Maryland football vs. No. 14 Penn State preview

Maryland football (6-3, 3-2 Big Ten) lost to Wisconsin Badgers 23-10 on the road. The Terps will travel to Beaver Stadium to take on No. 14 Penn State Nittany Lions (10-point favorite) on Saturday. The over/under is 58.5 points.

James Franklin's team is 7-6 in 21st season. Penn State has won six games and lost two. The team has a better record than in 2020. Franklin received a contract extension last November. He will stay at Penn state through the 2031 season, earning $7.5 million per year.

Sean Clifford is a two-time All-Big Ten honorable mention quarterback. Nicholas Singleton is Penn State's leading rusher. Parker Washington is the team's top receiver. Ji’Ayir Brown is ranked as the No. 3 safety on ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper”s big board. Maryland football vs. No 14 Penn state is on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Beaver Stadium.

Penn State is the third-best scoring and total offense team in the Big Ten. The Nittany Lions average 34.4 points per game at 436.7 yards per contest. Left guard Landon Tengwall was ruled out for the season Tuesday.

Penn State has struggled on third down this season, converting on 36.7% of its 120 attempts. Maryland has the 11th-best third-down conversion rate in the Big Ten.

Tagovailoa had a bad game at Wisconsin. He has been consistent for Maryland for the entirety of his three-year career. Tagoviloa has had three good games in his career, the others were at Northwestern and Iowa. He is going to get back on track against the Badgers on Saturday.

Maryland and Penn State are not considered rivals. The Nittany Lions have a 41-3-1 all-time series advantage. The schools are separated by about a three-and-a-half-hour drive. Maryland needs to win a lot of games to be considered a rivalry.

Maryland needs to create turnovers and limit big plays to pull the shocker. The Terps forced eight turnovers in the previous three games combined.