{"id":221777,"date":"2025-10-13T15:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/221777\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:19:07","slug":"penn-states-season-goes-from-bad-to-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/221777\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State\u2019s Season Goes From Bad to Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the long history of college football, it\u2019s hard to find a swifter collapse than what James Franklin and Penn State<\/a> experienced the past two weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Nittany Lions went from a real national title favorite to suffering a double-overtime loss to Oregon, then following that up with two inexplicable no-shows against the two worst teams in the Big Ten (just a few days ago, at least) in UCLA and Northwestern. Now, Franklin is out of a job<\/a>, Penn State has lost starting quarterback Drew Allar for the season<\/a> and what was shaping out to be a dream campaign has instead turned into nightmare fuel for every fan in blue and white.<\/p>\n

FREE. SI College Football Newsletter. Get SI’s College Football Newsletter. dark<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, Sports Illustrated\u2019s preseason No. 1 team<\/a> seems to be cursed even further: Based on their upcoming schedule and how they\u2019ve played so far, the Nittany Lions are no longer projected to make a bowl game. From one play away from the national championship game in a College Football Playoff semifinal to bowl-less just nine months later, stunning doesn\u2019t even begin to describe it.<\/p>\n

The good news for others outside Happy Valley is that a rash of upsets paved the way for some thrilling matchups, including Arch Manning vs. Bryce Underwood in the Citrus Bowl and a Tennessee-Nebraska reunion sure to evoke late 1990s nostalgia. Also, there are intriguing matchups like LSU-Virginia and another pair of preseason playoff hopefuls meeting in the Vegas Bowl between Illinois and Arizona State. Fun.<\/p>\n

Here is how Sports Illustrated sees all of the 35 bowl games coming together to form the postseason picture and which 70 FBS teams will wind up going bowling in 2025\u201326 after Week 7.<\/p>\n

Bowl<\/p>\n

Date<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

L.A. Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 13<\/p>\n

Washington vs. Boise State<\/p>\n

Salute to Veterans Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 16<\/p>\n

Troy vs. Utah State<\/p>\n

Cure Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 17<\/p>\n

James Madison vs. Memphis<\/p>\n

68 Ventures Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 17<\/p>\n

Georgia Southern vs. Miami (Ohio)<\/p>\n

Myrtle Beach Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 19<\/p>\n

Appalachian State vs. East Carolina<\/p>\n

Gasparilla Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 19<\/p>\n

Mississippi State vs. Kansas State<\/p>\n

Potato Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 22<\/p>\n

Western Michigan vs. UNLV<\/p>\n

Boca Raton Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 23<\/p>\n

Old Dominion vs. Temple<\/p>\n

New Orleans Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 23<\/p>\n

Liberty vs. Southern Miss<\/p>\n

Frisco Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 23<\/p>\n

Louisiana Tech vs. Texas State<\/p>\n

Hawai\u2018i Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 24<\/p>\n

Western Kentucky vs. Hawai\u2018i<\/p>\n

Sports Bowl <\/p>\n

Dec. 26<\/p>\n

Kansas vs. Toledo<\/p>\n

Rate Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 26<\/p>\n

Baylor vs. Minnesota<\/p>\n

First Responder Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 26<\/p>\n

Washington State vs. Texas State<\/p>\n

Military Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 27<\/p>\n

Wake Forest vs. Navy<\/p>\n

Pinstripe Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 27<\/p>\n

Iowa vs. Louisville<\/p>\n

Fenway Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 27<\/p>\n

Pitt vs. Tulane<\/p>\n

Pop-Tarts Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 27<\/p>\n

BYU vs. Florida State<\/p>\n

Arizona Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 27<\/p>\n

Buffalo vs. San Diego State<\/p>\n

New Mexico Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 27<\/p>\n

Fresno State vs. Tulsa<\/p>\n

Gator Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 27<\/p>\n

LSU vs. Virginia <\/p>\n

Texas Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 27<\/p>\n

Oklahoma vs. Houston<\/p>\n

Birmingham Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 29<\/p>\n

Auburn vs. Cal<\/p>\n

Independence Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 30<\/p>\n

Iowa State vs. North Texas<\/p>\n

Music City Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 30<\/p>\n

South Carolina vs. Maryland<\/p>\n

Alamo Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 30<\/p>\n

TCU vs. USC<\/p>\n

ReliaQuest Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 31<\/p>\n

Tennessee vs. Nebraska<\/p>\n

Sun Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 31<\/p>\n

Arizona vs. SMU<\/p>\n

Citrus Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 31<\/p>\n

Texas vs. Michigan<\/p>\n

Vegas Bowl<\/p>\n

Dec. 31<\/p>\n

Illinois vs. Arizona State<\/p>\n

Armed Forces Bowl<\/p>\n

Jan. 2<\/p>\n

Bowling Green vs. UTSA<\/p>\n

Liberty Bowl<\/p>\n

Jan. 2<\/p>\n

Missouri vs. Cincinnati<\/p>\n

Mayo Bowl <\/p>\n

Jan. 2<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt vs. Duke<\/p>\n

Holiday Bowl<\/p>\n

Jan. 2<\/p>\n

Utah vs. Clemson<\/p>\n

TBD\/Bahamas Bowl<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

Kennesaw State vs. Ohio<\/p>\n

More College Football on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n

Listen to SI\u2019s new college sports podcast, Others Receiving Votes, below or on Apple<\/a> and Spotify<\/a>. Watch the show on SI\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the long history of college football, it\u2019s hard to find a swifter collapse than what James Franklin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-221777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}