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Where does ESPN rank Penn State’s 2022 recruiting class three years later?

Where would Penn State’s Class of 2022 rank if evaluated today?

Penn State had its best run at a National Championship in two decades this season, making it to the playoff semifinals before falling short against Notre Dame. Like most teams even in the new NIL landscape of college football, their success can be primarily attributed to excellent recruiting classes over the last few seasons.

Coach James Franklin has been criticized for many things during his tenure, but one thing nobody can say is that he isn’t a phenomenal recruiter. His classes have ranked inside the top 20 every season since 2015 according to 247Sports. That consistent success in recruiting has led to six double-digit win seasons during his time as head coach.

Of all his great classes, the 2022 class has been the lynchpin of their most successful stretch in decades. ESPN’s Craig Haubert recently looked back at the 2022 class and reranked them, listing Penn State’s class as the second-best in the country. Only fellow Big Ten powerhouse Michigan ranks above them on his list.

The class makes up most of Penn State’s best players from this past season. Quarterback [autotag]Drew Allar[/autotag], running backs [autotag]Nick Singleton[/autotag] and [autotag]Kaytron Allen[/autotag], defensive ends [autotag]Abdul Carter[/autotag] and Dani Dennis-Sutton, safety [autotag]Kevin Winston Jr.[/autotag], and offensive linemen Drew Shelton and Vega Ioane are some impact players from a stacked group. That’s without factoring in transfers Chop Robinson, Hunter Nourzad, and Mitchell Tinsley, all of whom are currently in or at some point made the NFL.

Other contributors like corner Cam Miller, QB Beau Pribula, defensive lineman Zane Durant, and receiver Omari Evans round out a tremendous class. Not every player was able to make a huge impact, but several home run signings have elevated the program to the heights they are enjoying now.

With Allar, Singleton, Allen, Dennis-Sutton, Shelton, and others returning for 2025, the 2022 class still has time to add even more to their already impressive resume. With some believing that Penn State could be the top team in the country next season, a National Championship could be what makes this class one of the best to ever come through Happy Valley.

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Top 10 moments from Penn State’s 2024 season: Winning College Football Playoff debut at home (No. 2)

Penn State’s College Football Playoff debut in Beaver Stadium was one of the top moments of the 2024 season.

With Penn State’s football season now officially in the books, now is a good time to start putting the whole season into perspective. Although the season ended with the Nittany Lions coming up just short of playing for a national championship, there were a lot of good moments to reflect on positively from the 2024 season that ended with a final record of 13-3. The shortcomings are well documented, but the highlights of the year should not be forgotten.

The expansion of the College Football Playoff came at a great time for Penn State. Ironically, the Nittany Lions had stumbled on a quest to be one of the four playoff teams in the previous four-team model but entered the first postseason with a 12-team College Football Playoff as the no. 4 team ranked by the selection committee. Without a conference title, however, Penn State was bumped down in the seeding process as the top four seeds were reserved exclusively for conference champions. That bumped Penn State down to the no. 6 seed overall but was still more than good enough to secure a home game in the first round of the College Football Playoff.

Penn State would have loved to take the Big Ten championship and secure a first-round bye, of course, but its loss to Oregon in the Big Ten championship game dropped Penn State into perhaps the most favorable draw in the playoff field. It all started with the first postseason game in Beaver Stadium history with a first-round matchup against ACC runner-up SMU.

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Penn State’s defense set the tone and got the scoring started with not one, but TWO interceptions returned for touchdowns. Veteran linebacker [autotag]Dominic DeLuca[/autotag] had a 23-yard return for a score midway through the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, it was rising star linebacker [autotag]Tony Rojas[/autotag] who picked off SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings. Rojas then took off for a 59-yard return for a touchdown to put Penn State up 14-0 before the offense found its groove in the chilly December temperatures.

Before the first half came to a close, [autotag]Kaytron Allen[/autotag] and [autotag]Nicholas Singleton[/autotag] each took the ball into the end zone for a touchdown and Penn State was in full command with a 28-0 lead at halftime.

