After reaching the College Football Playoff semifinals, Penn State projects as a top-5 team in 2025.

Penn State running back Kaytron Allen runs during the second quarter of the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9, 2025. Joe Hermitt | [email protected] Joe Hermitt | [email protected] The 2024 college football season is over, and the final rankings are in.

But these days, it takes the GDP of a small country to keep a roster intact in college football. Ohio State spent the money to do it in 2024. Penn State is trying to do it in 2025. The Nittany Lions,

Thanks to returns from Drew Allar, Nick Singleton, Kaytron Allen, Dani Dennis-Sutton, Zane Durant, and a whole bunch of others, Penn State is slated to b

Here we have our way-too-early 2025 college football rankings. These rankings can and likely will change by time I map out my preseason Associated Press top 25 ballot in August. But for now, here’s my initial crack at a top 25 for the 2025 season.