Rivalry leaderboard
Michigan-Penn State Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 72/100
- Overtime
- 2
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 27
- Series record
- Michigan 17-10 Penn State
- Tracked years
- 1993-2023
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
22 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1994Week 8
Penn State at Michigan
Penn State 31, Michigan 24
Winner: Penn State
No. 3 Penn State vs. No. 5 Michigan · 7-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
72
Game score
- 2023Week 11
Michigan at Penn State
Michigan 24, Penn State 15
Winner: Michigan
No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 9 Penn State · 9-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
Highlight · 2023 Penn State vs. Michigan (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2002Week 81OT
Penn State at Michigan
Penn State 24, Michigan 27
Winner: Michigan
No. 15 Penn State vs. No. 13 Michigan · 3-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 9/15
65
Game score
- 1999Week 12
Michigan at Penn State
Michigan 31, Penn State 27
Winner: Michigan
No. 16 Michigan vs. No. 6 Penn State · 4-point margin
Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
61
Game score
- 1997Week 12
Michigan at Penn State
Michigan 34, Penn State 8
Winner: Michigan
No. 4 Michigan vs. No. 2 Penn State · 26-point margin
Ranking 46/50 · Closeness 9/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1993Week 8
Michigan at Penn State
Michigan 21, Penn State 13
Winner: Michigan
No. 18 Michigan vs. No. 7 Penn State · 8-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 2022Week 7
Penn State at Michigan
Penn State 17, Michigan 41
Winner: Michigan
No. 10 Penn State vs. No. 5 Michigan · 24-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 11/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
Full Game · 2022 Michigan vs. Penn State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1996Week 13
Penn State at Michigan
Penn State 29, Michigan 17
Winner: Penn State
No. 11 Penn State vs. No. 16 Michigan · 12-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 1995Week 13
Michigan at Penn State
Michigan 17, Penn State 27
Winner: Penn State
No. 12 Michigan vs. No. 19 Penn State · 10-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1998Week 11
Penn State at Michigan
Penn State 0, Michigan 27
Winner: Michigan
No. 19 Penn State vs. No. 15 Michigan · 27-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 8/35 · Overtime 0/15
26
Game score
- 2001Week 7
Michigan at Penn State
Michigan 20, Penn State 0
Winner: Michigan
No. 15 Michigan vs. Unranked Penn State · 20-point margin
Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 15/35 · Overtime 0/15
26
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.