	0.0
	Total		4-19					.174	70	419	7,704	9,708	36.1	45.8

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More Penn State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

865

Becht

RUSH

199

Peoples

REC

344

Howard

Team Rankings

PPG

36.8

37th

OPP PPG

11.5

9th

RUSH YDS/G

183.5

48th

PASS YDS/G

243.8

66th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	USC	1-1	4-1
10	Michigan	0-1	3-1
11	Penn State	0-1	3-1
12	Washington	0-1	3-1
13	Northwestern	0-1	2-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM
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

Last Game

Wisconsin

3 - 1

Final

Penn State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250