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Get the inside scoop on the College Football Playoff rankings and their impact on Penn State Football. See how they affect team perceptions and playoff chances.
Is this finally the year that James Franklin and Penn State Football break through into the College Football Playoff? Led by highly touted true sophomore quarterback Drew Allar, who commands an offense that boasts one of the nation’s premier backfields, a stellar offensive line and a defense that is loaded with playmakers at all three […]
in an exciting start to the college football season, the Penn State Football secured an impressive No. 7 ranking in the Preseason AP Poll. Penn State is among the elite as one of the five teams from the Big Ten Conference featured in the top-25 rankings. Including incoming Big Ten Conference members for the 2024 […]
ESPN writer Bill Connelly did an article on the 25 most important players in the 2023 College Football Playoff Race, and Penn State Football was well represented. Three Nittany Lions made the list: running back Nick Singleton, receiver Dante Cephas, and quarterback Drew Allar. How trio of Penn State Football stars factor into College Football […]
We are a couple of weeks from the start of the 2023 regular season, and there is a legitimate buzz surrounding Penn State Football. Thanks in large part to Drew Allar taking the reins of an offense loaded with firepower, and an elite defense led by second-year coordinator Manny Diaz, there is genuine optimism James […]
Could this be the year Penn State Football breaks through and makes the College Football Playoff? Only time will tell, but the Nittany Lions have a roster talented enough, with experience and depth at key positions, to have a legitimate chance. Here’s a look at 5 keys to Penn State Football making the College Football […]
With the 2023 college football season just around the corner, all eyes will be on Penn State Football quarterback Drew Allar. The last quarterback to have this kind of hype heading into their first year under center was Christian Hackenberg. Allar must lead the Lions to their first appearance in the College Football Playoff to […]
Penn State Football is ready to reclaim their spot among the nation’s elite college football programs. The Nittany Lions‘ impressive performance in the 2022 season, capped off by an emphatic victory over Utah in the Rose Bowl, has raised expectations to new heights as the 2023 campaign nears. Building on this momentum, Penn State enters […]
James Franklin is entering his 10th season in Happy Valley, and thanks to the emergence of sophomore quarterback Drew Allar, the stars might finally be aligning for Penn State Football to make its first College Football Playoff appearance. Allar, who arrived as the No. 1 quarterback prospect nationally in the in the 2023 class, enters […]
Penn States Football season is less than 100 days away, and while that may seem like a long time. The 2023 season will kick off under the lights in Happy Valley before we know it. As is per usual, pre season predictions and models have been flowing around the college football world, since before Georgia […]
It is no secret that 247Sports and CBS Analyst Josh Pate has been high on the Penn State Football program for a few years. In 2022, coming off a disappointing 7-6 2021 campaign, Pate was among the highest on the Nittany Lions of any college football analyst through the industry, giving Penn State a ceiling […]
It’s time for College Football to finally settle its ultimate rivalry, on the field. The additions of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC and USC and UCLA to the Big 10 in 2024 will push the two conferences to 16 teams leading to the creation of two superpowers in college football with the level of […]
For Penn State Football, it’s Drew Allar time. Allar, the former five-star and No. 1 ranked quarterback in the 2022 recruiting cycle, takes over the reins as the Nittany Lions‘ starter this fall with high expectations ahead of him and the program. Following a freshman campaign that saw Allar complete 35-of-60 passing attempts for 344 […]
Penn State Football is fresh off of a Rose Bowl win that will undoubtedly lead to big expectations for the program next season. With the pieces coming back for the Nittany Lions, I believe that Penn State Football will make a run at the College Football Playoff in 2023. Everyone should jump on the hype […]
The championship weekend action could have major implications for Penn State Football, and where the Nittany Lions wind up going bowling this postseason.
Penn State Football would have been a mainstay in a 12-team College Football Playoff format, which will become the norm in 2024.
Penn State Football did not get much help from the College Football Playoff Committee, when it comes to a possible New Year’s Six bid in the latest rankings.
Penn State Football continues to garner respect from the College Football Playoff Committee, climbing in the latest rankings, after following two straight wins.
Following an easy win over Indiana, Penn State Football rose up in the latest College Football Playoff rankings.
Penn State Football received plenty of respect from the committee in the first College Football Playoff rankings of 2022, with the New Year’s 6 in reach.
