Penn State Nittany Lions FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Penn State

Nittany Lions

Superior

A Overall Grade 94

The Favorite

Balanced Beast

Juggernaut

Punchless

Consistency King

Next Up:
vs Marshall, Sat Sep 5

Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Penn State Nittany Lions has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	9-4	69.2%	—
2008-09	11-2	84.6%	—
2009-10	11-2	84.6%	—
2010-11	7-6	53.8%	#48
2011-12	9-4	69.2%	#26
2012-13	8-4	66.7%	#28
2013-14	7-5	58.3%	#44
2014-15	7-6	53.8%	#47
2015-16	7-6	53.8%	#42
2016-17	11-3	78.6%	#9
2017-18	11-2	84.6%	#7
2018-19	9-4	69.2%	#20
2019-20	11-2	84.6%	#6
2020-21	4-5	44.4%	#42
2021-22	7-6	53.8%	#34
2022-23	11-2	84.6%	#9
2023-24	10-3	76.9%	#11
2024-25	13-3	81.3%	#4
2025-26	7-6	53.8%	#35

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
1	Indiana	16	0
2	Oregon	13	2
3	Ohio State	12	2	1
15	Iowa	9	4
16	Illinois	9	4
17	Southern Cal	9	4
20	Michigan	9	4
26	Washington	9	4
36	Penn State	7	6
41	Minnesota	8	5
49	Northwestern	7	6
51	Wisconsin	4	8
52	Nebraska	7	6
69	Rutgers	5	7
89	UCLA	3	9
90	Michigan St	4	8
117	Purdue	2	10
120	Maryland	4	8

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 30	vs Nevada (3-9) Mountain West	W46-11
Sat Sep 6	vs Florida Int'l (7-6) CUSA	W34-0
Sat Sep 13	vs Villanova (12-3) (FCS) CAA · FCS	W52-6
Sat Sep 27	vs #2 Oregon (13-2) (#2 nationally) Big Ten	L24-30
Sat Oct 4	at UCLA (3-9) Big Ten	L37-42
Sat Oct 11	vs Northwestern (7-6) Big Ten	L21-22
Sat Oct 18	at #15 Iowa (9-4) (#15 nationally) Big Ten	L24-25
Sat Nov 1	at #3 Ohio State (12-2) (#3 nationally) Big Ten	L14-38
Sat Nov 8	vs #1 Indiana (16-0) (#1 nationally) Big Ten	L24-27
Sat Nov 15	at Michigan St (4-8) Big Ten	W28-10
Sat Nov 22	vs Nebraska (7-6) Big Ten	W37-10
Sat Nov 29	at Rutgers (5-7) Big Ten	W40-36
Sat Dec 27	Clemson (7-6) ACC	W22-10

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	2	0	0
1	Sep 2	4	1	0	2
2	Sep 7	4	2	0
3	Sep 14	5	3	0	1
4	Sep 21	8	3	0	3
5	Sep 28	27	3	1	19
6	Oct 5	86	3	2	59
7	Oct 12	114	3	3	28
8	Oct 19	113	3	4	1
9	Oct 26	106	3	4	7
10	Nov 2	103	3	5	3
11	Nov 9	101	3	6	2
12	Nov 16	80	4	6	21
13	Nov 23	55	5	6	25
14	Nov 30	44	6	6	11
15	Dec 7	40	6	6	4
16	Dec 14	39	6	6	1
17	Dec 21	42	6	6	3
18	Dec 28	32	7	6	10
19	Jan 4	34	7	6	2
20	Jan 10	36	7	6	2
21	Jan 20	36	7	6

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