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Penn State Is Buzzing for the Nittany Lions' Hockey Home-Opener

Penn State Is Buzzing for the Nittany Lions' Hockey Home-Opener

STATE COLLEGE | The fourth-ranked Penn State men’s hockey team,  fresh off a road-series sweep of No. 15 Arizona State, returns to State College for the most anticipated home-opener in program history.  Pegula Ice Arena is expected to be at capacity for Thursday’s game against Clarkson, which is set for puck drop at 6:30 p.m.

Preseason AP Poll’s Credibility Crumbles After Week 6

When Penn State (3-2, 0-2 Big Ten) and Texas (3-2, 0-1 SEC) lost on Oct. 4, the immediate reaction was shock. They lost to inferior opponents and were expected to dominate not just their week six opponents, but the entire season.

Penn State Nittany Lions News / Penn State Nittany Lions on SI / October 9
How Penn State Is Responding to its Season-Changing Loss to UCLA

How Penn State Is Responding to its Season-Changing Loss to UCLA

STATE COLLEGE | Four days after their loss to UCLA, several Penn State players said they have seen an increased intensity at practice this week. In fact, safety King Mack said the team’s Wednesday practice was one of the most intense of the year.

College Football News / A to Z Sports / October 8
Penn State defies odds in latest expert Top 25 poll on the heels of losing second-straight game

Penn State defies odds in latest expert Top 25 poll on the heels of losing second-straight game

The times aren't great in Happy Valley right now. Coming off two straight losses, we've seen James Franklin spread some blame, Drew Allar question the team's direction, and Urban Meyer back Franklin, and the polls have had enough.

James Franklin News / EssentiallySports / October 8
James Franklin To Take Zero Action as 5 New Penn State Options Turned Down

James Franklin To Take Zero Action as 5 New Penn State Options Turned Down

The Penn State Nittany Lions football team hasn’t been doing very well lately. The pre-season No.2 ranked Penn State lost their last two games, one against Oregon and one against 0-4 UCLA team, which caused them to drop out of the top 25 teams in the rankings.

James Franklin News / Penn State Nittany Lions on SI / October 8
The Pros and Cons of Replacing James Franklin at Penn State

The Pros and Cons of Replacing James Franklin at Penn State

In many respects, the overarching question regarding James Franklin’s future at Penn State is not so much, “Does James Franklin deserve more time?” as

Drew Allar News / Nittany Central / October 8
Drew Allar Has Strong Message for Penn State Teammates After 2-Game Skid

Drew Allar Has Strong Message for Penn State Teammates After 2-Game Skid

Penn State Football’s preseason goals may be all but on life support after five games through the 2025 season, but Penn State‘s starting quarterback and offensive leader still has hope that the Nittany Lions can turn around the season.

Penn State Nittany Lions News / College Football Talk / October 8

Reeling Penn State players and coaches are looking to salvage season after disastrous two weeks

The pain and anger was just beginning for Penn State players as handfuls of UCLA fans stormed the Rose Bowl to celebrate their Bruins’ upset win.

James Franklin News / Nittany Central / October 8
Penn State Football Updated Game-by-Game Predictions: Can James Franklin Salvage the 2025 Season?

Penn State Football Updated Game-by-Game Predictions: Can James Franklin Salvage the 2025 Season?

It’s five games into the 2025 season, and Penn State Football has been off to a disastrous start. The Nittany Lions currently sit at 3-2. The rest of the year can go one of two extremes.

Penn State Nittany Lions News / Penn State Nittany Lions on SI / October 8
James Franklin's Next Challenge: Keeping Penn State's Locker Room Together

James Franklin's Next Challenge: Keeping Penn State's Locker Room Together

Penn State coach James Franklin walked gradually, hands on his hips, to the locker room Saturday after the Nittany Lions’ shocking 42-37 loss to UCLA. When he reached the 15-yard line near the Rose Bowl’s South end zone, Franklin turned around and gazed at his players leaving the field.

Penn State Nittany Lions News / Bleacher Report / October 7
James Franklin News / EssentiallySports / October 7
Clock Is Finally Ticking for James Franklin as Penn State Inches Closer to Trigger $50M Move

Clock Is Finally Ticking for James Franklin as Penn State Inches Closer to Trigger $50M Move

Penn State’s championship hopes took a massive hit when they faced the biggest upset of this season in Pasadena. Imagine losing against a 0-4 team for the first time since 1985, and that too when they just fired their HC a week ago?

Penn State, Texas get the best unlikely news after embarrassing losses to UCLA, Florida

The Penn State Nittany Lions and Texas Longhorns may not be out of the College Football Playoff race, even with one more loss each.

James Franklin News / Nittany Central / October 6
James Franklin Gets Defensive Over His Penn State Resume … For Second Straight Week

James Franklin Gets Defensive Over His Penn State Resume … For Second Straight Week

Two days after Penn State Football suffered perhaps its most embarrassing loss of the James Franklin era, Franklin met with the media for his weekly press conference Monday afternoon.

