DE Carl Nassib and DT Austin Jonhson battle with Temple University’s Offensive Line. Photo by: Michael Corsey @ Michael Corsey Photography

The Nittany Lions close out the regular season by visiting No. 6/6 Michigan State Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN. This game marks the Nittany Lions’ 10th appearance of the season on an ESPN/ABC network.

Penn State look to pick up an eighth victory for the most wins since the 2012 team went 8-4, while the Spartans are vying for a berth in the Big Ten Championship game.

In 29 all-time meetings, the Nittany Lions and Spartans are 14-14-1 against each other. The Spartans have won the last two contests, including a 34-10 victory in the 2014 season finale at Beaver Stadium.

Michigan State is 9-2 overall and 6-1 in Big Ten play on the season. The Spartans are ranked sixth in both the AP and Coaches’ polls. The Spartans are coming off of a 17-14 win at No. 2/2 Ohio State Saturday. Michael Geiger connected on a 41-yard field goal as time ran out to the lift Michigan State to the win.

The Penn State-Michigan State match-up will have two of the top defensive ends in the country in Nittany Lion Carl Nassib and Spartan Shilique Calhoun. Despite playing only three snaps against Michigan due to injury, Nassib still leads the country in sacks (15.5), tackles for loss (19.5) and forced fumbles (6). Calhoun is 18th in FBS in sacks with 8.5 and has 15 quarterback hurries.

The regular season finale is also a meeting of two highly-touted quarterbacks in the Big Ten Conference in Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg and Michigan State’s Connor Cook. Hackenberg has become PSU’s career leader in passing yards (8,061), touchdown passes (46), completions (663), attempts (1,182), 200-yard passing games (20) and 300-yard passing games (9). Cook is the winningest quarterback in school history with a 32-4 record (.889) as the starter, including a 21-2 (.913) mark against Big Ten opponents. He is a finalist of the Unitas Golden Arm Award.

Saturday marks Penn State’s first visit to East Lansing since 2009 when the Nittany Lions claimed a 42-14 victory at Spartan Stadium. In that game, Daryll Clark was 19-for-27 for 310 yards and four touchdown passes, while Evan Royster ran for 114 yards on 13 carries. Graham Zug caught four passes for 99 yards and two scores and Andrew Quarless had four grabs for 62 yards and a pair of TDs to lead the receiving corps.