Penn State Nittany Lions
mens
Big Ten
canonical name from espn_mbb
Ratings · 2026
| Dimension | Value | Unit | σ |
|---|---|---|---|
| OE | 1.16 | points per possession | 0.13 |
| DE | 1.12 | points per possession | 0.13 |
| ME | 0.03 | points per possession | 0.18 |
| PACE | 67.04 | possessions per game | 4.55 |
At season 2026's latest cutoff
(2026-04-07 00:50),
with 32 games played. OE is points scored
per possession, DE points allowed per possession, and the adjusted margin (ME) is their
difference — so 0.47 reads as +0.47 pts per possession, not 0.47 points. PACE is
possessions per game, a count, not a per-possession rate. The σ column shares
its row's unit.
Ratings over time
Season 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021
Show AdjME · AdjOE · AdjDE · AdjPace
Warm-up shown · hide
train_cutoff_at — a walk-forward replay for season 2026.
Axis spans 0.88 to 1.53 over
131 cutoffs. The shaded band is the model's own ±2σ
(AdjOE_sigma) — it is widest early, when few games have been
played.
The dashed rule is the mean warm-up gate: left of it the team had
played fewer than 18 games, where the rating has not yet settled (a rating
is a mean, so it gates on the mean curve; the prediction-σ gate is later or equal at
18).
This line is the smoothed rating: an exponentially-weighted causal
average of this team's own history (alpha 0.75 on each
factor), fitted once on five seasons and frozen — it removes cutoff-to-cutoff fit
noise without pulling the team toward the league mean.Record · 2026
| Season | W | L | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 20 | 0.375 |
Countable games per NCAA policy — includes non-D1, which count for the record and not for the ratings.
Vendor names
| Source | Name | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| cbbd | Penn State | auto |
Schedule & results
| Date | S | Matchup | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | 2026 | Penn State @ Northwestern N | 66–76 | conf_tournament |
| 2026-03-08 | 2026 | Penn State @ Rutgers | 62–74 | regular |
| 2026-03-05 | 2026 | Ohio State @ Penn State | 94–62 | regular |
| 2026-02-28 | 2026 | Iowa @ Penn State | 69–71 | regular |
| 2026-02-21 | 2026 | Penn State @ Nebraska | 64–87 | regular |
| 2026-02-18 | 2026 | Rutgers @ Penn State | 85–72 | regular |
| 2026-02-14 | 2026 | Penn State @ Oregon | 72–83 | regular |
| 2026-02-12 | 2026 | Penn State @ Washington | 63–60 | regular |
| 2026-02-08 | 2026 | USC @ Penn State | 77–75 | regular |
| 2026-02-05 | 2026 | Penn State @ Michigan | 69–110 | regular |
| 2026-02-01 | 2026 | Minnesota @ Penn State | 75–77 | regular |
| 2026-01-30 | 2026 | Penn State @ Northwestern | 73–94 | regular |
| 2026-01-27 | 2026 | Penn State @ Ohio State | 78–84 | regular |
| 2026-01-23 | 2026 | Wisconsin @ Penn State | 98–71 | regular |
| 2026-01-18 | 2026 | Penn State @ Maryland | 73–96 | regular |
| 2026-01-15 | 2026 | UCLA @ Penn State | 71–60 | regular |
| 2026-01-10 | 2026 | Penn State @ Purdue | 85–93 | regular |
| 2026-01-07 | 2026 | Michigan @ Penn State | 74–72 | regular |
| 2026-01-04 | 2026 | Illinois @ Penn State | 73–65 | regular |
| 2025-12-29 | 2026 | North Carolina Central @ Penn State | 67–90 | regular |
| 2025-12-21 | 2026 | Pittsburgh @ Penn State N | 80–46 | regular |
| 2025-12-13 | 2026 | Michigan State @ Penn State | 76–72 | regular |
| 2025-12-10 | 2026 | Penn State @ Indiana | 72–113 | regular |
| 2025-12-02 | 2026 | Campbell @ Penn State | 76–87 | regular |
| 2025-11-29 | 2026 | Sacred Heart @ Penn State | 59–90 | regular |
| 2025-11-26 | 2026 | Boston University @ Penn State | 87–96 | regular |
| 2025-11-22 | 2026 | Providence @ Penn State N | 77–65 | regular |
| 2025-11-19 | 2026 | Harvard @ Penn State | 80–84 | regular |
| 2025-11-15 | 2026 | Penn State @ La Salle N | 83–69 | regular |
| 2025-11-11 | 2026 | Navy @ Penn State | 71–80 | regular |
| 2025-11-08 | 2026 | Penn State @ New Haven | 87–43 | regular |
| 2025-11-04 | 2026 | Fairfield @ Penn State | 68–76 | regular |