Both Penn State and Clemson were ranked in the top five in the preseason. They ended the year in a pre-New Year's day bowl game.

Penn State closed out its 2025 season with a 22-10 Pinstripe Bowl win over Clemson to end Terry Smith’s tenure as the Nittany Lions’ interim head coach. Let’s take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly from Saturday afternoon’s matchup in Yankee Stadium.

Penn State has some work to do on the offensive and defensive lines, wide receiver and running back in the offseason.

USC defensive coordinator D'Anton Lynn has informed the school that he is leaving the program to accept the same position at Penn State for first-year coach Matt Campbell, sources told CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz .

Penn State football fans flooded local bars and restaurants to watch the Nittany Lions play in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. In a preseason favorite matchup for the National Championship, fans fled to see Penn State take on the Clemson Tigers in the bowl game,

Nick Dawkins, Penn State’s starting center the last two seasons, took to social media to say goodbye to Nittany Lions fans as begins pursuit of an NFL career. He officially declared for the NFL Draft on Sunday after opting out of Penn State’s 22-10 Pinstripe Bowl win over Clemson.

After Clemson’s worst season since 2010, Josh Pate weighs in on Dabo Swinney’s philosophy, adaptability, and what the Tigers must do next.