It's what every P4 school does. Play a bunch of scrubs to get a 3-0 start. Have seen the Indiana OOC schedule? PSU and the Alabama's want to play us because they believe us to be easy marks.
Since we no longer have marquee teams like Oklahoma and Texas on our schedule, we NEED to play teams like Penn State. Nehlen played Miami, Penn State as independent with Syracuse, BC, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Pitt etc. He realized he had to play a tough schedule for the polls. And while the B12 is solid, it really doesn’t have that marquee matchup or blueblood.
