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The Penn State football team has a ton of hype coming into the 2025 season as a lot of people expect the Nittany Lions to be right in the thick of the national title conversation when the season is nearing its end. Penn State is returning its QB, and a lot of other NFL talent decided to come back for one more year to chase a national championship. The Coaches Poll was released on Monday, and James Franklin and Penn State came in at No. 3. However, Fox analyst Joel Klatt has the Nittany Lions at #1 in his preseason top 25.
With the college football season beginning in just a few weeks, it’s time for preseason top 25 rankings to begin rolling out. The AP Poll doesn’t come out until next week, but we already have a good idea of where the Penn State football team will be ranked. Joel Klatt has the Nittany Lions at No. 1, and it’s safe to assume they will be in the top-five when the AP Poll is released.
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“My number one team in the country, as it was to end the spring is going to be Penn State,” Joel Klatt said during an episode of his podcast. “I’m huge on blueprints. Folks, you know this, and in the last two years, we have seen the blueprint that goes out there and wins the national championship, that is an experienced team with an experienced quarterback, with a lot of guys that come back. They spurn the NFL, they come back.”
Penn State made a good run last season as it went to the College Football Playoff and made it to the semifinals. The Nittany Lions were just a few plays away from going to the national championship, but they lost to Notre Dame. Now, they come back even stronger, looking to take the next step.
“There’s a chip on their shoulder, there’s a tough loss in…
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Publish date : 2025-08-05 02:20:00
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