Penn State

Team SP+ Percentile Summary

SP+, calculated by Bill Connelly, is a tempo-and-opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency. These are the preseason ratings based on returning production, recent recruiting, and recent history. The percentile for the team is computed across the ratings for all 136 FBS teams for the 2025 season.

Schedule Analysis

Average SP+ percentile rankings of opponents:

• All opponents: 60.9%
• Big Ten opponents: 72.9%
• Non-conference: 7.0%

Travel and Rest

Penn State's schedule includes 9 games in the Big Ten and 3 non-conference games against the CAA (1), Conference USA (1), Mountain West (1) conferences. There is an average of 7.3 days of rest across these games.

The schedule includes 5 away games and 0 neutral games spanning a total of 3,777 miles. Below is a map of the travel schedule highlighted by the game furthest away from home:

Transfers

Penn State has 8 incoming transfers and 16 outgoing transfers. Among players with a rating, Penn State incoming transfers have an average rating of 0.88 and outgoing transfers have a 0.88 average rating.

Below is a breakdown of incoming and outgoing transfers by position and a list of players with ratings if available. Transfer data is provided by 247Sports.com through cfbfastR as of July 16, 2025.

By Position

Players by Program

This shows the transfer paths of players transferring into Penn State and transferring out of Penn State.