The Athletic's Stewart Mandel is a preseason Penn State believer, placing the Nittany Lions atop his too-early top 25 for 2025. "I'm skeptical they can actually pull it off," Mandel writes, "but on paper, James Franklin's team deserves that status given how many players are returning."

To Penn State fans, James Franklin should be a hero. Penn State made the Big Ten championship game and the College Football Playoff semifinals. Any Penn State supporter would have been salivating at that prospect before the season.

This result left head coach James Franklin with a record of 1-15 against teams ranked in the top five and 4-20 against teams in the top 10. As a result, ESPN's Paul Finebaum expressed on "The Paul Finebaum Show" that he believes Franklin is a jinxed coach and has no chance of winning a national championship.

Thursday and Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinals have the potential to be some of the most exciting in years with Notre Dame taking on Penn State and Ohio State going to Texas to face the Longhorns.

In line with the 12-team playoff's historic nature, the CFP semifinals feature a matchup that will guarantee more history in the national championship game.

Enough, Penn State coach James Franklin says ... on the eve of his team's matchup with Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Orange Bowl that the sport needs uniformity.

Penn State ended the 2024 college football season one win shy of playing for a national championship, but the Nittany Lions will close the books on the season with the highest AP ranking for the program under head coach James Franklin. Penn State was ranked no. 5 in the final AP Top 25 poll released on Tuesday.

The Penn State Nittany Lions are the first team in the College Football Playoff semifinals, punching their ticket into the final four with a 31-14 win over the No. 3 seeded Boise State Broncos in ...

Ryan Day joined some impressive company on Monday. After winning his first national title as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, he became the third acti

The Arizona State Sun Devils finally earned some respect from the coaches. After spending the first 12 weeks of the 2024 college football season unranked — des

See where the Nittany Lions landed in the season's final rankings after setting a school-record for victories.