Penn State Nittany Lions
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| University | Pennsylvania State University |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| NCAA | Division I / FBS |
| Athletic director | Sandy Barbour |
| Location | State College, Pennsylvania |
| Varsity teams | 31 |
| Football stadium | Beaver Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Bryce Jordan Center |
| Ice hockey arena | Pegula Ice Arena |
| Baseball stadium | Medlar Field at Lubrano Park |
| Soccer stadium | Jeffrey Field |
| Lacrosse stadium | Penn State Lacrosse Field |
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Penn State Golf Courses Penn State Ice Pavilion Rec Hall |
| Mascot | Nittany Lion |
| Nickname | Nittany Lions (and Lady Lions) |
| Fight song | Fight On, State |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Website | www |
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The Penn State Nittany Lions are the athletic teams of Pennsylvania State University, except for the women's basketball team, known as the Lady Lions. The school colors are blue and white. The school mascot is the Nittany Lion. The Intercollegiate Athletics Logo was commissioned in 1983.
Penn State participates as a member institution of the Big Ten Conference at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level for most sports. Penn State is one of only 15 universities in the nation that plays Division I FBS football and Division I men's ice hockey. Two sports participate in different conferences because they are not sponsored by the Big Ten: men's volleyball in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) and women's ice hockey in College Hockey America (CHA). The fencing teams operate as independents.
Penn State has finished in the top 25 in every NACDA Director's Cup final poll, a feat only matched by nine other institutions: Stanford, UCLA, USC, Florida, Ohio State, Texas, North Carolina, and Michigan. The NACDA Director's Cup is a list compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics that charts institutions' overall success in college sports. Penn State's highest finish came in the 1998-1999 standings when the Nittany Lions finished 3rd. PSU finished in 5th place in the 2013-14 standings; it was the fifth time the program finished in the top 5 and the tenth time the program finished in the top 10.
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