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James Franklin is tired of the lack of transparency regarding the conference alignment debate around college football.

The Athletic's Stewart Mandel is a preseason Penn State believer, placing the Nittany Lions atop his too-early top 25 for 2025. "I'm skeptical they can actually pull it off," Mandel writes, "but on paper, James Franklin's team deserves that status given how many players are returning."

The Big Ten plays nine conference games in football. So does the Big 12. The Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference are among those playing eight-game league schedules.

A college football legend is still mad at James Franklin. Steve Slaton is preparing to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame , there’s one aspect of his career he may never be fully ...

Penn State plays Notre Dame Thursday night in the Orange Bowl in one of the two College Football Playoff semifinals.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. − James Franklin turned to his right at the interview podium here, motioning to the man in charge of his College Football Playoff opponent. The Penn State football head coach wanted to preface his improvement plan for college ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. -- While discussing the opportunity that awaits Penn State in the College Football Playoff, coach James Franklin said Wednesday that the showdown against Notre Dame is about ...

James Franklin singled out this week's College Football Playoff semifinal opponent when advocating for sweeping changes to the current model.

All true. James Franklin's history in big games might explain why Penn State has longest odds of winning national championship among CFP semifinal teams. College football’s bards mused this playoff lacked a dominant team, like 2019 LSU or 2020 Alabama ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — The Big Ten plays nine conference games in football. So does the Big 12. The Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference are among those playing eight-game league schedules. The Mountain West played seven during the most recent regular season. Notre Dame doesn't have even have a league.

The Arizona State Sun Devils finally earned some respect from the coaches. After spending the first 12 weeks of the 2024 college football season unranked — des