P enn State's coaching search enters Week 2, which means it's just getting started. James Franklin is off to find a new place to win a national championship, and Penn State Athletic Director Pat Kraft is conducting an insulated process to identify his successor.

The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Iowa Hawkeyes meet on Saturday in a Big Ten matchup that will be televised nationally. The game will feature a Penn State team on a three-game losing streak, who just head coach James Franklin. It'll also feature an Iowa team hanging in the Big Ten championship race.

C: Penn State nearly won on the road in Terry Smith’s first game as interim coach and Grunkemeyer’s first start. Andy Kotelnicki’s call on fourth-and-1 from the Lions’ 40 late in the third quarter was odd and was stopped. And it’s inexplicable that Jim Knowles’ defense allowed two big QB runs, which set up touchdowns.

The 2025 college football coaching carousel got off to an early start with a pair of firings -- DeShaun Foster at UCLA and Brent Pry at Virginia Tech -- just three weeks into the season. The carousel picked up serious momentum with Penn State's dismissal of James Franklin following Week 7,

Penn State football quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer will get his first college start at Iowa, in place of injured Drew Allar.

A Heisman Trophy candidate throws his teammate under the bus, Penn State coach auditions don't go so well and Group of Five playoff hopefuls stumble.

On "First Take," ESPN's Paul Finebaum believes that Matt Rhule, the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers and a former Penn State player, would be the ideal choice.

Urban Meyer and Tom Rinaldi broke down the top options to be the next Head Coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions.