Program history

Team vs. Team

Put two FBS programs side by side using the same verified definitions and coverage windows.

VS.
Head-to-Head
Penn State logo

Penn State leads 16–6

Northwestern logo

22 meetings · —–present

MetricPenn State logoPenn StateNorthwestern logoNorthwestern
All-time winsRecords coverage: 1888–2025 / 1892–2025930568
Winning percentageWins ÷ (wins + losses + ties)67.2%43.1%
NFL Draft picksCFBD draft-history coverage25868
First-round picksCFBD draft-history coverage407
10+ Regular-Season Win SeasonsSeasons with at least 10 wins before postseason play · methodology v2223
Losing seasonsLosses greater than wins2270
Weeks in AP PollCFBD coach-season poll résumé, deduplicated by team-season716184
Weeks ranked #1Historical AP aggregate not yet available from a single verified common-window dataset——

Historical records, head-to-head results, and NFL Draft selections: CollegeFootballData. A dash means unavailable, never zero.

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