Bowl projections for Penn State Football ahead of Week Seven

Penn State Football is fresh off another win this past weekend, defeating USC by a score of 33-30 in overtime to move to 6-0 on the year, which means College Football Playoff / Bowl Season talk is starting to heat up.

Several analysts are projecting that the Nittany Lions will make their first College Football Playoff birth this season, so with that being said, let's take a look where Penn State could end up this winter.

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Action Network (Brett McMurphy): CFP First Round - #7 Penn State vs. #10 Texas A&M

(December 20th-21st - State College, Pennsylvania)

A rematch of the 2007 Alamo Bowl, Penn State would instead welcome Texas A&M to the Keystone State and for the first ever playoff game for both teams none the less.

This matchup would be the fifth ever between the two programs, with the Nittany Lions leading the series 3-1. The lone win for A&M came back in 1979, which ironically was the last time that they played in State College.

Athlon Sports (Steven Lassan): CFP First Round - #7 Penn State vs. #10 LSU

(December 20th-21st - State College, Pennsylvania)

Another former bowl rematch, the two programs last met back in the 2010 Capital One Bowl down in Orlando, Florida where the Nittany Lions won 19-17. The two programs only met one one other occasion, back in the 1974 Orange Bowl where Penn State won once again 16-9.

CBS Sports (Jerry Palm): CFP First Round - #8 Penn State vs. #9 BYU

(December 20th-21st - State College, Pennsylvania)

New prediction this week from CBS Sports' Jerry Palm, as this would set up the fourth ever matchup between the two programs. Penn State currently leads the series here 2-1, but BYU won the most recent game back in 1992 by a score of 30-17.

ESPN (Kyle Bonagura): CFP First Round - #6 Penn State vs. #11 Clemson

(December 20th-21st - State College, Pennsylvania)

This would set up the second ever matchup between the two programs, as the lone time they met was in the 1988 Citrus Bowl where the Tigers would defeat the Nittany Lions by a score of 35-10.

ESPN (Mark Schlabach): CFP First Round - #7 Penn State vs. #10 Iowa State

(December 20th-21st - State College, Pennsylvania)

This would also be the first ever time the two programs have ever met on the football field.