Penn State

Big Ten · 2–0 · MRI Classic #3

Power+22.1#10 of 138

Résumé+0.42#32 · wins above average

Movement+2up from #12 last week

Best winMarshall (45–0)
Schedule faced-10.8 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+1.6 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	Marshall	W 45–0	+36.9	+8.1
2	at	Temple	W 27–9	+28.9	-10.9

Remaining schedule

Wk		Opponent	Projected	Win prob
3	vs	Buffalo	+44.2	100%
4	vs	Wisconsin	+26.4	94%
5	at	Northwestern	+16.0	83%
6	vs	USC	+7.7	68%
7	at	Michigan	+5.2	62%
9	vs	Purdue	+34.2	98%
10	at	Washington	+5.5	63%
11	vs	Minnesota	+28.0	96%

Season by season

Best finish: #4 in 2005. 23 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 100 — 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	13 of 136	7–6	19.13	Power
2024	5 of 134	13–3	26.28	Power
2023	7 of 133	10–3	25.76	Power
2022	6 of 131	11–2	23.74	Power
2021	15 of 130	7–6	14.84	Power
2020	18 of 128	4–5	11.94	Power
2019	13 of 130	11–2	77.97	MRI
2018	17 of 130	9–4	66.29	MRI
2017	6 of 130	10–2	104.11	MRI
2016	16 of 128	11–3	68.30	MRI
2015	42 of 128	7–6	46.28	MRI
2014	52 of 128	7–6	34.27	MRI
2013	53 of 126	7–5	32.65	MRI
2012	22 of 124	8–4	59.22	MRI
2011	40 of 120	9–4	39.69	MRI
2010	55 of 120	7–6	25.98	MRI
2009	9 of 120	11–2	79.01	MRI
2008	5 of 120	11–2	108.40	MRI
2007	15 of 120	9–4	71.48	MRI
2006	29 of 119	9–4	54.36	MRI
2005	4 of 119	11–1	106.23	MRI
2004	51 of 117	4–7	33.03	MRI
2003	77 of 117	3–9	7.59	MRI