Penn State returns home Saturday for Senior Day as it continues to fight for bowl eligibility. The Nittany Lions will play the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Week 13 of the college football season in the program’s eighth Big Ten game of the year. Here are some final thoughts and predictions ahead of the matchup.

Penn State Nittany Lions defensive end Dani Dennis-Sutton could be a target for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2026 NFL draft.

Nebraska is led by third-year head coach Matt Rhule, a Penn State alumnus and State College area native. The Cornhuskers, much like Penn State, are onto their backup quarterback after starter Dylan Raiola sustained a season-ending injury.

Coming off its first victory in more than two months, the Penn State football team will conclude its home schedule against Nebraska at 7 p.m. Saturday on NBC.

Every win Nebraska can grab before the end of the season makes their bowl destination warmer and better. Penn State, on the other hand, is still looking to become bowl-eligible. The Nittany Lions would need to beat Nebraska and Rutgers in order to clinch a bowl.

Nebraska (7-3, 4-3) has the better record, but Penn State (4-6, 1-6) is a significant favorite in its Big Ten matchup with the Cornhuskers on Saturday night at Beaver Stadium. As of Wednesday morning, Terry Smith’s Nittany Lions were favored by 9.5 points on FanDuel.

Brian Hartline is one of college football's most coveted assistants, known as an expert talent developer and recruiter. His Ohio State wide receivers have been the nation's best in recent years. Hartline, 38, has learned under Urban Meyer and Ryan Day and is now leading arguably the top offense in the country.

Riverside three-star defensive lineman Tavian Branch has reopened his recruitment process after backing off of a pledge to the Penn State Nittany

In 1979, the Whispers charted a Top 40 R&B hit with the song “And the Beat Goes On.” After its performance Friday night in the season opener at the Bryce Jordan Center, the No. 1 Penn State wrestling team could adopt that hit as its theme song.

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Coming off of its first victory in over two months, the Penn State football team will conclude its home schedule against Nebraska at 7 p.m. Saturday on NBC.