How to watch Penn State-Nevada; pregame info, weather, spread, start time, more: Gameday Central

Syndication: Hanover Evening Sun — Penn State football's Beaver Stadium on Saturday, August 2, 2025, in State College. (Dan Rainville/USA Today)

STATE COLLEGE — Game day is here. Penn State football opens its 139th season today when it welcomes Nevada to Beaver Stadium. It’s the first meeting between the Big Ten and Mountain West programs. Saturday’s home team is picked to win its conference in 2025 while the visitors are projected to finish last in theirs.

“For us, we want to play well,” Lions coach James Franklin said this week. “We want to build confidence. We want to do whatever we got to do to get a win. What I would say is that — and this has been the approach for really 12 years and really 15 years, my time as a head coach — we want to try to play a lot of guys. I think we have to build and develop depth by playing a bunch of guys.”

Added second-year Wolf Pack head coach Jeff Choate:

“It’s going to be an awesome opportunity for our guys to go embrace a really cool environment, unveiling the new digs there and to go to one of those Saturday shrines.”

GameDay Central gets you ready for kickoff below.

Game time, TV channel, how to watch: Penn State vs. Nevada

Venue: Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa.

Kick time: 3:30 p.m. ET

TV: CBS

On the call: Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color commentator), and Jenny Dell (sideline reporter)

Penn State radio: Steve Jones, Jack Ham, and Brian Tripp will call the Penn State Sports Network radio broadcast on Saturday. It airs on 99.5 & 103.7 FM/1450 AM locally and at GoPSUSports.com online.

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Series facts: This marks the first meeting between the two schools. All-time, Penn State is 6-0 against current members of the Mountain West.

What is the Penn State-Nevada spread?

Penn State is a 43.5-point favorite at BetMGM. The total is 56.5 points.

Blue-White Illustrated predictions

Nate Bauer: PSU: 48, Nevada: 17
Sean Fitz: PSU: 55, Nevada: 7
Thomas Frank Carr: PSU: 66, Nevada: 6
Matt Herb: PSU: 52, Nevada: 13
Greg Pickel: PSU: 60, Nevada: 10
Ryan Snyder: PSU: 56, Nevada: 10

Weather report

Get ready for a perfect final Saturday of August for football and tailgating. The current forecast in State College on Saturday calls for “Sunny skies. High 71F. Winds light and variable,” per Weather.com.