Clemson just beat one of Penn State's "respective round opponents" and ASU would probably be favored over either of them if they were matched up today.What were you looking at when you wrote the above?
Texas has to beat Clemson and ASU to make the semis. Both are ranked below PSU’s respective round opponents. Texas would play one of Oregon/tOSU/Tenn in a semi if they made it that far.
tOSU’s path above includes their potential semi matchup.
Oregon has to win one game (tOSU/Tenn) to make the semi.
ND wouldn’t theoretically play PSU until the semis.
Penn State got a gift. Just enjoy it, instead of joining dozens of message boards just to try to convince people otherwise.