The Penn State Nittany Lions will begin their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, versus West Virginia. See below for more.

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2024 Penn State Game and TV Schedule

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Penn State 2024 Strength of Schedule

• Taking into account their opponents’ combined win total last season (81), the Nittany Lions have the 18th-toughest schedule in college football.
• Penn State will have the 72nd-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (63).
• The Nittany Lions are playing the 17th-toughest conference schedule this season (based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Penn State has a schedule that features eight games in 2024 against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (two of those teams won nine or more games and one of them notched three or fewer wins).
• The Nittany Lions’ schedule in 2024 includes nine returning teams who played in a bowl game.

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Penn State Stat Insights (2023)

• The Nittany Lions ranked 55th in total offense last season (400.2 yards per game), but they thrived on the other side of the ball, ranking second-best in FBS with 400.2 yards allowed per game.
• Penn State surged on both offense and defense last season, ranking 12th-best in scoring offense (36.2 points per game) and third-best in scoring defense (13.5 points allowed per game).
• The Nittany Lions ranked 79th in passing yards last season (215 per game), but they excelled on the defensive side of the ball, ranking seventh-best in FBS with 172.1 passing yards allowed per game.
• Penn State sported the 29th-ranked offense last year in terms of rushing yards (185.2 per game), and it was more effective on defense, ranking eighth-best with just 96.9 rushing yards allowed per game.
• The Nittany Lions sported the 55th-ranked offense last season in terms of third-down efficiency (40.5% percentage), and they were better on the other side of the ball, ranking 11th-best with a 30.2% third-down conversion rate allowed.
• Penn State forced 24 total turnovers (13th in FBS) last season and turned it over eight times (third in FBS) for a turnover margin of +16, the second-best in college football.

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