National Championships
Penn State has won 70 national team championships all time, 42 of which are NCAA championships. The 40 Division I NCAA championships ranks seventh all time, trailing only UCLA, Stanford, USC, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, LSU, and tied with Texas. Penn State has the most national championships of any Big Ten school. Most of the women's championships prior to 1982 occurred under the auspices of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). The NCAA did not start sponsoring women's championships until the 1981-82 academic year. Some of the men's championships occurred prior to the NCAA sponsoring a championship in that sport (for example, the NCAA did not start sponsoring a men's soccer championship until 1959) and some sports have never had recognized NCAA championships (such as Division I-A football).
- Men's
- Boxing - 1924, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932
- Cross Country - 1942 (co), 1947, 1950
- Football - 1982, 1986
- Gymnastics - 1948, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2007
- Soccer - 1926 (co), 1929, 1933 (co), 1936 (co), 1937 (co), 1938, 1939 (co), 1940 (co), 1949 (co), 1954, 1955 (co)
- Volleyball - 1994, 2008
- Wrestling - 1921, 1953, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Women's
- Bowling - 1979
- Fencing - 1980, 1981, 1983
- Field Hockey - 1980, 1981
- Gymnastics - 1978, 1980
- Lacrosse - 1978, 1979, 1980, 1987, 1989
- Volleyball - 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Combined
- Fencing - 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010
Note: Bold indicates an NCAA championship.
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