Their schedule is not strong enough to jump five other schools.
Currently projected for the Rose Bowl or Alamo Bowl and shown as ranked #8 in the playoffs. Beating Oregon won’t be enough to elevate them to the playoffs.
Experts are even putting down Oregon’s schedule with only one marquee game. A loss to Auburn. uu has BYU, NIU and Idaho St as their ooc, with another horrible pac 10 1/2 conf.
With Oklahoma on their tail and Georgia, Penn State sitting ahead of both Oregon and uu on the cuff of #4