2024 — Season 2024

Record 13-3
Final Result CFP Appearance
AP Final #5 post-bowls
SP+ +16.7 last-week
Era The Franklin Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ West Vir 34-12 W vs Bowl Gre 34-27 W vs Kent Sta 56-0 W vs Illinois 21-7 W vs UCLA 27-11 W @ USC 33-30 W @ Wiscon 28-13 L vs Ohio St 13-20 W vs Washin 35-6 W @ Purdue 49-10 W @ Minnes 26-25 W vs Maryland 44-7 L @ Oregon 37-45 W vs SMU 38-10 CFP W @ Bois Sta 31-14 CFP L vs ND 24-27 CFP
What It Meant

2024 reached the CFP — the modern era's table-stakes benchmark — and sits in Penn State's peak-tier chapters.