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Today's Penn State football news is focused on one topic:

Does Penn State deserve a spot in the College Football Playoffs?

The Lions are now one of five teams who will be waiting to see if there name is called when the committee releases its picks at 12:30 p.m. today. Undefeated Alabama is in, and most seem to think No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Clemson, and No. 4 Washington, all with one loss, are shoe-ins.

Will that be the case? The debate is already heating up.

ESPN's Mark Schlabach writes about the question from a Big Ten point of view:

Here's the dilemma for the committee: How much weight do head-to-head results and conference championships carry?