The No. 22 Penn State Nittany Lions (3-2) and the Northwestern Wildcats (3-2) play on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025 at West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium in a clash of Big Ten foes. Date: Oct. 11

Penn State returns to Beaver Stadium for a newly important game against Northwestern on Saturday. It marks Penn State’s first game as an unranked team in the AP Top 25 since Week 2 of the 2022 season. It’s also the first of seven elimination games for Penn State as it starts a long, tense journey toward the College Football Playoff.

Disaster” is perhaps the only way to describe what has happened in Happy Valley. Northwestern marched into Beaver Stadium on Saturday for Homecoming, took advantage of every Penn State mistake toppled the Nittany Lions,

Penn State is in a dark place. The Nittany Lions were stunned by Northwestern, 22-21, Saturday at Beaver Stadium. The loss was their third straight after a 3-0 start. They sunk to 0-3 in the Big Ten and officially put an end to any College Football Playoff hopes.

The Northwestern Wildcats travel to State College, Pennsylvania, to face the Penn State Nittany Lions in Beaver Stadium.

After well-regarded 2027 four-star wide receiver Khalil Taylor decommitted from the Nittany Lions on Friday, the prize of the 2027 cycle thus far — five-star running back Kemon Spell — hinted he could soon follow.

We needed some questions about Penn State, so we went to Kevin McGuire of Nittany Lions Wire for some answers.

For the third straight week, Penn State has lost as a favorite, now at the hands of the Northwestern Wildcats by a final score of 22-21 after blowing a fourth quarter lead.