Fourth-ranked Penn State (7-1 Big Ten, 10-1) hopes to play one more home game Dec. 20 or 21 in the first round of the College Football Playoff. To assure that, the Lions have to dispatch 25-point underdog Maryland (1-7, 4-7).

PennLive's Penn State coverage team makes its picks for the Nittany Lions' regular season finale vs. Maryland.

Penn State season ticket holders now have the chance to reserve their parking spaces for a potential College Football Playoff game at Beaver Stadium, according to an email from Penn State Athletics. The process for reserving the parking is similar to the one for reserving tickets for the game.

Another week of College Football Playoff rankings means another week of discourse surrounding Penn State’s seeding. Last week, the concern surrounded the Nittany Lions’ placement above a handful of multi-loss SEC teams.