Power Program IThe program record
Penn State
Big Ten
#12
all-time · 206 programs · 1936–2026
Peak
1986
its highest standing ever
Greatest coach
Joe Paterno
built it to Blue Blood
NFL pipeline
#14 all-time
43 first-round picks
CFB Zeitgeist · stature passport#11 right now
the board →coaching lineage →the talent factory →the team page →
Class + rank are the Zeitgeist List (1936–present) — a program’s accumulated stature, interim calibration, medium confidence. Not a single-season result.