James Franklin believes his team has played well enough over the first two weeks of the season, and he knows the Nittany Lions need to tighten up before the schedule gets much tougher.

Drew Allar threw for 209 yards and a touchdown and No. 2 Penn State got another near flawless effort from its defense in a 52-6 win over Villanova on Saturday.

Villanova waited until there were triple zeroes on the clock to finally get in the end zone for the first time in the game on a ridiculous fourth-and-goal touchdown pass from Tanner Maddocks to Brand...