Times Higher Education's World University Rankings, widely considered the most thorough college ranking in the world, released their latest list last week. Taking 13 different categories into account, Penn State came in at No. 58 on the list of 400.
While our very own Beaver Stadium was listed as the fourth-best Big Ten stadium by Athlon Sports a few months back, USA Today has found it to be the seventh-best stadium in all of college football according to their article posted Monday.
Penn State showed what it was capable of at Beaver Stadium on Saturday afternoon, demolishing the UMass Minutemen to the tune of a 48-7 victory and an undefeated 4-0 start. Before that game, the Nittany Lions were ranked No. 30 in the AP poll and No. 34 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. One week later, the squad is knocking on the door of the Top 25 in both polls, reaching No. 27 overall in each.
While Monday was nothing but good news for Penn Staters, Tuesday started off leaving something to be desired, as Penn State fell 11 spots nationally, to a tie for 48th in US News and World Report's annual college rankings.
Despite all of the weekend Pokey Stix and Panda Express lunches in the HUB throughout the week, Greatist released a list of the 25 healthiest colleges in America and—you guessed it—Penn State came in at number 10.
After ranking the Phyrst among the best college bars in the country earlier this summer, Thrillist is back with another good review for a State College watering hole.