How might a College Football Alliance affect Penn State Football?

There have been a lot of recent talks about the Big Ten, ACC, and Pac-12 forming an alliance. This is in response to recent news that Texas and Oklahoma are to join the SEC in 2025. What could this alliance mean for Penn State football?

It is not yet clear what exactly this alliance would entail, but it is certainly an intriguing development, that has the chance to make a significant impact on Penn State Football.

One of the hopes is that this could potentially lead to more non-conference scheduling between the three conferences.

So, could Penn State Football eventually rekindle their rivalry with Pitt from the ACC? What about a rematch of the 2005 Orange Bowl against Florida State, or of the 1986 National Championship against Miami?

We could also see some Pac-12 non-conference games for the Nittany Lions, which they have not had in the regular season since they hosted Oregon State in 2008. Penn State Football has not had a true road game against a Pac-12 team since they traveled to USC way back in 1991.

An alliance could also benefit Penn State Football by not allowing them to be a team that the SEC leaves in the dust, so to speak.

Even with an expanded playoff in the works, the SEC forming a super-conference could potentially leave a lot of teams outside their conference behind. Teams like Ohio State and Clemson would have no problem keeping up with the SEC, but teams like Penn State Football could fall even further behind if a super-conference came to fruition.

Hopefully, if and when this alliance becomes official, we will have more answers on to what it could mean for the sport.

That would give us a better understanding on how it might affect Penn State Football going forward. In the sport of college football, where the landscape is constantly changing and evolving, this next decade will be very interesting to watch from an off the field standpoint.