USC at Penn State Polymarket odds: Opening point spread revealed, how to watch

Penn State will host USC on Saturday in the teams’ first meeting in Happy Valley and the second Big Ten matchup between the programs, with the game staged at Beaver Stadium for Penn State’s White Out. Ahead of kickoff, Polymarket odds showed USC initially priced as a slight underdog before the line moved to Penn State favored by 1.5 points as of Tuesday morning. Traders also put the Nittany Lions’ winning odds at 53%. The watch includes a scheduled start of 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC in University Park, Pennsylvania. The preview notes Penn State is coming off a loss to Northwestern, while USC is trying to address both short- and long-term issues, including defensive coordinator Gary Patterson’s evolving unit.