Vol. XXV · No. 39 Top25Rankings.com Est. 2000
The College Polls Gazette

The Top 25

Tuesday, September 22, 2026✦ Football · Men's & Women's Basketball✦ Eleven Polls, Every Week
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Penn State

Best finish
No. 2
Seasons ranked
25 / 27
Best finish
No. 2 (2025-2026)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball
Polls
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Years in the Rankings

Any poll, any sport
Season-final ranking by sport · 2000-2001 – 2026-2027
FootballMen's BasketballWomen's Basketball
15101525Football · 2002: final No. 10Football · 2005: final No. 3Football · 2006: final No. 24Football · 2007: final No. 25Football · 2008: final No. 8Football · 2009: final No. 8Football · 2016: final No. 5Football · 2017: final No. 8Football · 2018: final No. 12Football · 2019: final No. 9Football · 2022: final No. 7Football · 2023: final No. 10Football · 2024: final No. 4Football · 2026: final No. 14Men's Basketball · 2000: final No. 25Women's Basketball · 2000: final No. 21Women's Basketball · 2001: final No. 24Women's Basketball · 2002: final No. 15Women's Basketball · 2003: final No. 5Women's Basketball · 2011: final No. 11Women's Basketball · 2012: final No. 8Women's Basketball · 2013: final No. 14’00’03’06’09’12’15’18’21’24’26
Each point is Penn State's rank in that sport's final poll of the season. Lower is better; a gap is a season that sport didn't finish ranked.

A year is lit when Penn State was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.

2020s7 ranked
2026 Best · No. 13 FB2025 Best · No. 2 FB2024 Best · No. 3 FB2023 Best · No. 5 FBWomen's2022 Best · No. 7 FB2021 Best · No. 4 FB2020 Best · No. 7 FB
2010s8 ranked
2019 Best · No. 4 FBMen's2018 Best · No. 8 FB2017 Best · No. 2 FB2016 Best · No. 5 FB
2015Unranked
2014Unranked
2013 Best · No. 8 Women's2012 Best · No. 6 Women's2011 Best · No. 9 FBWomen's2010 Best · No. 14 FBWomen's
2000s10 ranked
2009 Best · No. 4 FBWomen's2008 Best · No. 2 FB2007 Best · No. 10 FB2006 Best · No. 19 FB2005 Best · No. 3 FB2004 Best · No. 21 Women's2003 Best · No. 4 FBWomen's2002 Best · No. 10 FBWomen's2001 Best · No. 18 Women's2000 Best · No. 8 FBMen'sWomen's

Recent Season

Media Top 25 · 2026-2027
Ranking by week
15101525Preseason: No. 18Wk 2: No. 16Wk 3: No. 14Wk 4: No. 13Through Games AUG. 17, 2026: No. 18PreseasonWk 2Wk 3Wk 4Through Games AUG. 17, 2026
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
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