All-American recruits say where Penn State facilities stack against the rest

Penn State is home to one of college football’s most iconic programs, with many of the top amenities college football has to offer. But if there is one area where head coach James Franklin has constantly stressed a need to improve during his time in Happy Valley, it is keeping the athletic facilities in top form. While Penn State’s facilities are far from scraps, the Nittany Lions can continue to strive to improve the state of the facilities if they want to continue pulling in some of the nation’s top recruits.

Last weekend’s All-American Bowl featured many of the nation’s top high school recruits, many of whom have taken time to explore all the facilities the best college football programs have to offer on the recruiting trail. And a poll of those top athletes shows Penn State has some of the better facilities in the nation, but the schools with the top offerings are pretty easy to guess.

According to a survey conducted by 247 Sports of All-American Bowl participants, the Oregon Ducks have the nation’s top facilities, which is not too surprising. The Nike influence on the school’s football and athletics program has been a major shift in the transformation of the entire Oregon brand over the past few decades, and it has been paying off. It has yet to net a national championship, but Oregon has played in a BCS national championship and a College Football Playoff national championship.

The second-place nod went to the team that just won it all on the college football gridiron, the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia has made two appearances in the College Football Playoff, including their run to the national championship in the 2021 season. Notre Dame followed Georgia and came in just ahead of Alabama. The success of Alabama football needs no further examination here, and Notre Dame has been to the playoff twice and…

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