Overview

• Saturday’s meeting at Beaver Stadium is a reprise of Oregon’s 45-37 win in last year’s Big Ten title game, with the top-10 clash framed as influential for conference positioning and the College Football Playoff.
• Penn State is mobilizing a full-stadium White Out with roughly 110,000 fans after James Franklin urged an unprecedented atmosphere, while Dan Lanning says Oregon is preparing specifically for the noise.
• In his first season at Penn State, former Ohio State coordinator Jim Knowles has the Nittany Lions ranked among the national leaders on defense, including No. 1 in scoring defense and top-10 in total defense through three games.
• Oregon brings a prolific attack with quarterback Dante Moore (11 TDs, 1 INT) powering an offense averaging 50.8 points and 523.8 yards per game, and running back Noah Whittington is expected to return after two games out.
• Franklin called tight end Kenyon Sadiq a matchup problem as the junior posts a 2025 breakout (9 catches, 155 yards, 3 TDs), while Penn State leans on Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen after rushing for 297 yards against the Ducks last December.