From Alabama's 2015 national-title triumph to Ole Miss and Texas A&M's collapses in 2014 and 2016, the past No. 4s in the College Football Playoff's first rankings of the year are a bit of a mixed bag.
The Golden Gophers' matchup this Saturday against the Nittany Lions will be their first of the season against a ranked opponent.
While we have no idea what the future holds for Penn State, for once, the Nittany Lions, victims of a snub of biblical proportions in 2016, were on the right side of the committee's subjective, yet all-powerful decision-making.
The Nittany Lions will begin this season as a top-five team in the College Football Playoff's first rankings of the 2019 season.
Penn State opens as the country's No. 1 student section in the annual Live Más competition.
Reid and Cain left the Nittany Lions' 28-7 victory over Michigan State with undisclosed injuries, but Franklin expects both players to be ready for Saturday's trip to Minnesota.