The post CFP chair reveals how Penn State is helping Oregon football in rankings appeared first on ClutchPoints. There are just two weeks left in the college football season and the College Football Playoff picture is starting to take shape. On Tuesday night, the CFP committee revealed the latest rankings heading into Week 13.

The Nebraska Huskers face the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pa.

The latest College Football Playoff rankings kept the top five unchanged with Ohio State leading, but newcomers USF and Cincinnati enter the fold.

One team in Saturday’s matchup between Indiana and Penn State is ranked No. 2 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, but it isn’t the team most experts would have predicted two months ago.

The Dukes don't join the list of five other CFP contenders we've officially declared dead, but they needed more help Saturday and a larger margin of victory.

Mike Niziolek and Zach Osterman discuss Indiana's dramatic late win at Penn State, the Hoosiers' upcoming visit from Wisconsin, Fernando Mendoza's Heisman campaign, IU's CFP positioning and more.

He did it by identifying a talented quarterback in Diego Pavia, and that ability to build a program is attractive. Keep an eye on Vanderbilt’s upcoming tilt with Tennessee as a good measuring stick for Lea’s candidacy for any new job this offseason.

Penn State’s new career rushing leader is a guy who used to play for Norview High. Norfolk native Kaytron Allen ran for 160 yards and two touchdowns, and Penn State’s defense played its best game of the season to keep the Nittany Lions’ bowl hopes alive with a 37-10 home win over Nebraska on Saturday night.

Penn State's Terry Smith wants to be considered for the permanent role originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Interim coach Terry Smith says he wants the permanent job at Penn State, and the longtime assistant may soon get his formal chance to make that case.