Klatt released his top 10 rankings, with Penn State as his No. 1 team ahead of the 2025 season. Even with Drew Allar, Nicholas Singleton, and Kaytron Allen returning, Penn State is losing some defensive players, including Abdul Carter, to the NFL, and the wide receiver room is still a question mark.

Penn State news, notes, and updates for Jan. 24 include a look at Joel Klatt’s first top 10 for 2025, headlines of the day, and more. It’s time to review today’s top tweets and stories about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.

FOX Sports host Joel Klatt shared his top 10 rankings for the upcoming season, and his choices may surprise most college football fans. The Penn State Nittany Lions lead the list at No. 1; however, only three SEC schools are featured in his top 10: Texas, Georgia and LSU at Nos. 2, 4 and 9, respectively.

The Athletic's Stewart Mandel is a preseason Penn State believer, placing the Nittany Lions atop his too-early top 25 for 2025. "I'm skeptical they can actually pull it off," Mandel writes, "but on paper, James Franklin's team deserves that status given how many players are returning."

Notre Dame and Ohio State will play for the national championship. Before we get there, Joel Klatt shared his takeaways from the CFP semifinals.

FOX Sports' Joel Klatt released his way-too-early college football rankings for the 2025 season. While I am sure he will change his mind a hundred times over between now and Week 0, here is what he got the most right and the most wrong about his rankings.

The Oregon Ducks rank as one of the top teams in the nation going into the 2025 season, according to Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt.