Penn State-West Virginia among most-watched Week 1 games; Lions called top three team: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for Sept. 7 include television ratings for the Lions’ Week 1 win over West Virginia, a new set of power rankings that has head coach James Franklin’s program in the top three nationally, and more.
It’s time to dive into Thursday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
We start with television ratings from Week 1 of the college football season. The Nittany Lions’ 38-15 win over West Virginia was the fourth most-watched opening weekend game with 3.5 million viewers. Flordia State’s big win over LSU led the way with 9.17 million viewers. Colorado’s upset of TCU had 7.26 million viewers. And, Ohio State–Indiana was third with 4.6 million viewers.
In other news, CBS national college football writer Dennis Dodd released his first set of power rankings since Week 1 concluded. While the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Poll have Penn State at No. 7, Dodd ranks them at No. 3. It is by far the highest rating for head coach James Franklin’s team ahead of Saturday’s meeting with Delaware.
“The Drew Allar era began with a bang. Penn State’s new star QB threw three touchdown passes in his debut as a starter as part of a 325-yard passing night against West Virginia. Call them The Quadruples – Allar, RBs Nicholas Singleton (70 yards), Kaytron Allen (51 yards) and WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith (123 yards, two touchdowns).”
Georgia and Michigan led the way. Florida State and Washington rounded out the top five.
Top 10
- 1
Elko pokes at Kiffin
A&M coach jokes over kick times
- 2Trending
Dan Lanning
Oregon coach getting NFL buzz
- 3
Bryce Underwood
Michigan prepared to offer No. 1 recruit $10.5M over 4 years
- 4Hot
5-star flip
Ole Miss flips Alabama WR commit Caleb Cunningham
- 5
Second CFP Top 25
Newest CFP rankings are out
Headlines of the day
Penn State’s James Franklin on the ongoing battle for the third WR spot, Kaytron Allen’s value, more: Flounders, PennLive
James Franklin: Bumps, bruises, and ‘sickness’ leave Nittany Lions battling: Bauer, BWI
Penn State using West Virginia run game ‘challenge’ as learning experience: Haas, Daily Collegian
Penn State linebacker Abdul Carter facing misdemeanor charge; James Franklin addresses it: Pickel, BWI
Allar, Franklin Talk Challenges of Quarterback Decision-Making When an Elite Arm Is Involved: Jones, Statecollege.com
PSU practice reports: Offense | Defense
College football Re-Rank: Florida State, Penn State join top five: CBS Sports
Four-star DE Sharlandiin Strange: ‘I love Penn State’: Snyder, BWI
A daunting task awaits Blue Hens at Penn State but they’ll appreciate the opportunity: Tresolini, Delaware Online
Quote of the day
“We know we have our work cut out for us. But we’ve been saying it for the past three days now: ‘Just go out there and play football.’
“We’re playing football at the end of the day, no matter who it is. So we’re definitely excited for the challenge, we’re excited for the crowd. That’s gonna be super fun, the great atmosphere. I think we’re all happy that we get to just show what we can do in front of a big crowd.”
–Delaware receiver Kym Wimberley to reporters ahead of the Blue Hens’ visit to Penn State on Saturday.
