Cael Sanderson can lead the top-ranked Penn State wrestling team to a major NCAA record Saturday at the Journeymen Collegiate Duals in Nashville. The Nittany Lions will wrestle two matches against North Dakota State and No. 9 Stanford at the event with a chance to make history.

Penn State football concluded its regular season with a thrilling win at Rutgers in late November. There have not been many dull days for the Nittany Lions in December, either. PennLive has you covered when it comes to opt-outs and staff changes involving the Penn State program.

In Penn's first admission cycle since restoring its standardized testing requirement, the University received more than 7,800 early decision applications — nearly two thousand less than last year.

Added senior guard Josh Reed, who transferred to Penn State after playing three years at Cincinnati, “His leadership out there and his ability to score but also make plays for others, it really helps our team. He just has that kind of maturity at such a young age, it’s rare to see, but it’s definitely going to help us this year.”

The Lions’ match against North Dakota State should be a shutout, and if it is, it would be the 29 th in the Sanderson era at Penn State. NDSU’s highest ranked wrestler is No. 19 Aidan Brenot and he’ll face fourth-ranked Rocco Welsh.

The players returning to the Penn State football team in 2026 will find a different culture than the one that existed previously. So says safety King Mack, who told reportersx Wednesday during preparation for the Dec.

Penn State reportedly is targeting former Nittany Lions defensive back D’Anton Lynn as its next defensive coordinator, according to multiple reports Thursday.

Penn State defensive end Chaz Coleman, among the program's promising young players who earned the nickname "Chazmanian Devil," is leaving the Nittany Lions after one season. Coleman told On3's Hayes Fawcett that he plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal on Jan. 2.