While a heart-pounding weekend of college football unfolded in the South and neighboring Ohio and more chaos is likely to come, all was tranquil and should continue to be in central Pennsylvania for the next three weeks.

Penn State won its opener against Nevada by five touchdowns and is favored to beat Florida International by six TDs on Saturday and FCS team Villanova by at least that many the following week.

The nonconference schedule is so soft it makes the Nittany Lions’ hold on No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 tenuous even if they win by the expected large margins. Until Oregon shows up to play Sept. 27, Penn State figures to be mostly out of sight and out of mind of the voters, barring the unthinkable.

Ohio State jumped over the Lions into the top spot in poll on Tuesday af

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