Franklin and tight ends coach Ty Howle stopped in to see Nazareth 2026 four-star quarterback Peyton Falzone on Tuesday. Falzone is ranked by the 247Sports Composite as the nation’s 15th-best quarterback, while he’s visited Penn State twice thus far.

Knowles has carved out a stellar career for himself. His stock took off as Oklahoma State’s defensive coordinator from 2018-21. He’s been at Ohio State since 2022, producing top defenses and first-round picks. He might be the best DC in the country.

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One of the nation's leading college football analysts explains why he picks Penn State as his early No. 1 team in the country for 2025.

Penn State's historic 2024-25 season comes to an official close with the final US LBM Coaches Poll. See how James Franklin voted.

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.

To Penn State fans, James Franklin should be a hero. Penn State made the Big Ten championship game and the College Football Playoff semifinals. Any Penn State supporter would have been salivating at that prospect before the season.

Penn State ended the 2024 college football season one win shy of playing for a national championship, but the Nittany Lions will close the books on the season with the highest AP ranking for the program under head coach James Franklin. Penn State was ranked no. 5 in the final AP Top 25 poll released on Tuesday.

Rutgers University head football coach Greg Schiano’s helicopter touched down on the turf at Nazareth Area Middle School on Thursday morning. The Big Ten coach was visiting the Lehigh Valley to meet with Nazareth quarterback Peyton Falzone.

For a program that hasn’t held the No. 1 spot in any poll this century, the buzz surrounding Penn State football is jarring.

Newly crowned college football national champion Ohio State has already been set as the favorite to win the title again next season.

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