A capacity cro3d of 106,013 filled Beaver Stadium with a whiteout energy taking over Happy Valley for the long-awaited playoff debut for the program. They were treated to a dominant performance fueled by the defense, which forced three turnovers and turned each of those takeaways into a touchdown. The win moved Penn State onto the second round of the expanded playoff to face No. 3 seed and Mountain West Conference champion Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl.

Home teams went 4-0 in the first-round matchups in the playoff with Penn State joining Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Texas as teams advancing to the second round. All four would eventually go on to play in the semifinal round.

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Top 10 moments from Penn State’s 2024 season: Penn State plays for Big Ten championship (No. 3)

Penn State’s Big Ten championship game appearance was among the top highlights of the 2024 season.

Going into the 2024 season opened the door to a brand new Big Ten and a new approach to how the championship game matchup would be determined. With the addition of four new schools with Oregon, UCLA, SUC, and Washington all coming over from the crumbling Pac-12, the Big Ten had a football membership of 18 members. That led to a removal of a divisional format and meant the top two teams in the final Big Ten standings would be given a spot in the Big Ten championship game. As far as Penn State was concerned, that removed the typical roadblocks of finishing in a divisional tie with Ohio State or Michigan to compete for a Big Ten title.

As long as Penn State could avoid slipping up in some of the potentially tricky road trips against USC, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, then Penn State would be a strong Big Ten title contender as the season came to a close. The schedule did not include a game against defending national champion Michigan and managed to skip one of the preseason favorites, Oregon, in the regular season schedule that did include three games against new conference members. Of course, there was still the regular matchup with Ohio State, which did not go Penn State’s way yet again.

But Penn State won every other Big Ten game on its schedule, including those road games at USC, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, while Ohio State lost a head-to-head matchup against Oregon and its regular-season finale against rival Micigan. With Ohio State falling into the two-loss category, Penn State slid ahead of the Buckeyes in the Big Ten standings to lock in a matchup with the Oregon Ducks, ranked no. 1 with an undefeated record coming into Indianapolis in early December.

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Despite a respectable showing from the offense, Penn State’s defense had an uncharacteristically off outing against the high-powered Ducks. Oregon marched right down the field on Penn State’s defense on each of its first three possessions for three touchdowns before the Nittany Lions could manage to force Oregon to punt the ball way. Oregon built a 28-10 lead on Penn State before a touchdown catch by [autotag]Omari Evans[/autotag] and a touchdown run by quarterback [autotag]Drew Allar[/autotag] helped close the gap before halftime. Penn State brought the game to within four points but a late Oregon field goal gave the favored Ducks a 31-24 lead going into halftime.

Penn State’s offense went scoreless in the third quarter while Oregon’s Tez Johnson put Oregon up by two scores going into the fourth quarter. That was ultimately enough of a lead to keep Penn State at arm’s length despite Penn State scoring a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

[autotag]Kaytron Allen[/autotag] and [autotag]Nicholas Singleton[/autotag] each ran for over 100 yards in the game and [autotag]Tyler Warren[/autotag] caught seven passes for 84 yards. Allar had three touchdown passes but was intercepted twice, with one of those picks coming in a bad spot and handing the Oregon offense the football at the Penn State 1-yard line, which quickly led to a touchdown. Penn State simply had no answers for Oregon wide receiver Tez Johnson, who caught 11 passes for 181 yards and a touchdown. Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel passed for four touchdowns without an interception.

Penn State may have come up short in the Big Ten championship, 45-37, but Penn State’s effort showed they were deserving of the Big Ten title shot and looked to be ready to make a good run in the upcoming College Football Playoff. The result may have helped Penn State hold on to one of the top four rankings from the College Football Playoff selection committee to give the Nittany Lions a chance to host a first-round game as the No. 6 seed.

As time would suggest, Penn State was the third-best team in the Big Ten in 2024 behind Oregon and Ohio State, but the makeup of the new Big Ten championship game format showed Penn State was a team to watch in the Big Ten title hunt with the way the schedule played out.

