CFP ranking projections: Will Penn State football rise again ... and what will it mean?
The Lions also should rise to the No. 5 bracket seed. That would be a key place-holder come Sunday (The CFP committee doesn't expect to penalize teams much, if at all, for losing conference title games). Earning that final No. 5 or No. 6 spot matches them against one of the bracket's lowest seeds in Beaver Stadium the weekend before Christmas.