Connelly's mathematical formulas, used to rank just about everything you can imagine in college football, have calculated Franklin to be the fourth-best active college football coach for the upcoming college football season.

Franklin also anticipates Penn State a huge 2026 NFL draft class. “When it comes to player development, we expect to have anywhere between 10 and 12 guys drafted this year,” Franklin said, referring to 2026. “We’ve averaged over five draft picks per year in my 12 years at Penn State, a stat that we’re very, very proud of.”

James Franklin has won a lot of games at Penn State and returned the Nittany Lions to being one of the best teams in college football. Sure, he hasn't won a Big Ten championship since Barack Obama was still President,

The Penn State Nittany Lions were one of the main attractions of the Big Ten Media Days. The favorite to win the conference despite watching the Oregon Ducks and Ohio State Buckeyes finish ahead of them in 2024,

You could break Penn State’s defensive tackle depth chart into three or four tiers with preseason camp set to begin next week in State College. Fourth-year Nittany Lion Zane Durant is in a tier all by himself after his breakout 2024 season.

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey responds to James Franklin's SEC jab with a hilarious "That Other Conference" post that ignites media buzz.

Democratic Governors Laura Kelly (Kansas) and Tim Walz (Minnesota) are splitting from the National Governors Association (NGA) over its response to President Trump's policies, and will not be paying NGA dues as the group gathers for its summer meeting in Colorado this week.