penn state point differential vs top 10 teams since 2015

The Penn State Nittany Lions have a point differential of -250 points against the AP top 10 since 2015.

	TEAM	DATE	DIFF	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Penn State	10/17/2015	-28	PSU	@	OSU	L 10-38	1	14	315	429	16.7	0.0
2	Penn State	11/28/2015	-39	PSU	@	MSU	L 16-55	2	20	418	436	33.3	80.0
3	Penn State	9/24/2016	-39	PSU	@	MICH	L 10-49	1	12	191	515	16.7	66.7
4	Penn State	10/22/2016	3	PSU	vs	OSU	W 24-21	3	13	276	413	15.4	0.0
5	Penn State	12/3/2016	7	PSU	vs	WIS	W 38-31	5	21	435	415	30.0	0.0
6	Penn State	1/2/2017	-3	PSU	vs	USC	L 49-52	7	23	465	575	40.0
7	Penn State	10/28/2017	-1	PSU	@	OSU	L 38-39	5	17	283	529	46.7	0.0
8	Penn State	9/29/2018	-1	PSU	vs	OSU	L 26-27	3	22	492	389	17.6	33.3
9	Penn State	11/3/2018	-35	PSU	@	MICH	L 7-42	1	11	186	403	18.2	100.0
10	Penn State	11/23/2019	-11	PSU	@	OSU	L 17-28	2	15	227	417	40.0	0.0
11	Penn State	10/31/2020	-13	PSU	vs	OSU	L 25-38	3	20	325	526	33.3	0.0
12	Penn State	10/9/2021	-3	PSU	@	IOWA	L 20-23	2	18	287	305	31.3	0.0
13	Penn State	10/30/2021	-9	PSU	@	OSU	L 24-33	3	27	394	467	61.1	0.0
14	Penn State	11/13/2021	-4	PSU	vs	MICH	L 17-21	1	20	332	361	33.3	66.7
15	Penn State	10/15/2022	-24	PSU	@	MICH	L 17-41	2	10	268	563	33.3	25.0
16	Penn State	10/29/2022	-13	PSU	vs	OSU	L 31-44	4	24	482	452	37.5	75.0
17	Penn State	1/2/2023	14	PSU	@	UTAH	W 35-21	5	15	448	391	53.8	0.0
18	Penn State	10/21/2023	-8	PSU	@	OSU	L 12-20	1	15	240	365	6.3	33.3
19	Penn State	11/11/2023	-9	PSU	vs	MICH	L 15-24	2	17	238	287	28.6	66.7
20	Penn State	11/2/2024	-7	PSU	vs	OSU	L 13-20	1	15	270	358	27.3	50.0
21	Penn State	12/7/2024	-8	PSU	@	ORE	L 37-45	5	28	518	466	53.8	100.0
22	Penn State	12/31/2024	17	PSU	@	BSU	W 31-14	4	21	387	412	38.5
23	Penn State	1/9/2025	-3	PSU	vs	ND	L 24-27	3	20	339	384	27.3	100.0
24	Penn State	9/27/2025	-6	PSU	vs	ORE	L 24-30	3	15	276	424	40.0	100.0
25	Penn State	11/1/2025	-24	PSU	@	OSU	L 14-38	2	15	200	480	53.3	0.0
	Average		-9.6					2.8	17.9	331.8	426.5	34.6	0.0
	Total		-250					74	465	8,628	11,088	34.6	48.3

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More Penn State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,664

Becht

RUSH

278

Hansen

REC

510

Sowell

Team Rankings

PPG

28.7

76th

OPP PPG

18.9

35th

RUSH YDS/G

130.7

128th

PASS YDS/G

253.4

49th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
14	Rutgers	1-2	2-4
15	Washington	1-3	4-3
16	Penn State	0-4	3-4
17	Maryland	0-4	2-5
18	Michigan State	0-4	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	PUR	@	PSU	4:15 PM
Sat 11/7	PSU	@	WASH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MINN	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	RUTG	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	PSU	@	MD	1:00 PM

Last Game

Penn State

3 - 4

Final

Michigan

4 - 2

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

796

Myers

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	4	3	.571