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.

Also appearing on the fair-to-middlin’ list of upcoming opponents: Oklahoma State, Houston, Colorado, Kansas, Cincinnati and Baylor. Half of the six are at home and, perhaps more significantly, two opponents, Baylor and Colorado, play the Wildcats the weekend after they face the battering ram that is Utah.

Following a frustrating loss to South Carolina filled with offensive mishaps, redzone struggles and a massive special teams blunder, ESPN still projects the Hok

The 2025 season is upon us. We are past the time of watch lists and preseason awards and have entered the time of bowl projections. Our team at Mountain West Connection will be releasing our bowl projections each week.

After taking a backseat to Najee Harris over the last three seasons, Jaylen Warren's time to shine for the Pittsburgh Steelers could finally be here.

Erick Smith of USA TODAY Sports has released his latest batch of bowl projections, which has the Spartans staying close to home in their bowl appearance. Per Smith's projections, Michigan State lands in the GameAbove Sports Bowl in Detroit.

NFL.com's Cynthia Frelund released projected win totals for all 32 NFL teams on Monday, and we have used those projections to rank Denver's 2025 opponents from hardest to easiest (on paper). Philadelphia Eagles: 11.6 (Week 5)