For 128 FBS teams, the page turned to the 2019 season weeks, for some even months, ago. But all eyes weren’t focused on next season until Clemson put the finishing touches on an Alabama beatdown in Monday night’s national title game.
Now that’s over, it’s officially the college football offseason. And with it comes way-too-early top-25 rankings.
National outlets released their 2019 preseason projections in the hours and days following Clemson-Bama IV, and the Nittany Lions found themselves in all the major top-25 lists. However, with Trace McSorley and a crop of underclassmen leaving Happy Valley, there’s uncertainty surrounding Penn State in 2019, and that showed with a range of rankings.