Article 6T3BC College Football Playoff round-up: Penn State streamroll error-prone SMU

College Football Playoff round-up: Penn State streamroll error-prone SMU

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  • Nittany Lions beat SMU 38-10 in CFP first round
  • Texas beat Clemson 38-24, will face Arizona State next
  • Ohio State rout Tennessee, will face No 1 Oregon next

Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas returned interceptions for touchdowns and Penn State toyed with mistake-prone SMU in a 38-10 victory on Saturday in the opening round of the College Football Playoff.

The sixth-seeded Nittany Lions (12-2) advanced to face third-seeded Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year's Eve by hounding Mustangs quarterback Kevin Jennings into three turnovers, including a pair of ill-thrown floaters in the first half DeLuca and Rojas converted into pick-sixes that sent the white-out crowd at wintry Beaver Stadium into a frenzy and SMU (11-3) into a funk from which they never recovered.

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