Kirk Herbstreit praises Sean Clifford; PSU jumps in rankings: Newsstand

Today's Penn State football newsstand is headlined by Kirk Herbstreit's top performers from Week 3 and a look at the latest polls and rankings, which are all kind to the Nittany Lions.

Head coach James Franklin's team is inside the top-five of the Associated Press top-25, and a new set of power rankings from CBS Sports agrees. In other news, Brandon Smith was honored and the kick time for PSU-Indiana is set.

Let's dive into the top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college football on Sept. 21.

Herbstreit, the longtime ESPN analyst, releases a list of top performers from the week that was every Monday, and Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford checked in at No. 2.

Two official visitors shared a behind-the-scenes look at their recent visits on the recruiting front, as Jaishawn Barham and Larry Turner-Gooden posted pictures to their social media accounts on Monday.

Brandon Smith was picked as the Big Ten's defensive player of the week.

The folks behind 'SEC Shorts' released a terrific video that played off the officiating mistakes in the PSU-Auburn game. It's worth the two-and-a-half-minute watch.

College football rankings: Penn State into top five, Clemson out of top 10 in CBS Sports 130: Patterson, CBS Sports

Top-ranked Pennsylvania prospect Ta'Mere Robinson raves about White Out: Snyder, BWI

Five Conference Title Games New Faces Could Crash: Forde, SI

10 things to know about 4-star, recent Penn State commit Lamont Payne: Pickel, BWI

Why Penn State, Kansas State, Ole Miss and six other rebound college football teams could be for real: ESPN

Jahan Dotson shines, Sean Clifford says more coming: Final thoughts: Bauer, BWI

Meet Penn State Football’s unsung heroes of Nittany Lions’ 3-0 Start: Victory Bell Rings

Film Study: Penn State football takes advantage of Auburn's failed approach: Frank Carr, BWI

No. 6 Penn State to host Indiana in prime time on national TV: kick time, channel details and more: Gallen, PennLive

"Something that stood out to me on the visit was their individual workout plans, and how they can translate it into the game. The coaches, they did a really good job of demonstrating that to me. Thew showed me other players who they think that I could be like, and I think that really influenced me to make my decision a lot. That was a major key part of my decision, the individual part of it. I know that once you get to college, there's a lot of team stuff that you do with everyone, but I want to see us working out one-on-one."

--New PSU commit Kebba Nije to BWI on his decision to pick the Nittany Lions.

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