penn state record against ranked teams since 2000

The Penn State Nittany Lions are 33-68 against ranked opponents since 2000.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF
1	Penn State	8/27/2000	0-1	PSU	@	USC	L 5-29	.000	0	10	142	251
2	Penn State	9/23/2000	0-1	PSU	@	OSU	L 6-45	.000	1	15	213	397
3	Penn State	9/30/2000	1-0	PSU	vs	PUR	W 22-20	1.000	2	17	330	404
4	Penn State	11/11/2000	0-1	PSU	@	MICH	L 11-33	.000	1	16	407	444
5	Penn State	9/1/2001	0-1	PSU	vs	MIA	L 7-33	.000	1	16	323	602
6	Penn State	10/6/2001	0-1	PSU	vs	MICH	L 0-20	.000	0	14	269	410
7	Penn State	10/20/2001	1-0	PSU	@	NW	W 38-35	1.000	5	26	501	527
8	Penn State	11/10/2001	0-1	PSU	@	ILL	L 28-33	.000	4	16	262	379
9	Penn State	9/14/2002	1-0	PSU	vs	NEB	W 40-7	1.000	5	24	476	328
10	Penn State	10/5/2002	1-0	PSU	@	WIS	W 34-31	1.000	3	23	436	309
11	Penn State	10/12/2002	0-1	PSU	@	MICH	L 24-27	.000	3	16	355	341
12	Penn State	10/26/2002	0-1	PSU	@	OSU	L 7-13	.000	1	8	179	253
13	Penn State	1/1/2003	0-1	PSU	@	AUB	L 9-13	.000	0	15	268	278
14	Penn State	9/13/2003	0-1	PSU	@	NEB	L 10-18	.000	1	13	203	397
15	Penn State	9/27/2003	0-1	PSU	vs	MINN	L 14-20	.000	2	26	419	321
16	Penn State	10/11/2003	0-1	PSU	@	PUR	L 14-28	.000	2	13	204	350
17	Penn State	10/25/2003	0-1	PSU	@	IOWA	L 14-26	.000	2	9	176	386
18	Penn State	11/1/2003	0-1	PSU	vs	OSU	L 20-21	.000	2	18	286	301
19	Penn State	9/25/2004	0-1	PSU	@	WIS	L 3-16	.000	0	9	157	280
20	Penn State	10/2/2004	0-1	PSU	@	MINN	L 7-16	.000	1	16	271	401
21	Penn State	10/9/2004	0-1	PSU	vs	PUR	L 13-20	.000	1	15	311	348
22	Penn State	10/23/2004	0-1	PSU	vs	IOWA	L 4-6	.000	0	6	147	168
23	Penn State	10/1/2005	1-0	PSU	vs	MINN	W 44-14	1.000	5	35	539	287
24	Penn State	10/8/2005	1-0	PSU	vs	OSU	W 17-10	1.000	2	11	195	230
25	Penn State	11/5/2005	1-0	PSU	vs	WIS	W 35-14	1.000	5	24	520	302
	Average							.327	2.6		339.6	386.7
	Total		33-68					.327	261		27,507	31,320

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More Penn State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,163

Becht

RUSH

619

Hansen

REC

635

Sowell

Team Rankings

PPG

30.2

49th

OPP PPG

18.8

27th

RUSH YDS/G

158.7

71st

PASS YDS/G

232.4

70th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	USC	4-3	7-3
8	Illinois	4-3	6-4
9	Penn State	3-4	6-4
10	Minnesota	3-4	5-5
11	Northwestern	3-4	6-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/21	RUTG	@	PSU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/28	PSU	@	MD	1:00 PM

Last Game

Minnesota

5 - 5

Final

Penn State

6 - 4

Sat 14 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,239

Mestemaker

3,169

Atkinson

3,150

Fifita

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

1,317

Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

30

Mestemaker

29

Mensah

29

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

15

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.1

43.9

42.2

41.8

39.7

Opp PPG Rankings

11.7

11.9

12.0

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

526.7

520.7

520.1

518.1

512.3

499.2

Rush Yards Rankings

344.0

324.7

298.1

265.6

258.7

240.7

Pass Yards Rankings

373.0

334.9

331.0

328.9

326.2

320.8

Sack Leaders

40.0

39.0

38.0

37.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	San Diego State	5	5	.500
3	Texas State	6	4	.600
4	Oregon State	5	5	.500
5	Utah State	4	6	.400
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Washington State	2	8	.200
8	Colorado State	3	7	.300

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Ohio State	7	3	.700
5	Iowa	8	2	.800
6	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
7	USC	7	3	.700
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Penn State	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	5	.500
11	Northwestern	6	4	.600
12	Washington	6	4	.600
13	Nebraska	6	4	.600
14	Maryland	4	6	.400
15	Michigan	5	5	.500
16	Purdue	3	7	.300
17	Michigan State	3	7	.300
18	Rutgers	2	8	.200

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Texas	8	2	.800
4	Tennessee	8	2	.800
5	Kentucky	7	3	.700
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
9	Florida	6	4	.600
10	Auburn	6	4	.600
11	LSU	6	4	.600
12	Missouri	6	4	.600
13	Arkansas	4	6	.400
14	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
15	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
4	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
5	Delaware	5	5	.500
6	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
7	Missouri State	4	6	.400
8	Florida International	4	6	.400
9	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	8	2	.800
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	5	5	.500
6	Appalachian State	6	4	.600
7	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
10	Georgia State	5	5	.500
11	Troy	4	6	.400
12	Marshall	5	5	.500
13	Southern Miss	3	7	.300
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	7	3	.700
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Florida State	5	5	.500
8	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
9	Stanford	5	5	.500
10	Virginia Tech	6	4	.600
11	Virginia	5	5	.500
12	Syracuse	5	5	.500
13	North Carolina	5	5	.500
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	NC State	4	6	.400
16	California	3	7	.300
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	8	2	.800
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	North Texas	7	3	.700
4	UAB	6	4	.600
5	East Carolina	6	4	.600
6	Army	5	4	.556
7	Tulsa	6	4	.600
8	Florida Atlantic	6	4	.600
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	10	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	9	1	.900
3	BYU	8	2	.800
4	Houston	7	3	.700
5	Baylor	6	4	.600
6	Arizona	7	3	.700
7	Arizona State	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma State	6	4	.600
9	UCF	5	5	.500
10	Iowa State	5	5	.500
11	TCU	5	5	.500
12	Kansas	4	6	.400
13	West Virginia	5	5	.500
14	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
15	Colorado	4	6	.400
16	Kansas State	4	6	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Wyoming	7	3	.700
2	New Mexico	8	2	.800
3	North Dakota State	8	2	.800
4	Air Force	8	2	.800
5	UNLV	6	4	.600
6	Nevada	4	6	.400
7	San Jose State	5	6	.455
8	Hawai'i	3	7	.300
9	UTEP	1	9	.100
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000