Penn State football remains the talk of national preview publications ahead of the 2024 college football season. A program frequently positioned among the nation’s best, but unable to get over the barrier of the four-team College Football Playoff, the Nittany Lions will vie for that opportunity in their ensuing campaign. Will it be enough to get there? Athlon’s updated College Football Top 25 rankings suggest Penn State can, should, and will be part of that conversation this season. Expected to produce the results that have eluded the program, the Nittany Lions enter the summer months as the p…