Penn State bowl analysis: Win and we get a BCS bowl

This morning we posted that Penn State is still not out of contention for a BCS bid.

Now that the BCS standings have been released, we are even more optimistic about the Nittany Lions landing in the Fiesta Bowl or Orange Bowl...

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Penn State can become BCS-eligible by finishing in the Top 14. We're currently sitting 18th, just four spots out.

If we beat Indiana on Saturday (the Nittany Lions rarely lose on Senior Day), then win the Land Grant Trophy battle at Spartan Stadium, we will surely get back into the Top 14.

There are several games between teams ranked ahead of us that will help us climb if we win out...

• November 14: #16 Utah at #4 TCU
  
• November 14: #11 Iowa at #10 Ohio State
  
• November 21: #13 Oregon at #17 Arizona
  
• December 5: #5 Cincinnati at #12 Pitt
  
• December 5: #17 Arizona at #9 USC

In addition to these games there are many possible upsets of teams ranked ahead of or right behind us...

• November 13: #25 West Virginia at #5 Cincinnati
  
• November 14: Notre Dame (7-3) at #12 Pitt
  
• November 14: #15 Houston at Central Florida (5-4)
  
• November 14: Stanford (6-3) at #9 USC
  
• November 14: Texas Tech (6-3) at #19 Oklahoma State
• November 14: #17 Arizona at Cal (6-3)
  
• November 27: #12 Pitt at #25 West Virginia
  
• November 28: #16 Utah at #22 Brigham Young
  
• November 28: #19 Oklahoma State at Oklahoma (5-4)
  
• November 28: #14 Miami at #24 South Florida
  
• November 28: Georgia (5-4) at #7 Georgia Tech
  
• December 3: #23 Oregon State at #13 Oregon
  
• December 5: Clemson (6-3) vs. #7 Georgia Tech (ACC Championship Game, Tampa)

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