This was just Penn State’s second appearance in the Big Ten championship game, as they won their previous appearance in 2016 against Wisconsin.

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Penn State’s Kaytron Allen, Nicholas Singleton returning for 2025

Penn State star running backs Kaytron Allen and Nicholas Singleton are both returning to Happy Valley next season.

Penn State received a significant boost to its 2025 offense Monday afternoon when star running backs [autotag]Kaytron Allen[/autotag] and [autotag]Nicholas Singleton[/autotag] announced on social media that they would be returning to the Nittany Lions for their senior seasons.

The duo, known as the “Lawn Boyz,” committed to Penn State in 2022, knowing they’d be working in tandem. The explosion of NIL across college football made it inevitable for one of the former five-star backs to find a home elsewhere where they could be the lead back. [autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] and running backs coach Ja’Juan Seider pulled off the rare feat of keeping two starting running backs.

Singleton and Allen were arguably the nation’s top running back duos in the country after both hit the 1,000-yard mark this season. Allen rushed for 1,108 yards and eight touchdowns, averaging 5.0 yards per carry. Singleton had a similar stat line, rushing for 1,009 yards with 12 touchdowns. Singleton showed his explosiveness, ranking fourth in the Big Ten with 6.4 yards per carry.

The running backs join starting quarterback [autotag]Drew Allar[/autotag] as three offensive stalwarts returning for 2025. Offensive coordinator [autotag]Andy Kotelnicki[/autotag] will have one of college football’s top backfields entering next season.

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Top 10 moments from Penn State’s 2024 season: Rally for win at Wisconsin (No. 8)

Penn State’s road win at Wisconsin to remain undefeated was a testament to the grit of the Nittany Lions in 2024.

Penn State faced some tricky road games during the 2024 season, and they passed each one for an unblemished road record during the regular season. Perhaps the most challenging portion of the schedule saw Penn State play back-to-back games on the road at USC and Wisconsin in the middle of the season just before hosting the game of the year against Ohio State. For Penn State to get through those two games without a loss was critical to Penn State’s hopes of making the College Football Playoff, as most anticipated a loss to Ohio State for one conference loss. But Penn State needed a strong second-half performance on the road in each to remain undefeated.

A week after an exhilarating road win at USC, Penn State had a slow start against an aggressive Wisconsin defense. The Badgers led the Nittany Lions 3-0 after the first quarter and took a 10-7 lead into halftime thanks to a late touchdown with a little over a minute to play in the first half. Quarterback [autotag]Drew Allar[/autotag] went to the locker room a little early to have his left knee checked out and he did not return to the game despite coming out with a brace on after halftime. Allar remained on the sideline and the offense was put in the hands of [autotag]Beau Pribula[/autotag].

With the offense still having a tough time getting things moving consistently, the Penn State defense came to the rescue in the third quarter. [autotag]Jaylen Reed[/autotag] had a 19-yard pick-six midway through the third quarter off of Wisconsin quarterback Braedyn Locke, who was passing from his own end zone and third-and-14.

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Wisconsin did respond with a field goal drive on the ensuing possession to bring things to a one-point game, where it stood going into the fourth quarter. That is when Penn State took firm control of the game for good.

Penn State went on a 13-play drive spanning 81 yards and using up 7:35 ofthe game clock (starting in the third quarter) and extended its lead with a short pass from Pribula to [autotag]Khalil Dinkins[/autotag]. The touchdown put Penn State up 21-13, and the defense forced a quick three-and-out on Wisconsin’s next possession, holding the Badgers to just three yards. [autotag]Kaytron Allen[/autotag] put the game on ice with a 24-yard touchdown run on Penn State’s next possession, capping a 76-yard drive.

Wisconsin’s last chance to put points on the scoreboard had some promise as the Badgers put together a 15-play drive but a fourth down pass from the Penn State 15-yard line fell incomplete and Penn State ran off the remainder of the clock with a couple of runs by Allen to seal the win.

