In February, reports surfaced that the Big Ten and SEC were pushing for three — possibly four — guaranteed spots in an expanded College Football Playoff. In public, the conferences were mostly mum on their Playoff preferences after their summit earlier this month in Nashville.

Let’s take a look at where things stand for Penn State after Week 8.

We have officially approached the midseason point of the regular season and conversations about the College Football Playoff will only continue to grow as we embark throughout the next eight weeks. With two-loss teams more than likely to be included in the 12-team field,