Now, with interim head coach Terry Smith and redshirt freshman quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer, the Nittany Lions will try and salvage the rest of the 2025 season and find out who is ready to be a major piece of the 2026 team. Let’s take a look at how this year will finish and what comes next.

The women's hockey team will take on Robert Morris at the football stadium on Jan. 31 and, later that day, the men's team is set to play Michigan State there. For that Big Ten contest, non-student ticket prices will start as low as $28 (upper decks) and will go up to $78 (Mount Nittany Club).

Sitting at 3-3 with six games remaining, Penn State will have to find three wins the rest of the way to avoid missing out on a bowl game. Penn State has two games against ranked opponents ( Ohio State and Indiana) and road games against Michigan State and Rutgers .

Penn State Nittany Lions football coach Mike Norvell was warned of becoming the next Mike Norvell after the Florida State Seminoles' epic collapse in 2024.

UCLA football (2-4, 2-1 Big Ten) built off its defeat of then-No. 7 Penn State, beating Michigan State (3-3, 0-3) 38-13 at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.

Michigan State's football game against UCLA was a disappointing performance by the offense, defense, and coaching staff. UCLA came into the game having upset #7

The White Out is a tradition at Penn State home football games where Nittany Lions fans all dress in white. The result is a sea of white throughout Beaver Stadium that creates a striking look, especially under the lights for a night game.

Coming off an unbeaten week at home, Northwestern men's soccer (6-4-2, 1-3-1 B1G) begins a pivotal two-game Big Ten Conference road trip on Friday evening,