College football 2012 schedule: Penn State and Temple host conference foes

Penn State welcomes No. 24 Northwestern to Happy Valley as Temple hosts South Florida in Big East play.

By Jeff Briggs Oct 3, 2012, 11:00am EDT

The Penn State Nittany Lions have won three straight games after a disappointing 0-2 start and now look to move to 2-0 in the Big Ten when they host the No. 24 Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday. Penn St. is 1-0 in the Big Ten after defeating Illinois last week and look to stay on top of the Leaders division by handing Northwestern its first loss of the season on Saturday.

Temple has not played since losing to Penn State on Sept. 22, and looks to open Big East play with a win on Saturday when it hosts South Florida. The Bulls are 0-1 in conference play and have lost three straight games, although two of those have come against teams currently ranked in the top 25.

The full schedule for Big Ten and Big East games is below, all times Eastern.

Big Ten schedule:

Northwestern Wildcats at Penn State Nittany Lions -- Noon, ESPN

Michigan State Spartans at Indiana Hoosiers -- Noon, Big Ten Network

Illinois Fighting Illini at Wisconsin Badgers -- 3:30 p.m., ABC

Michigan Wolverines at Purdue Boilermakers -- 4 p.m., Big Ten Network

Nebraska Cornhuskers at Ohio State Buckeyes -- 8 p.m., ABC

Big East schedule:

Friday

Pittsburgh Panthers at Syracuse Orange -- 7 p.m, ESPN

Saturday

South Florida Bulls at Temple Owls -- Noon, Big East Network