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No. 2 marks Penn State’s highest preseason ranking in the James Franklin era, though the program has outperformed its preseason spot just four times in Franklin’s 11 years. The Lions went from unranked to fifth in 2016, 15th to 10th in 2019, unranked to 11th in 2022 and eighth to fourth in 2024.
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Penn State Football Ranked No. 3 in Preseason Coaches’ Poll
In 1999, after starting No. 3 in the preseason AP poll, Penn State spent eight weeks at No. 2, then lost three straight games, before defeating Texas A&M in the Alamo Bowl to finish No. 11 in the ...