Penn State has its bye week, but Saturday is no time to go apple picking. There are games this weekend that could help or hurt the Nittany Lions’ College Football Playoff chances, which are still very much alive.
For the most part, Penn State fans should be pulling for teams ranked above the Nittany Lions to lose. But let’s all be realistic here: No. 1 Alabama isn’t going to falter as 35.5-point favorites against Arkansas, No. 2 Georgia won’t get tripped up over Vanderbilt, and No. 3 Ohio State has a 96.3 percent chance to beat Indiana.