Penn State Ranked No. 14 in Week 2 of College Football Playoff Rankings

OXFORD - For the fourth time this season, Ole Miss football harbors underdog status as it prepares to play Penn State in the Peach Bowl. The Rebels, unbeaten when favored and 1-2 when they aren't, are 3.5-point underdogs against the Nittany Lions, according to most sportsbooks as of Monday. Did the sportsbooks get it right? Here's the case for and…

OXFORD - Ole Miss football's first game against Penn State will come on one of college football's most historic stages. The Rebels (10-2) and Nittany Lions (10-2) will clash in this year's Peach Bowl inside Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Dec. 30 (11 a.m. CT, ESPN). It's the second New Year's Six bowl game in three seasons for Lane Kififn's…

The Nittany Lions and Spartans meet on Black Friday to close out the regular season for both squads. No. 11-ranked Penn State is looking to stay in the conversation for a New Year's Six bowl. Michigan State is just looking to close out a forgettable season after former coach Mel Tucker was fired earlier in the year. The game will also be played at…

Penn State is in the top 10 of the latest College Football Playoff committee rankings. Nothing particularly matters, though, until the Nittany Lions take the field on Saturday against Michigan. The No. 10 Lions host the No. 3 Wolverines at Beaver Stadium in one of the country's biggest games of the season. If Penn State wins, then suddenly the…

Penn State football moved up one spot to No. 10 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, ESPN announced Tuesday evening. The Nittany Lions were ranked No. 11 in the first College Football Playoff ranking of the season last week. Penn State holds an overall record of 8-1 and a conference record of 5-1 and is coming off a 51-15 blowout win…

The beauty of sports is making some bold college football predictions, and with Week 11 getting ready to start off, there are a lot of things to look at. Let's talk about five bold college football predictions about the College Football Playoffs and national championship. Here are five of them: The Michigan Wolverines have been one of the top teams…

It's a Big 10 clash on Saturday as No. 7 Penn State travels to Champaign to take on Illinois. On paper, this is a mismatch, and our college football betting picks would tend to agree. They still have to play the game, so which market should we attack? The Penn State Nittany Lions have done nothing to dissuade the preseason hype surrounding them,…

Penn State football is the No. 7 team in the nation, according to the Associated Press top 25 and the USA Today Coaches Poll. It is the highest preseason slot for the Lions since 2020, when they were also No. 7. Taking the shortened and irregular COVID year out of play, it is the highest since 2017, when head coach James Franklin's team started at…

Penn State is hitting the midway point of its spring football practice schedule and the annual Blue-White Game is just a couple of weeks away, but why should that stop us from taking a guess at how each game of the regular season will play out? I have been mulling over the Penn State football schedule since the end of the Rose Bowl and I continue…

Based on reports across the industry, Penn State appeared headed to the Rose Bowl regardless of whether or not Ohio State was included in College Football Playoff competition. An emphatic victory for Utah over Southern Cal on Friday night ultimately pushed the Buckeyes back into playoff action as one of two Big Ten representatives, and sent the…

On Tuesday night, the College Football Playoff selection committee will release its final rankings of the season prior to the conference championship games being played. It will be these rankings that will ultimately reveal just what Penn State's bowl outlook will look like while the Nittany Lions sit at home with their 10-2 regular season in the…

Going into the final weekend of the college football regular season saw Penn State needing a little bit of help to move up in the College Football Playoff rankings enough to be more confident in receiving a shot to play in a New Years Six bowl game. With the Rose Bowl still on the table, barely, Penn State was looking to take care of…

Week 12 of the 2022 college football season provided pure chaos, and yet, it nearly provided so much more. Thanks to some huge upsets and near-upsets, the College Football Playoff picture has narrowed down once again ahead of rivalry week, so it's time for some new rankings. The biggest upset of the day took place in the SEC, where South Carolina…

When the College Football Playoff committee released this week's rankings Tuesday, Penn State found itself in the No. 12 spot, which means if the Nittany Lions could time travel ahead a few years to when the playoff expands from four to 12 teams, they currently would be holding the last ticket to the dance. Unfortunately for Penn State, this is…

If you believe in the power of patterns, making a Maryland vs. Penn State prediction this week is a bit tricky. On the one hand, the 14th-ranked Nittany Lions have taken care of business on the scoreboard every time they've hit the field as a favorite, going 7-0 straight-up (including six consecutive double-digit victories). Penn State's two…

Betting stats are provided by BetMGM.* A new set of rankings rules college football in Week 10 with the release of the first set of rankings from the College Football Playoff committee on Tuesday night. One of the biggest surprises in the rankings came in the Big Ten, when Michigan was put outside the top four at No. 5, behind ACC leader…

A week ago, Penn State was in prime position to score arguably the biggest upset of the college football season to date, taking a 21-16 lead over No. 2 Ohio State with less than 9½ minutes to play at Beaver Stadium. And then … the bottom fell out. Ohio State scored four touchdowns in barely six minutes and romped to a 44-31 victory. So for the…

Just one of the five Big Ten games this weekend are between two ranked teams, but it's the most important week for the conference until the final week of the regular season. With No. 2 Ohio State traveling to No. 13 Penn State and No. 4 Michigan hosting rival Michigan State, both the league's College Football Playoff contenders will be…

The #10 Penn State Nittany Lions (5-0) visit the #5 Michigan Wolverines (6-0) in a battle of undefeated Big Ten teams. Kickoff is scheduled for 12 pm ET. Below we continue our College Football odds series with a Penn State-Michigan prediction and pick. Penn State is undefeated through five regular season games this season. Outside of a tight…

Penn State is set to encounter its most formidable foe of the 2022 college football season thus far Saturday, facing No. 5 Michigan on a Big Ten road trip. The No. 10 Nittany Lions, 5-0 and fresh off a bye week, are viewed as a betting underdog for the first time this fall. According to Caesars Sportsbook, as of 4 p.m. Monday, Michigan is favored…

It may not be a College Football Playoff semifinal matchup this year, but the Rose Bowl is always a prestigious game. Nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All," it is the oldest college football bowl game. It was first played in 1902 and has been played annually since 1916. The game takes place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, and is usually…

The Penn State football team has a monumental clash with Michigan on Saturday afternoon in State College. The Nittany Lions, ranked No. 10 in the College Football Playoff rankings, need a win to remain in the Big Ten and national championship chase. The No. 3-ranked Wolverines have dominated a soft schedule but have key matchups with Penn State and…

Penn State was placed on upset alert Saturday afternoon in Beaver Stadium, relying on late splash plays to secure a 33-24 win over Indiana. A tie game in the final two minutes certainly wasn't the expectation for that matchup, which featured a betting spread favoring the Nittany Lions by more than four touchdowns. It marked the second straight game…

Penn State's 2021 season started off with a ton of promise. The Nittany Lions were ranked top-5 in the nation before Sean Clifford went down in a loss to Iowa. Clifford and his team were never the same from that point on. Penn State dropped 6 of its remaining 8 games en route to a second straight disappointing season in Happy Valley. However, there…