Welcome back to our weekly series tracking some of the bowl/CFP picks for Penn State football following each game, This season, we will follow ESPN, Yahoo, College Football News, and CBS Sports, with occasional bonus picks from other publications.
Yahoo Sports/College Football News:
Bowl/CFP Seed: CFP; 4th seed
Location: Arlington, TX
Date: December 31st, 2025
Opponent: Oregon Ducks
CBS Sports:
Bowl/CFP Seed: CFP; 4th seed
Location: Arlington, TX
Date: December 31st, 2025
Opponent: Winner of Georgia-USF
ESPN: Bonagura/Schlabach
Bowl/CFP Seed: CFP; 4th seed/CFP; 6th seed
Location:
Winter Gardens, FL/University Park, PA
Date: December 31st, 2025/January 1st, 2026/December 19th or 20th, 2025
Opponent: LSU Tigers/Utah Utes
Guest Picker:
Bowl/CFP Seed: CFP; 2nd seed
Location: Miami Gardens, FL
Date: January 1st, 2026
Opponent: Oregon Ducks (Winner of Oregon-South Carolina)
No change this week for CBS Sports. ESPN’s Schlabach moves the Nittany Lions out of the first four seeds and into a first-round home matchup with the Utes. His colleague Bonagura keeps Penn State’s seed but changes the opponent to LSU. Finally, the College Football News slides the Nittany Lions back to the fourth seed but leaves their location and opponent unchanged.
