Oregon's 5-for-7 performance on fourth down was their best in a decade and the most allowed by a Big Ten team since 2020, helping them improve to 5-0 this season.

Penn State lost a devastating double-overtime game in the White Out Saturday night to Oregon, 30-24, with head coach James Franklin falling to 4-21 in games against top-10 opponents as the Nittany Lions’ head coach. Let’s get into the good, the bad and the ugly from the game.

Moore used a snappy release and multiple arm angles to complete 29 of 39 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns around Penn State defenders in Oregon’s 30-24 double-overtime win. Oregon climbed to No. 2 from No. 6 in the latest AP Top 25 and heads into a bye week before the Ducks host No. 11 Indiana on Oct. 11 in another Big Ten showdown.

In addition to Ohio State, Penn State and Oregon, three other Big Ten teams are ranked. Indiana — which will travel to Happy Valley to face PSU on Nov. 8 — sits right behind Penn State in the poll after beating Iowa, Michigan is No. 20 and Illinois is No. 22.

Saturday is the first time in the James Franklin era that Penn State is favored against a top-10 opponent in a regular-season game.

Saturday's double-overtime loss against No. 6 Oregon was all too familiar for Penn State fans, and head coach James Franklin is shouldering the blame.

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The Ducks are 2-1-1 ATS to start the season, and Saturday's game will be their shortest spread plus the first time they have been the underdog in 2025. They covered the spread the one time they were listed as the underdog last season, defeating Ohio State in a nail-biter 32-21.