SportsLine's model has revealed its Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Penn State Nittany Lions picks in the first game since PSU fired James Franklin

The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Iowa Hawkeyes meet on Saturday in a Big Ten matchup that will be televised nationally. The game will feature a Penn State team on a three-game losing streak, who just head coach James Franklin. It'll also feature an Iowa team hanging in the Big Ten championship race.

Penn State takes its first official step into the post-James Franklin Era with a Saturday night road trip to Iowa to battle the Hawkeyes.

Iowa Hawkeyes quarterback Mark Gronowski (11) waltzes into the end zone for a touchdown during a game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa on Saturday, October 18, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

The Penn State football program has faced plenty of adversity throughout the first two months of the 2025 college football season. The Nittany Lions were ranked No. 2 in the country in the preseason AP Top 25 poll,

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Penn State football quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer will get his first college start at Iowa, in place of injured Drew Allar.

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IOWA CITY – Penn State did not go down without a fight. But the Nittany Lions’ losing streak is at four games after Iowa erased an 11-point deficit in the second half to edge PSU 25-24 on Saturday night at Kinnick Stadium.