Ohio State’s second game of the season against Penn State isn’t going to be the matchup of top-10 teams that it was expected to be, but that doesn’t mean it won’t still be the Buckeyes’ first major test of the year.
Penn State will still be looking for its first win of the season – and to keep any remaining College Football Playoff hopes alive – when it hosts Ohio State on Saturday night after suffering a stunning overtime loss to Indiana, 36-35, this past weekend. The Nittany Lions dropped to 18th in the AP poll as a result, and the Buckeyes are favored to win by double digits; though the spread opened at only eight points, the line had already increased to as high as 13 points at some online sportsbooks by Sunday night.