Unexpected Underdogs Poised to Shake Up College Football Playoff First Round: Who Will Defy the Odds?
SMU’s defense is better than it gets credit for, though. The Mustangs are one of the best teams in the country at preventing chunk run plays, something that will come in handy against the Penn State duo of Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen. Penn State’s inability to run in crunch time showed through when it lost to Ohio State after a turnover on downs at the goal line. The Lions’ ugly 46.0% run disruption-allowed rate tells that story.
Penn State has also had problems keeping Drew Allar clean, and SMU has a quietly deep group of edge rushers. Six SMU linemen have at least 6.0 adjusted sacks, led by edge rushers Jahfari Harvey and Elijah Roberts, who have 17.0 between them.

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