Updated Bowl Game projections after Penn State’s loss to Wisconsin

There was a large contingent of publications and analysts predicting Penn State to go to the College Football Playoff last week — but not anymore. Saturday’s devastating loss to Wisconsin crushed those dreams, and now there is nothing except scattered Bowl Game predictions. Early in the season there

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There was a large contingent of publications and analysts predicting Penn State to go to the College Football Playoff last week — but not anymore. Saturday’s devastating loss to Wisconsin crushed those dreams, and now there is nothing except scattered Bowl Game predictions.

Early in the season there was a consensus about the Nittany Lions playing in the Citrus Bowl, but the opinions have changed and there is a lot more variety. The team secured a Bowl Game appearance last season with only seven wins, so it shouldn’t be much of a struggle to reach or surpass that number this season.

Here are a few major publications and where they expect Penn State to end this season.