The win improved Penn State to 7-0 and the Nittany Lions picked up key road wins at West Virginia, USC, and Wisconsin along the way. The win set Penn State up for a great spot in the looming College Football Playoff picture, and helped keep them in the hunt for a spot in the Big Ten championship game down the line as they began preparing for a massive home game against Ohio State.

To come away with a road win at Wisconsin with a backup quarterback playing in the second half was a testament to how good this team really was. The defense put the clamps down and the running game helped lock up a win in a tricky environment to do so. This may not have been one of the best seasons for Wisconsin, but any time you can come away with a win in Madison is significant.

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Top 10 moments from Penn State’s 2024 season: Season-opening win at West Virginia (No. 9)

Penn State’s season-opening win at West Virginia was a firm suggestion the 2024 season would be different.

Penn State came into the 2024 season expected to be among the top teams in the nation with a very good chance to play in the College Football Playoff. But after a 2023 season saw Penn State once again lose all of its marquee games against Ohio State and Michigan in the regular season and against Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl, some felt a top-10 ranking was probably a tad optimistic for the Nittany Lions coming into the season. So right off the bat, Penn State was on a mission to prove it was worthy of the preseason hype.

The first test was expected to be a decent one with a road opener at West Virginia, the second game in a home-and-home series. Penn State won a fun game the year before at home to open up the 2023 season, but as we soon would learn, Penn State was clearly on a different level than West Virginia in 2024.

After a scoreless first quarter, the new big play offense came to life under new offensive coordinator [autotag]Andy Kotelnicki[/autotag]. On the first play of the second quarter, [autotag]Drew Allar[/autotag] connected for a 50-yard touchdown pass to [autotag]Harrison Wallace III[/autotag] to open the scoring and cap a quick four-play, 84-yard drive. Penn State extended its lead five minutes later with [autotag]Kaytron Allen[/autotag] hauling in a pass from Allar for a 20-yard touchdown. West Virginia chipped away with a couple of field goals, but Penn State showed right in the first game of the season it was not going to be a team that would let time go to waste. If there was any shot at putting points on the scoreboard late in the half, they were going to go for it.

With 30 seconds remaining in the half after West Virginia’s second field goal, Penn State looked like it would simply run the clock out when [autotag]Nicholas Singleton[/autotag] was stuffed for no gain on the first play of the drive. But then Allar hurried the offense to the line and completed a pass to [autotag]Omari Evans[/autotag] for a 55-yard gain to the West Virginia 18-yard line, seemingly leaving West Virginia’s defense scrambling and confused about what happened. Following a timeout, Allar again connected with Wallace for a touchdown, this time from 18 yards out. The quick score was a sign of things to come for Penn State, for better or worse, but showed the new-look offense was ready to achieve big things under Kotelnecki.

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Singleton did start his season on a big note with a 100-yard game right out of the gates after having to wait until the final game of the regular season in 2023 to finally break the century mark.

Penn State’s defense was also locked in. [autotag]Kevin Winston Jr.[/autotag] led the team with 12 tackles before his season unfortunately was cut short due to an injury the following week. [autotag]Tony Rojas[/autotag] and [autotag]Zane Durant[/autotag] each had 1.5 sacks. [autotag]Abdul Carter[/autotag] was limited to just one tackle in his first game at his new position on the edge, but he would clearly have an impact all season long. Penn State forced three West Virginia turnovers and the Nittany Lion faithful took over Milan Puskar Stadium in the first game of the season.

Penn State opened the 2024 season with a well-earned 34-12 victory over West Virginia that was as dominant as the final score would suggest. And Penn State was just getting started. A game that could have been tricker than most expected proved to be just a good opening exercise for a Penn State team that was built like a playoff contender.

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Top 10 moments from Penn State’s 2024 season: Whiteout dominance of Washington (No. 10)

Penn State showed the 2024 season might be different when it rebounded in a big way in the whiteout game.

