Résumé Rankings
Who has earned it.
- Record Strength
- -2.51 #92
- Schedule strength
- .613 #43
- Best win
- Marshall
- Statboy T25 W
- 0
- AP T25 W
- 0
Power Rankings
Who is best right now.
+7.4points vs an average FBS team
Last week: +7.1 (#51) · ▲ 0.3
Full Power Rankings → Compare to another teamPower rating breakdown
- Offense+2.5#63
- Defense+6.3#36
- Special teams-0.1#96
- Record-1.3#92
Points per game better than average. Together they add up to the Power rating (Record only gets a small say).
Compare to another teamTop players
All player rankings →Ranks compare each player with every FBS player at the same position. Points per game are points added versus an average player at that position, adjusted for opponents.
Offense
- Rocco Becht+1.67pts/game
QB · Fr. · #65 QB · Top 42%
1,409 pass yds · 3 TD · 4 INT · 0.22 EPA/dropback
- Carson Hansen-0.67pts/game
RB · Fr. · #146 RB · Bottom 27%
69 car · 268 yds · 2 TD · 3.9 YPC
Best at: Avoiding stuffs
- James Peoples-0.83pts/game
RB · Fr. · #161 RB · Bottom 19%
55 car · 171 yds · 1 TD · 3.1 YPC
- Chase Sowell+1.83pts/game
WR · Fr. · #20 WR · Top 6%
32 rec · 489 yds · 2 TD · 10.0 yds/target
Best at: EPA per target, Target share
- Andrew Rappleyea-0.10pts/game
TE · Fr. · #38 TE · Bottom 34%
23 rec · 177 yds · 1 TD · 5.2 yds/target
- Brett Eskildsen-0.46pts/game
WR · Fr. · #292 WR · Bottom 12%
19 rec · 189 yds · 0 TD · 5.6 yds/target
Defense
- Tony Rojas+3.61pts/game
LB · Fr. · #2 LB · Top 1%
56 tkl · 10.5 TFL · 5.0 sacks · 2 PD · 2 INT
Best at: Tackles for loss, Havoc plays per game
- Josiah Zayas+1.91pts/game
CB · Fr. · #51 DB · Top 5%
16 tkl · 2.0 TFL · 0.0 sacks · 1 PD · 2 INT
Best at: Interceptions, Havoc plays per game
- Zion Tracy+1.39pts/game
CB · Fr. · #137 DB · Top 14%
22 tkl · 2.0 TFL · 0.0 sacks · 3 PD · 1 INT
Best at: Havoc plays per game, Tackles for loss
Teams like Penn State
The closest matches across every FBS team, based on this week's numbers.
How they've moved
Rank after each week of the season.
Schedule & results
#numbers are this week's Statboy Résumé ranks
| Wk 1Sep 5 |  vsMarshall | W45-0 |
| Wk 2Sep 12 |  atTemple | W27-9 |
| Wk 3Sep 19 |  vsBuffalo | W55-13 |
| Wk 4Sep 26 |  vsWisconsin | L20-24 |
| Wk 5Oct 2 |  at#24Northwestern | L13-34 |
| Wk 6Oct 10 |  vs#25USC | L23-31 |
| Wk 7Oct 17 |  atMichigan | L18-21 |
| Still to play · computer projections | ||
| Wk 9Oct 31 |  vsPurdue | Penn State by 3.5PSU: 59% to winPenn State: 59% to win Compare |
| Wk 10Nov 7 |  atWashington | Washington by 2.5PSU: 44% to winPenn State: 44% to win Compare |
| Wk 11Nov 14 |  vsMinnesota | Penn State by 5.5PSU: 64% to winPenn State: 64% to win Compare |
| Wk 12Nov 21 |  vsRutgers | Penn State by 11.5PSU: 77% to winPenn State: 77% to win Compare |
| Wk 13Nov 28 |  atMaryland | Penn State by 6.5PSU: 67% to winPenn State: 67% to win Compare |
Projections come from the Power Rankings, with 2 points for home field. They update every Sunday.
Schedule swap
How would Penn State have done against another team's games so far, or that team against Penn State's? Same opponents, same sites, projected with this week's Power Ratings.
Stat profile
Compare every team →Adjusted for opponents where it says so on the Advanced Stats page. #1 is always best for that side of the ball.
- Adj Eff+4.2#63+10.6#36
- EPA/play0.16#610.00#37
- Success42.3%#7837.4%#36
- Explosive1.25#721.26#72
- Pts/Trip4.1#673.7#37
- Points/G28.7#7218.9#31
- Yds/Play5.8#775.2#55
- Std Downs45.4%#9242.1%#40
- Pass Downs35.0%#4726.8%#34
- 3rd Down36.2%#10428.7%#8
- Red Zone TD60.2%#9060.3%#89
- Pts/Trip4.1#673.7#37
- Line Yds2.7#1172.6#36
- Stuff Rate16.0%#5425.4%#15
- Short Yds91.0%#168.6%#68
- Havoc14.3%#8618.2%#12
- Sacks/G1.6#551.1#124
- Rush EPA-0.03#1170.10#98
- Rush Succ38.3%#11338.0%#43
- Pass EPA0.41#30-0.14#4
- Pass Succ45.8%#4833.8%#14
Team
- Pts/Drive2.2#82
- TO Margin+4#24
- Avg Start (offense)Own 32#26
- Plays/G66.4#68
- Sec/Play26.6#71
- FG Pts+0.3#45
- Punting-0.4#116