#5 Penn State Nittany Lions

The Penn State Nittany Lions were 11-2 in 2024. They fell to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 27 to 24, in the Orange Bowl on January 9, 2025.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Thu 1/9	vs	ND	L 24-27
Tue 12/31	@	BSU	W 31-14
Sat 12/21	vs	SMU	W 38-10
Sat 12/7	@	ORE	L 37-45
Sat 11/30	vs	MD	W 44-7

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,894

Allar

RUSH YDS

838

Singleton

REC YDS

1,062

Warren

2024 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Oregon	9-0	13-1
2	Indiana	8-1	11-2
3	Penn State	8-1	13-3
4	Ohio State	7-2	13-2
5	Illinois	6-3	10-3

Latest Penn State Nittany Lions News

Rocco Becht shines with 4 TDs as No. 18 Penn State beats Marshall 45-0

Sep 5, 2026
Quarterback Rocco Becht ready to roll for No. 18 Penn State after offseason surgery and rehab

Sep 2, 2026

2024 Stats

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	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	16	530	6,883	1,052	6.5	3,237	615	5.3	3,646	437	8.3	20	142	367	168	177	22	85	804
Team Rank		5th	3rd	2nd	14th	5th	5th	17th	19th	36th	20th	40th	82nd	1st	3rd	10th	69th	96th	110th
Opponent	16	264	4,716	1,053	4.7	1,630	534	3.1	3,086	475	6.5	44	311	282	115	141	26	70	542
Opponent Rank		20th	63rd	132nd	7th	33rd	126th	7th	109th	127th	32nd	5th	6th	115th	90th	110th	91st	94th	118th
Net		+266	+2,167	-1	+1.9	+1,607	+81	+2.2	+560	-38	+1.8	-24	-169	+85	+53	+36	-4	+15	+262
Net Rank		6th	6th	53rd	5th	5th	24th	7th	35th	98th	18th	5th	129th	6th	14th	22nd	90th	114th	126th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

227

Sheppard

200

Woodson

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

465.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

428.0

417.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Washington State	0	1	.000
4	Boise State	0	1	.000
5	Fresno State	0	1	.000
6	Oregon State	0	1	.000
7	Texas State	0	1	.000
8	Utah State	0	1	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	UConn	1	0	1.000
2	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000

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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	Virginia	1	0	1.000
3	Duke	1	0	1.000
4	Florida State	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Louisville	0	0
11	SMU	0	0
12	Boston College	0	1	.000
13	California	0	1	.000
14	Clemson	0	1	.000
15	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	0	1	.000
18	Rutgers	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000