Penn State

Big Ten · 12–20

Power+2.5#135 of 365

Résumé+1.78#135 · wins above average

Trendrating by week

Best winIowa (71–69)
Worst lossRutgers (72–85)
Schedule faced+9.0 avg opponent

Results

Expected is the margin the model's ratings imply for that matchup and site. Perf is how far the actual margin beat it — the number that moves a rating, rather than the win or loss alone.

Wk		Opponent	Result	Expected	Perf
1	vs	Fairfield	W 76–68	+11.7	-3.7
1	at	New Haven	W 87–43	+14.0	+30.0
2	vs	Navy	W 80–71	+4.8	+4.2
2	N	La Salle	W 83–69	+8.5	+5.5
3	vs	Harvard	W 84–80	+5.5	-1.5
3	N	Providence	L 65–77	-5.7	-6.3
4	vs	Boston University	W 96–87	+12.1	-3.1
4	vs	Sacred Heart	W 90–59	+13.5	+17.5
5	vs	Campbell	W 87–76	+7.8	+3.2
6	at	Indiana	L 72–113	-14.4	-26.6
6	vs	Michigan State	L 72–76	-19.1	+15.1
7	N	Pittsburgh	L 46–80	-3.1	-30.9
9	vs	North Carolina Central	W 90–67	+19.4	+3.6
9	vs	Illinois	L 65–73	-21.3	+13.3
10	vs	Michigan	L 72–74	-27.3	+25.3
10	at	Purdue	L 85–93	-25.8	+17.8
11	vs	UCLA	L 60–71	-11.8	+0.8
11	at	Maryland	L 73–96	-5.5	-17.5
12	vs	Wisconsin	L 71–98	-14.2	-12.8
13	at	Ohio State	L 78–84	-17.8	+11.8
13	at	Northwestern	L 73–94	-10.6	-10.4
13	vs	Minnesota	W 77–75	-1.8	+3.8
14	at	Michigan	L 69–110	-32.8	-8.2
14	vs	USC	L 75–77	-3.5	+1.5
15	at	Washington	W 63–60	-11.0	+14.0
15	at	Oregon	L 72–83	-7.4	-3.6
16	vs	Rutgers	L 72–85	+2.5	-15.5
16	at	Nebraska	L 64–87	-21.2	-1.8
17	vs	Iowa	W 71–69	-12.5	+14.5
18	vs	Ohio State	L 62–94	-12.3	-19.7
18	at	Rutgers	L 62–74	-3.0	-9.1
19	N	Northwestern	L 66–76	-7.8	-2.2

Remaining schedule

Wk		Opponent	Projected	Win prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #27 in 2017–18. 22 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 300 — this team's own range, not the size of the field. Each row below says what its rank was out of. Hover a point for the season.

Season	Rank	Rec	Rating
2025–26	135 of 365	12–20	2.53	Power
2024–25	58 of 364	16–15	10.92	Power
2023–24	78 of 362	16–17	7.97	Power
2022–23	49 of 363	23–14	11.27	Power
2021–22	88 of 358	14–17	6.91	Power
2020–21	67 of 347	11–14	8.28	Power
2019–20	57 of 353	21–10	88.62	MRI
2018–19	83 of 353	14–18	70.73	MRI
2017–18	27 of 351	26–12	129.56	MRI
2016–17	165 of 351	15–18	39.98	MRI
2015–16	205 of 351	16–16	20.24	MRI
2014–15	153 of 351	18–16	45.17	MRI
2013–14	136 of 351	16–18	48.32	MRI
2012–13	229 of 347	10–21	3.69	MRI
2011–12	170 of 345	11–20	35.40	MRI
2010–11	101 of 346	19–15	69.14	MRI
2009–10	165 of 335	11–20	37.13	MRI
2008–09	69 of 330	27–11	88.56	MRI
2007–08	158 of 328	15–16	36.38	MRI
2006–07	175 of 326	11–19	28.23	MRI
2005–06	123 of 326	15–15	51.71	MRI
2004–05	278 of 326	7–23	-19.39	MRI