Where is Penn State in USA Today's spring Big Ten power rankings?: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for March 7 include spring Big Ten power rankings, headlines of the day, and more. It’s time to dive into Friday’s top tweets and stories about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
Longtime USA Today college football reporter Paul Myerberg is busy putting out spring power rankings for each conference. He posted his preliminary projections for the Big Ten this week. And, Penn State leads the way.
“There’s talent, coaching and plenty of motivation after coming close to an appearance against OSU in the championship game,” Myerberg writes in explaining why he put James Franklin’s team at No. 1. “Can the Nittany Lions use that pain to reach new heights under James Franklin? Look for the offense to be the best of his tenure while the defense still has several all-conference or even All-America performers.”
Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, and Illinois round out the top five in that order. The Nittany Lions will see two of those teams this year. They host the Ducks on Sept. 27 at Beaver Stadium and travel to Columbus to take on the Buckeyes Nov. 1. They also face two of Myerberg’s bottom five Big Ten teams in No. 14 UCLA (on the road Oct. 4) and No. 17 Northwestern (at home on Oct. 11). Penn State opens the 2025 season on Aug. 30 against Nevada. It starts a three-game non-conference stretch that leads the team into its Big Ten championship game rematch with Oregon.
Top 10
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ACC Tournament
Bracket set for ACC men's hoops
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Chad Baker-Mazara
Claps back at Bama on Instagram
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SEC Tournament
Bracket set for SEC men's hoops
- 4Trending
Bruce Pearl
Defends Baker-Mazara after ejection
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Bracketology update
Alabama, Kentucky on the move
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Headlines of the day
Penn State’s potential surprise players in 2025: How about this 5-star signee from 2023?: Flounders, PennLive
Top New England DL sets Penn State official visit: Fitz, BWI
For Penn State Wrestler Beau Bartlett, It’s Time to ‘Let it Rip’: Wogenrich, SI
Buzzworthy: Penn State winter workouts produce unique standouts: Bauer, BWI
Penn State WR Peter Gonzalez became student of the game while sidelined in 2024: Alenstein, Daily Collegian
Four-star WR Davion Brown shares spring visit date to Penn State and a change to his official visit schedule: Snyder, BWI
Abdul Carter injury update: Daniel Jeremiah reveals how stress reaction impacts draft stock: Schultz, On3
Quote of the day
“It’s not gonna be a long term thing. I think we’ll pretty much steady out by the time we get back from spring break. It’s more pre-spring break,” said Losey. “Normally during this time of year, I’ve got anywhere from six to seven weeks to really be aggressive with the guys before we get up to a test week. This year, we gave the guys two weeks off because they needed it.
“When we came back from the break, normally, we would hit it pretty hard. But we took a little bit of different approach. We concentrated a little bit more on recovery regeneration for those first two weeks, really getting their bodies back under them, getting their legs back under them, and getting them primed up for what was going to be another four aggressive weeks, this being the fourth. So just a little bit difference in intensity.”
PSU strength coach Chuck Losey on the Lions’ winter workout plan following a long 2024 season.
