In recent weeks, as covered on this site and as you can see all over the internet, a lot of post-Spring practice polls have been appearing.
There were some waves in the Penn State world as the Nittany Lions are in the discussion as a possible preseason No. 1 team. With that in mind, I began thinking about expectations and how Penn State has historically lived up to those - or not lived up to those.
In each of the past two seasons, Penn State has started the year ranked in the AP Preseason Top 10. In 2023, there were the frustrating losses at Ohio State and at home to eventual national champion Michigan.