The coaching carousel in the SEC turned sharply this week when LSU fired Brian Kelly after a 49-25 home loss to Texas A&M. The move ended a four-year tenure and

Penn State did not move in the latest ESPN FPI Power rankings following its final bye week of the season. But, it still got bad news about its long-term outlook in 2025 anyway. The new Football Power Index is out following Week 9 of the college football season.

Experts are split on whether the Gators or Nittany Lions offer a better opportunity for interested head coaches.

“Penn State owes an enormous amount of gratitude to Coach Franklin who rebuilt our football program into a national power,” Kraft said in a statement. “He won a Big Ten Championship, led us to seven New Year’s Six bowl games and a College Football Playoff appearance last year.”

Former Penn State football coach James Franklin is rejecting media requests to speak on his firing despite it shocking everyone.

Appearing on ESPN’s College GameDay, Franklin was asked how the Nittany Lions went from being undefeated and the No. 2 team in the country to losing three straight games to Oregon, UCLA and Northwestern, which led to his firing last Sunday.

The former Penn State coach appeared Saturday on ESPN College GameDay to make his first public comments since being fired Oct. 12. Franklin called the past six days "surreal," from being told Sunday afternoon of the decision to calling his family to telling players, parents and recruits about the decision.

Ohio State hosts Penn State on Saturday. Interim coach Terry Smith met with his local media to discuss playing the Buckeyes on Monday. Watch, listen.

ESPN college football analyst Rece Davis urged the Penn State Nittany Lions to go after a top SEC coaching option.