- College Football Playoff: Penn State opens against SMU; Oregon seeded No. 1
- Joel Embiid starts for Sixers after missing seven straight games for knee injury
- Penn State drops to No. 5 in the AP college football poll
- St. Joe’s Prep earns third consecutive state title, this time against Pittsburgh Central Catholic
- No. 3 Penn State squanders chance to capture the Big Ten championship against No. 1 Oregon