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Once the calendar flips past Thanksgiving, if you’re one of the fortunate few teams who is at the top of college football’s food chain, you start turning your attention to the playoff.
If you’re not, you start thinking about next season.
All due respect to whatever low-tier bowl game the Nittany Lions might play in after barely defeating Rutgers on Saturday in Piscataway, most Penn State fans are focused on the future, and what an uncertain future it is. So much of what 2026 holds for the program will hinge on who the next head coach is, but the roster makeup just might play a role, too. Though the transfer portal has blurred these lines a bit, college football teams are still largely divided into three distinct groups: The guys who won’t be back next season because they’re out of eligibility and/or going to the league, the guys who will be back next season, and the incoming recruits and transfers.
