Coming into this season, many felt that the new 12-team playoff format benefitted one team more than anyone else: the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Penn State had finished just outside of the old four-team playoff so many times that it feels like this year could be their year. James Franklin’s squad is 6-0 coming into this game in Madison and has already beaten Illinois, West Virginia, and USC.
The Wisconsin Badgers are their toughest test yet.
Penn State has to face a Wisconsin team that is arguably the hottest team in the nation over these past three weeks.