A Big Ten regular season rematch?
Welcome back to our weekly series tracking some of the bowl/CFP picks for Penn State football following each game, This season, we will follow ESPN, Yahoo, College Football News, and CBS Sports, with occasional bonus picks from other publications.
Yahoo Sports/College Football News:
Bowl/CFP Seed: CFP; 5th seed
Location: University Park, PA
Date: December 19th, 2025
Opponent:USF Bulls
CBS Sports:
Bowl/CFP Seed: CFP; 4th seed
Location: Arlington, TX
Date: December 31st, 2025
Opponent:Winner of Georgia-USF
ESPN: Bonagura/Schlabach
Bowl/CFP Seed: CFP; 4th seed/CFP; 6th seed
Location: Winter Gardens, FL/University Park, PA
Date: December 31st, 2025/January 1st, 2026/December 19th or 20th, 2025
Opponent: LSU Tigers/Indiana Hoosiers
Guest Picker:
Bowl/CFP Seed: CFP; 2nd seed
Location: Miami Gardens, FL
Date: January 1st, 2026
Opponent:Texas Longhorns (Winner of Texas-Texas Tech)
Another week with no change for CBS Sports. ESPN’s Schlabach keeps Penn State on the No. 6 line, but changes the opponent to Indiana, making that first-round matchup a Big Ten rematch. His colleague Bonagura keeps his projection the same. Finally, the College Football News continues to move the Nittany Lions back, this time to the fifth seed and a home game with South Florida.
This time next week, we may see some substantial changes…
Category: General Sports
