It was supposed to be Ohio State, Michigan and then everybody else.
That was the thought when Urban Meyer and Jim Harbaugh were hired at their respective schools. The Big 2, Little 12 was supposed to be back in full effect.
Penn State doesn't seem to be having any of that.
After a rather slow start to the James Franklin era hindered largely by scholarship sanctions, the Nittany Lions, somewhat surprisingly, claimed a Big Ten championship during the 2016 season. And with the majority of that team returning in 2017 and a monster start to the 2018 recruiting cycle, Penn State doesn't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon.