Although the 2024 college football season just concluded on Monday, it’s never too early to look ahead to the 2025 season. Some outlets, like ESPN, are already releasing their “Way-too-Early” top 25 rankings for next year.

Penn State, after making a run to the College Football Playoff semifinals, is unsurprisingly well-represented on the various All-CFP performers teams released by various media outlets on Wednesday. On offense,

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."

The Nittany Lions ended in the top five for the first time since 2005. It’s the first time the Big Ten has had three teams in the final top five. Ohio State was No. 1 and Oregon was No. 3.

The 2024 college football season and the first 12-team College Football Playoff has officially come to a close with Ohio State winning the national championship over Notre Dame Monday night. With 215 days until the 2025 college football season kicks off,

With college football season having been put on ice until very late August, we only have last year's results and underlying vibes and expectations heading into