The Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-4) will look to get back on track coming out of the bye week, but it'll be a tall task as they host No. 4 Penn State on Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium.

The Gophers' last game was a disappointing road loss to Rutgers, ending the team's four-game winning streak that featured two upsets of Associated Press top 25-ranked teams.

Head coach P.J. Fleck met with reporters on Monday morning and discussed the bye week and what to expect when facing the Nittany Lions.

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"Two bye weeks is really beneficial for a football team, mentally, physically and emotionally, for their health. Seasons are getting longer. I think our guys did a really good job of that. Not only that, we had to get better at the things we needed to get better at," Fleck said. "Some self-scout. But it gave us a lot more time to work on Penn State as well and get a jump start on that. I thought we had a really productive week of not only working on Penn State, working ahead, working on ourselves."

Penn State is coming off a blowout win against Purdue, 49-10. The Nittany Lions carry a 9-1 record with its only loss of the season coming against No. 2 Ohio State.

Fleck was asked about some of Penn State's offensive weapons to focus on, specifically tight end Tyler Warren and quarterback Drew Allar.

"Well, I think when we talk about that consistency is the truest measure of performance, I think that's what you see every single week. Really, really good player," Fleck said about Warren. "We got our hands full. Put it that way. It's the versatility to do so many things. And, I think that's when you're looking at Penn State, Penn State has the ability to do a lot of different things, and they do it very consistently."

Fleck also noted how the team has multiple weapons to account for and what the Nittany Lions do best.

"It's a new wrinkle every single week, too. So whether it's three different quarterbacks, whether it's unique formations, they're going to give you things you've never seen before. And, you're going to have to stop it, and you have to be really disciplined with your eyes. You have to be really good at tackling in space. You've got to play really good up front," he said.

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"They have weapons everywhere. But that's why you're the fourth-ranked team in the country. I mean, you're really, really good, and you have people everywhere that can make plays. And what makes them really difficult to [deal with] is they just rotate guys in and out. They platoon the D-line, and when they bring in the next D-line, it looks very similar to the D-line that came in before that. They do that with a lot of positions. But, it's the consistency of how they play. It's the creativity that they play with, but then it's the ability to give you things you've never seen before and make you do in-game adjustments more than probably any other team."

Fleck spoke about Allar, complimenting his poise in the pocket and his arm talent. He also noted how the program has three quarterbacks on its offense at different positions.

"I think it's just his growth over the years. He's really, really poised in the pocket. He's big, strong, got a good arm, understands the system, he can run. They've got three quarterbacks. One's a high school quarterback that's really a tight end who's just doing it it all for them. They got another quarterback who can throw it and run it really, really well, and then Drew can do the exact same thing," Fleck said.

"But they all have different skill sets, and they use them in very different ways. But he's really accurate, he's big, he's strong, he's physical. I think he processes at a higher level than he ever has. I think that's a critical characteristic of being an elite quarterback, is how you process, how you get through your reads, how you get to the decisions, how quickly you do that. The distance between somebody being open and the ball being on them, that's a measure of a quarterback knowing what he's doing. And I think that he has that trait. You can tell he's coachable. And the team rallies around him, too."

Fleck said his team has to "play the best football of the year" in order to have a shot at knocking out Penn State on Saturday.

"We just got to put it all together in all three areas [offense, defense and special teams] for four quarters. That's going to be critical for us. I don't think that's hard for anybody to understand. I know that we're going to get their best shot. This is a top four team fighting for a top four spot in the College Football Playoff and the Big Ten Championship. They're fighting for that. So we're going to get their best shot. We've got to play our best football of the year," Fleck said.

The Gophers and Nittany Lions kick off at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday on CBS.