One of the running themes of the 2024 season for the Nittany Lions appeared to be its resilience and the way it bounced back from moments of adversity. As we continue this reflective series, this will pop up again (spoiler alert). But the first moment that pops into mind is the way Penn State answered the call in front of a whiteout crowd in Beaver Stadium on Nov. 10, 2024.

A week after a series of offensive frustrations in big moments in a tough home loss to Ohio State at home, the Nittany Lions needed to figure out how to rebound from its first loss of the season. In some years, the loss to Ohio State would be the catalyst for a season’s goal to go down the toilet. But with the College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams and the Big Ten having a new expanded membership and new Big Ten championship game format without divisions, there was still plenty to play for with Penn State in the final month of the season.

That led to a home game under the lights with a packed whiteout crowd against new Big Ten member Washington. The Huskies were not anywhere close to the caliber program that played for a national championship the season before, but a new Big Ten opponent coming into one of the best environments the Big Ten had to offer against a Penn State team with a bit of a chip on its shoulder was something to embrace.

Penn State dominated their new Big Ten adversary to the tune of a 35-6 victory, with Washington only mustering a couple of second-half field goals after already being down 28-0 at halftime. [autotag]Tyler Warren[/autotag] had a big hand in the results, naturally, with a pair of short touchdown runs in the second quarter.

[autotag]Drew Allar[/autotag] connected on 20 of 28 pass attempts for 220 yards and a touchdown pass to [autotag]Julian Flemming[/autotag]. Warren caught eight passes for 75 yards and [autotag]Kaytron Allen[/autotag] led things on the ground with 98 rushing yards on 20 carries with a touchdown.

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This win helped ignite a strong finish to the regular season for Penn State that would ultimately lead to a chance to play in the Big Ten championship game and the College Football Playoff. This win in particular came at a key moment as well. Ranked no. 6 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings going into the game, the Nittany Lions scored their blowout win on the same day No. 3 Georgia was taken down by Ole Miss by 18 points and No. 4 Miami was upset at Georgia Tech. Penn State jumped right back up to no. 4 in the rankings to put themselves in a great spot for the final stretch of the race to the College Football Playoff.

In other years, Penn State may have slumped their way through a rough hangover game after losing to Ohio State. But that was not the case in this one. Penn State showed this year was different and took out their frustrations on one of the Big Ten’s newest members.

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Photos of Penn State’s Fiesta Bowl celebration

Check out the best photos from Penn State’s Fiesta Bowl celebration.

No bowl game has been as celebrated in Penn State history like the Fiesta Bowl. The Nittany Lions improved to 8-0 all-time in the Fiesta Bowl when it took care of Boise State in the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff on the final day of 2024. Penn State took an early lead and never trailed despite Boise State making things dicey in the middle of the game. A strong running game, big catches by Tyler Warren, and big plays by the defense helped Penn State pull away from the Broncos in Glendale, Arizona, and punch a ticket into the semifinal round of the playoff.

After the game, blue and white confetti fell on an on-field postgame celebration complete with the awarding of the Fiesta Bowl trophy and postgame MVP honors for Warren and Zakee Wheatley.

You can see some photos from the game, but below are some photos from the postgame celebration on the field.

Penn State will now head to the Orange Bowl for one of the College Football Playoff semifinals. Penn State will face the winner of the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame. The Orange Bowl is scheduled for Thursday, January 9, 2025.

Penn State advances after 31-14 Fiesta Bowl victory over Boise State

Penn State’s running game and defense overpowered Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. Next up, the Orange Bowl and the semifinal round!

In the first meeting between Penn State and Boise State, two teams who combined for a perfect 10-0 record all-time in Fiesta Bowl appearances, the Nittany Lions never trailed in a 31-14 win over the Broncos. Penn State is the first team to punch its spot in the semifinal round of the College Football Playoff with the win.

