Mountain West
- Boise State
- Colorado State
- Fresno State
- Hawaii
- Nevada
- UNLV
- New Mexico
- San Jose St.
- Wyoming
Penn State has not played a lot of non-conference games out west and rarely faces Mountain West teams in bowl matchups. The Nittany Lions are 1-0 against the conference.
SEC
- Mississippi State
After facing Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl, the Rebels' Egg Bowl rivals are the only SEC team that Penn State has yet to play. The Nittany Lions are 18-23 against the SEC, but 10-10 in bowl games, including a national championship win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.