Rosters, picks and schedule: Here’s what you need to prepare for Week 1 of Penn State football
Penn State football fans have been waiting for this day for months, and it’s finally here. The Nittany Lions will open their season with a road conference game against Purdue at 8 p.m.
Schedule
Here’s a look at Penn State’s season schedule and the game times and networks that have been assigned so far.
Rosters
Here are the rosters for Penn State and Purdue.
Game predictions
Each week, CDT staffers pick the winners of the top games. They unanimously chose Penn State to win, Ohio State to defeat Notre Dame on Saturday night and LSU to top Florida State on Sunday.
Take a look at their predictions for Week 1:
Other notable Week 1 games
These are the week’s other Big Ten games, plus some notable matchups:
- West Virginia at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Sept. 1 (ESPN)
- New Mexico State at Minnesota, 9 p.m. Sept. 1 (BTN)
- Western Michigan at Michigan State, 7 p.m. Sept. 2 (ESPN)
- Illinois at Indiana, 8 p.m. Sept. 2 (FS1)
- Colorado State at Michigan, noon Sept. 3 (ABC)
- South Dakota State at Iowa, noon Sept. 3 (FS1)
- Buffalo at Maryland, noon Sept. 3 (BTN)
- Rutgers at Boston College, noon Sept. 3 (ACCN)
- Oregon at Georgia, 3:30 p.m. Sept. 3 (ABC)
- North Dakota at Nebraska, 3:30 p.m. Sept. 3 (BTN)
- Illinois State at Wisconsin, 7 p.m. Sept. 3 (FS1)
- Notre Dame at Ohio State, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3 (ABC)
What to know before kickoff
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- Notre Dame’s new coach set to open season where it all began
- AP Top 25 picks
- The dream college football road trip
- New rules make star college football players millionaires
- SEC QB talent goes well beyond Young, Bennett
This story was originally published September 1, 2022 at 6:00 AM.