College Football News / A to Z Sports / October 6
James Franklin and Drew Allar both warrant blame for the Penn State woes, but one deserves much more criticism than the other in 2025

James Franklin and Drew Allar both warrant blame for the Penn State woes, but one deserves much more criticism than the other in 2025

It was a disastrous weekend for the Penn State Nittany Lions program. Heading into Saturday, James Franklin’s squad ranked as a Top-10 team after nearly mounting a fourth-quarter comeback and beating the Oregon Ducks in overtime last weekend.

Penn State Nittany Lions News / College Football News / October 6
Bowl Projections Week 7: What Happens To Texas and Penn State?

Bowl Projections Week 7: What Happens To Texas and Penn State?

All of a sudden, the bowl projections just took a massive left turn. With Texas losing to Florida, and with a slew of nasty games ahead, it's probably out of the College Football Playoff.

James Franklin News / Yardbarker / October 6
Penn State makes shocking, and justified, drop out of AP Top 25

Penn State makes shocking, and justified, drop out of AP Top 25

Going from No. 2 to unranked in a span of six weeks is largely unprecedented in college football, but it's really hard to argue against it for this Penn State team.

Stunning loss to previously winless UCLA should put James Franklin on hot seat
CFB Playoff hopes of Penn State, Texas are already on life support 
Jerry Neuheisel’s postgame admission makes UCLA’s upset even crazier
Arch Manning, Texas must recalibrate season expectations after flop
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Drew Allar News / A to Z Sports / October 5
Drew Allar provides vague one-word answer when asked about Penn State's College Football Playoff dreams

Drew Allar provides vague one-word answer when asked about Penn State's College Football Playoff dreams

Times are tough right now in Happy Valley. Suffering a home loss to Oregon was a familiar feeling, where James Franklin's job status came into question only because he couldn't get over the big game hump.

Penn State Nittany Lions News / Athlon Sports / October 5
Penn State Dealt Unfortunate Recruiting News on Sunday

Penn State Dealt Unfortunate Recruiting News on Sunday

In Week 6, winless UCLA hosted No. 7 Penn State in a Big Ten Conference showdown. By the end of the game, UCLA stunned everybody with a 42-37 victory. Penn State fell to Oregon in Week 5, 30-24, in Happy Valley as fans called for head coach James Franklin to be fired.

NHL News / The Hockey Writers / October 5
No. 5 Penn State Sweeps No. 14 Arizona State Behind 4–2 Win

No. 5 Penn State Sweeps No. 14 Arizona State Behind 4–2 Win

With under three minutes to play, tension hung heavy between No. 5 Penn State and No. 14 Arizona State. The crowd rose, the student section was roaring for a top-15 upset in the desert — but the Nittany Lions had other plans.

Penn State Nittany Lions News / College Football News / October 5
College Football Rankings Week 7: Teams 26-111, Penn State's Epic Tumble

College Football Rankings Week 7: Teams 26-111, Penn State's Epic Tumble

We've been doing the College Football News rankings for 28 years now. If there has ever been a team that's fallen further after one October loss than 2025 Penn State, we can't find it.

Penn State Nittany Lions News / College Football News / October 5
AP Top 25 Prediction Week 7: Penn State the Poll's Big Test

AP Top 25 Prediction Week 7: Penn State the Poll's Big Test

Here's the big test for the AP Top 25 rankings. Just how thorough is this bunch? If it gets it right, it should rank Florida - whose only losses were to LSU, Miami, and USF - ahead of Texas.

College Football News / Yardbarker / October 5
Jerry Neuheisel’s postgame admission makes UCLA’s upset of Penn State even crazier

Jerry Neuheisel’s postgame admission makes UCLA’s upset of Penn State even crazier

The UCLA Bruins pulled off the biggest upset of the college football season thus far.

Stunning loss to previously winless UCLA should put James Franklin on hot seat at Penn State
CFB Playoff hopes of Penn State, Texas already on life support 
Five takeaways from CFB Week 6: College Football Playoff upheaval
The 25 greatest dual-threat college quarterbacks from the 21st century
The 'Orange Bowl MVPs' quiz
Penn State Nittany Lions News / Mike Farrell Sports / October 4

If Penn State Is Ranked Tomorrow, End Rankings

As UCLA (1-4) took a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter this afternoon to go up 42-28 over No. 7 Penn State (3-2), is it odd that my first thought was about the chances of the Nittany Lions still being ranked tomorrow?

Penn State Nittany Lions News / Breakaway on SI / September 30
Top Prospect Already Impressing For Penn State

Top Prospect Already Impressing For Penn State

The Penn State University Men's Hockey team hasn't begun their regular season yet, but that hasn't stopped their top freshman from already impressing with the Blue and White.

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