After the defense did well to contain Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty on the opening drive again and force Boise State to settle for a field goal attempt, which was tipped and failed, Penn State went to work flexing its muscle with its running game. Fueled by some strong runs and bursts by [autotag]Kaytron Allen[/autotag] and a couple of nice gains by [autotag]Nicholas Singleton[/autotag], Penn State maneuvered itself down the field on its first offensive possession. [autotag]Drew Allar[/autotag] completed a terrific pass to tight end [autotag]Tyler Warren[/autotag] in the back of the end zone as Warren managed to grab the football and get a foot down for the first score of the game.

Penn State took a 14-0 lead later in the first quarter when Allar took a deep shot to [autotag]Omari Evans[/autotag], who managed to beat his defender down the field for a 38-yard reception. After the defense forced a fumble by Jeanty in the second quarter, it appeared Penn State was set to go on cruise control and open up a three-score lead, but a botched exchange between Allar and Singleton put the ball on the ground for the Boise State defense. That turnover and an apparent arm injury to Abdul Carter helped spark the Broncos to a touchdown drive to cut into the lead. Penn State would take a 17-7 lead into halftime with a [autotag]Ryan Barker[/autotag] field goal to close the half.

But the offense started flat in the second half and the Broncos took advantage of a blown coverage for a 53-yard touchdown throw from Maddux Madsen to a wide-open tight end Matt Lauter to cut the Penn State lead to 17-14 early in the third quarter.

Penn State had an answer, and it came with another grueling touchdown drive highlighted by a pair of third-and-longs and a touchdown catch in the red zone from Allar to Warren. Penn State took a 24-14 lead into the fourth quarter and [autotag]Zakee Wheatley[/autotag] started the final quarter off with a big interception on a third-and-long. It was his second forced turnover of the game after recovering a Jeanty fumble in the first half.

Penn State was unable to capitalize and put the game firmly out of reach, which left Boise State with some life. Jeanty delivered his biggest run of the night to convert on a 3rd-and-21 deep in Boise State’s end, and the Broncos worked their way down the field and into the red zone. But the defense, stood tall with a key [autotag]Amin Vanover[/autotag] sack and Boise State’s field goal attempt sailed just wide right to keep Penn State up by 10 points with 9:20 remaining on the clock.

Penn State worked a few minutes off the clock, but Singleton put the game on ice with a 58-yard touchdown run right up the middle of the Boise State defense. The touchdown gave Penn State a commanding 31-14 lead with just under five minutes to play. [autotag]Zion Tracy[/autotag] picked off a pass from Madsen on Boise State’s ensuing possession to lock down the win.

Penn State rushed for 217 yards. Jeanty became just the second player to rush for 100 yards against Penn State this season, but the defense did prevent him from chasing down the NCAA’s single-season rushing record held by Barry Sanders. Jeanty needed 132 yards to break Sanders’ record but ended his night with 104 rushing yards.

Penn State will move on to the semifinal round of the College Football Playoff. The Nittany Liopns will head to Miami to play in the Orange Bowl and will fscr the winner of the Sugar Bowl matchup between SEC champion Georgia and Notre Dame. Georgia enjoyed the bye in the first round while Notre Dame handled Indiana in the first round in South Bend, Indiana. The Orange Bowl is scheduled for Thursday, January 9, 2025.

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Best photos from Penn State’s College Football Playoff win over SMU

Check out some of the best images from Penn State’s first-round win over SMU in the College Football Playoff.

Penn State made its College Football Playoff debut with a laugher in front of a packed Beaver Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The frigid temperatures couldn’t keep the defense from heating up with a pair of defensive touchdowns in the first half to set the tone for a 38-10 victory over SMU in the first round of the playoff.

Noon kickoffs in Happy Valley tend to have mixed reviews, but the crowd was fired up for the historic first College Football Playoff game in Beaver Stadium history. And despite the cold weather, the scene looked fantastic.

Here are some of the best photos from Penn State’s dominating victory over SMU in the first round of the College Football Playoff from Beaver Stadium on Saturday.

Penn State will take on Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl, which will be the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff. The Fiesta Bowl is scheduled for Dec. 31 in Glendale, Arizona.

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