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Indiana Football: Ranking each opponent in 2019

By Alec Lasley

ANN ARBOR, MI - OCTOBER 01: Michigan Wolverines head football coach leads his team onto the field prior to the start of the game against the Wisconsin Badgers at Michigan Stadium on October 1, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan defeated Wisconsin 14-7. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
ANN ARBOR, MI - OCTOBER 01: Michigan Wolverines head football coach leads his team onto the field prior to the start of the game against the Wisconsin Badgers at Michigan Stadium on October 1, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan defeated Wisconsin 14-7. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /
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STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 15: Head coach James Franklin of the Penn State Nittany Lions looks on before the game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Kent State Golden Flashes at Beaver Stadium on September 15, 2018 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 15: Head coach James Franklin of the Penn State Nittany Lions looks on before the game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Kent State Golden Flashes at Beaver Stadium on September 15, 2018 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /

4. Penn State Nittany Lions

Conference: Big Ten
2018 record: 9-4

Three-year starting quarterback Trace McSorley isn’t the only Nittany Lion no longer part of the program. In total, they saw five starters leave early for the NFL Draft as well as 11 payers entering the transfer portal.

Projected to have Tommy Stevens as their quarterback, he decided to be one of the 11 transfers, leaving Penn State with unproven Sean Clifford as the most likely replacement under center.

Though there are questions about how the quarterbacks will step up, it’s an even bigger question about the wideouts.  Eight of the 12 scholarship receivers on the roster will either be a freshman or sophomore in 2019.

The defense is as strong as always, deep and talented at all three levels and will be the strength of the team.

An offensive explosion that we are used to from Penn State will most likely be absent in 2019.

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