The Penn State Nittany Lions are number 6 in this year’s inaugural College Football Playoff rankings, firmly in the driver’s seat to make the postseason playoffs for the first time.
PSU is pretty close in the playoff rankings to what they were ranked in the Coach’s and AP polls (to the surprise of many), and they still control their own destiny - if they win out, they’ll make the playoffs (and will host the first round). If the current bracket holds to the end, the Nittany Lions would host Notre Dame (#10) in the first round as the seventh seed.