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SB Nation (Jason Kirk)
Bowl: Orange Bowl
Location: Miami, FL
Date: Dec. 30, 2017
Opponent: Miami Hurricanes
ESPN (David Hale/Kyle Bonagura)
Bowl: College Football Playoff-Rose Bowl
Location: Pasadena, CA
Date: Jan. 1, 2018
Opponent: Alabama Crimson Tide/Clemson Tigers
CBS Sports (Jerry Palm)
Bowl: College Football Playoff-Sugar Bowl
Location: New Orleans, LA
Date: Jan. 1, 2018
Opponent: Alabama Crimson Tide
Sports Illustrated
Bowl: College Football Playoff-Sugar Bowl
Location: New Orleans, LA
Date: Jan. 1, 2018
Opponent: Alabama Crimson Tide
Bonus pick: The Sporting News still has Penn State third in their CFP rankings, just ahead of Washington, and behind No. 2 Clemson and No. 1 Alabama. They stay with their prediction of Penn State playing Clemson in the Rose Bowl.
SB Nation’s Kirk again stays with his Orange Bowl pick and opponent.
The ESPN writers now agree on the CFP bowl game and location, but differ on the opponent.
Palm of CBS Sports moves Penn State into the CFP, and believes Penn State will face the Tide in New Orleans.
Finally, Sports Illustrated keeps their Sugar Bowl/Alabama pick.
Record in Orange Bowl: 4-1 (Wins against Kansas, LSU, Missouri, and Florida State, and a loss in the 1985 national championship versus Oklahoma)
Record in Rose Bowl: 1-3 (Three losses to USC, and a win over Oregon)
Record in Sugar Bowl: 1-3 (Losses to Oklahoma in 1972, Alabama in 1975 and 1978, and a win to clinch the national championship in 1982 against Georgia)