2022 Penn State football schedule, scores
How do things look for Penn State in the Big Ten and College Football Playoff race? Let's look at the Nittany Lions' 2022 schedule.
2022 Penn State Football Schedule
Week 1, Sept. 1 at Purdue
Score: Penn State 35, Purdue 31
Week 2, Sept. 10 vs. Ohio
Score: Penn State 46, Ohio 10
Week 3, Sept. 17 at Auburn
Score: Penn State 41, Auburn 12
Week 4, Sept. 24 vs. Central Michigan
Score: Penn State 33, Central Michigan 14
Week 5, Oct. 1 vs. Northwestern
3:30 p.m. on ESPN
Week 6, Oct. 8 Idle
Week 7, Oct. 15 at Michigan
Week 8, Oct. 22 vs. Minnesota
Week 9, Oct. 29 vs. Ohio State
Week 10, Nov. 5 at Indiana
Week 11, Nov. 12 vs. Maryland
Week 12, Nov. 19 at Rutgers
Week 13, Nov. 26 vs. Michigan State
Dec. 3 Big Ten Championship Game
Penn State schedule overview
Records entering this season
Purdue Boilermakers
2021 record: 9-4 (6-3 Big Ten)
All time series: Penn State leads, 15-3-1
Last meeting: Penn State won, 35-7 (2019)
Ohio Bobcats
2021 record: 3-9 (3-5 MAC)
All time series: Penn State leads, 5-1
Last meeting: Ohio won, 24-14 (2012)
Auburn Tigers
2021 record: 6-7 (3-5 SEC)
All time series: Penn State leads, 2-1
Last meeting: Penn State won, 28-20 (2021)
Central Michigan Chippewas
2021 record: 9-4 (6-2 MAC)
All time series: Penn State leads, 1-0
Last meeting: Penn State won, 40-3 (2005)
Northwestern Wildcats
2021 record: 3-9 (1-8 Big Ten)
All time series: Penn State leads, 14-5
Last meeting: Penn State won, 31-7 (2017)
Michigan Wolverines
2021 record: 12-2 (8-1 Big Ten)
All time series: Michigan leads, 15-10
Last meeting: Michigan won, 21-17 (2021)
Minnesota Golden Gophers
2021 record: 9-4 (6-3 Big Ten)
All time series: Penn State leads, 9-6
Last meeting: Minnesota won, 31-26 (2019)
Ohio State Buckeyes
2021 record: 11-2 (8-1 Big Ten)
All time series: Ohio State leads, 22-14
Last meeting: Ohio State won, 33-24 (2021)
Indiana Hoosiers
2021 record: 2-10 (0-9 Big Ten)
All time series: Penn State leads, 23-2
Last meeting: Penn State won, 24-0 (2021)
Maryland Terrapins
2021 record: 7-6 (3-6 Big Ten)
All time series: Penn State leads, 41-3-1
Last meeting: Penn State won, 31-14 (2021)
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
2021 record: 5-8 (2-7 Big Ten)
All time series: Penn State leads, 30-2
Last meeting: Penn State won, 28-0 (2021)
Michigan State Spartans
2021 record: 11-2 (7-2 Big Ten)
All time series: Michigan State leads, 18-17-1
Last meeting: Michigan State won, 30-27 (2021)
Penn State football 2021 scores
Week 1, Sept. 4
No. 19 Penn State at No. 12 Wisconsin
Final score: Penn State 16, Wisconsin 10
Week 2, Sept. 11
Ball State at No. 11 Penn State
Final score: Penn State 44, Ball State 13
Week 3, Sept. 18
No. 22 Auburn at No. 10 Penn State
Final score: Penn State 28, Auburn 20
Week 4, Sept. 25
Villanova at No. 6 Penn State
Final score: Penn State 38, Villanova 17
Week 5, Oct. 2
Indiana at No. 4 Penn State
Final score: Penn State 24, Indiana 0
Week 6, Oct. 9
No. 4 Penn State at No. 3 Iowa
Final score: Iowa 23, Penn State 20
Week 7, Oct. 16
Idle
Week 8, Oct. 23
Illinois at No. 7 Penn State
Final score: Illinois 20, Penn State 28 (9 OT)
Week 9, Oct. 30
No. 20 Penn State at No. 5 Ohio State
Final score: Ohio State 33, Penn State 24
Week 10, Nov. 6
No. 22 Penn State at Maryland
Final score: Penn State 31, Maryland 14
Week 11, Nov. 13
No. 6 Michigan at No. 23 Penn State
Final score: Michigan 21, Penn State 17
Week 12, Nov. 20
Rutgers at Penn State
Final score: Penn State 28, Rutgers 0
Week 13, Nov. 27
Penn State at No. 12 Michigan State
Final score: Michigan State 30, Penn State 27
Outback Bowl, Jan. 1
Penn State vs. No. 21 Arkansas
Final score: Arkansas 24, Penn State 10
College Football Playoff 2022-23 Schedule
Dec. 31, 2022 Fiesta Bowl
Dec. 31, 2022 Peach Bowl
Jan. 9, 2023 National Championship
This is the ninth year that college football has a playoff system, which replaced the former Bowl Championship Series (BCS) ahead of the 2014 season.
Ohio State won the first championship under the current system. Alabama (2015, ’17, ’20) and Clemson (2016 and ’18) are the only programs to win multiple titles in the playoff era.
Here's a rundown of every College Football Playoff to date.
2014
Rose Bowl — No. 2 Oregon 59, No. 3 Florida State 20
Sugar Bowl — No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 1 Alabama 35
CFP National Championship — No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 2 Oregon 20
2015
Orange Bowl — No. 1 Clemson 37, No. 4 Oklahoma 17
Cotton Bowl — No. 2 Alabama 38, No. 3 Michigan State 0
CFP National Championship — No. 2 Alabama 45, No. 1 Clemson 40
2016
Fiesta Bowl — No. 2 Clemson 31, No. 3 Ohio State 0
Peach Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 24, No. 4 Washington 7
CFP National Championship — No. 2 Clemson 35, No. 1 Alabama 31
2017
Rose Bowl — No. 3 Georgia 54, No. 2 Oklahoma 48 ( 2 OT)
Sugar Bowl — No. 4 Alabama 24, No. 1 Clemson 6
CFP National Championship — No. 4 Alabama 26, No. 3 Georgia (OT)
2018
Orange Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 45, No. 4 Oklahoma 34
Cotton Bowl — No. 2 Clemson 30, No. 3 Notre Dame 3
CFP National Championship — No. 2 Clemson 44, No. 1 Alabama 16
2019
Peach Bowl — No. 1 LSU 63, No. 4 Oklahoma 28
Fiesta Bowl — No. 3 Clemson 29, No. 2 Ohio State 23
CFP National Championship — No. 1 LSU 42, No. 3 Clemson 25
2020
Rose Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 31, No. 4 Notre Dame 14
Sugar Bowl — No. 3 Ohio State 49, No. 2 Clemson 28
CFP National Championship — No. 1 Alabama 52, No. 3 Ohio State 24
2021
Cotton Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 27, No. 4 Cincinnati 6
Orange Bowl — No. 3 Georgia 34, No. 2 Michigan 11
CFP National Championship — No. 3 Georgia 33, No. 1 Alabama 18