SMU is scheduled to play four nonconference games with an open date coming before its ACC opener against Syracuse on Oct. 4.

The Mustangs are currently slated to face Baylor, Louisville, Miami, Stanford and Syracuse at Gerald J. Ford Stadium.

"Beaver Stadium is @CFBPlayoff ready," Big Ten Football wrote on X. Both Penn State and SMU went 11-1 through their 2024 regular seasons and lost in their respective conference championship games.

Beaver Stadium opened (and was moved, in part, in pieces from New Beaver Field ... DEEP IN DECEMBER — The CFP win over SMU was the latest game in the calendar year played in Beaver Stadium.

Now, in this second game between the SMU Mustangs and Penn State Nittany Lions, we were given more action. The game was played from Beaver Stadium, giving Penn State a massive advantage location-wise.

With more than 10 minutes left at Beaver Stadium on Saturday ... Penn State took care of business in a big way against SMU. The No. 6-seed Nittany Lions used a pair of defensive touchdowns ...