The Lions247 team has its finger on the pulse of Penn State transfer portal news, recruiting, coaching staff moves and more after James Franklin's squad was eliminated in the semifinals of the College

The Penn State football squad will host 2024 Big Ten champion Oregon and fellow 2024 College Football Playoff participant Indiana to highlight its 2025 schedule.

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."

Penn State is a far-from-perfect product after making a deep College Football Playoff run but looking far from championship material.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State ’s first-ever 16-game season is in the books and the Nittany Lions are the preseason No. 1 in Stewart Mandel’s way-too-early 2025 projections. Of course, there are still gaping holes on this team, notably at wide receiver and with a defensive coordinator who still needs to be hired to replace Tom Allen.

It should come as no surprise that the Buckeyes landed plenty of players on the CBS Sports' All-College Football Playoff Team

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Penn State football played a rollicking, back-and-forth College Football Playoff semifinal on both sides of the ball. But the Nittany Lions gave up just one more ...

We are only days removed from the College Football Playoff National Championship, where the Ohio State Buckeyes captured the title. But another Big Ten program is the team to beat in 2025, at least according to one college football analyst.

The Nittany Lions return a high volume of talent from their 2024 roster — just as Michigan and Ohio State did to win titles.

NFL Draft mock boards are out, but this particular one has a twist with a defensive player being the choice for the Tennessee Titans.

The difference between these predictions and the top-25 ranking is that the bracket predictions more heavily weigh the future games to be played on the field, predicting the outcome. That said, let's take a look at the first bracket projection for the 2025 season.

Rising senior Liam Clifford is the leading returning receiver with 18 catches for 286 yards and one touchdown in 2024. And for Allar to have enough weapons to threaten things down field, Penn State could certainly use more options at the position via the spring window (April 16-25).