UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- It was a historic Saturday night in Beaver Stadium, led by a 376-yard, four-touchdown passing performance by quarterback Trace McSorley and a second-half shutout on defense, No. 7 Penn State defeated Michigan State, 45-12, to clinch a share of the Big Ten East Division title and earn a trip to the Big Ten Championship next Saturday in Indianapolis.

It's Penn State's (10-2, 8-1 Big Ten) second Big Ten divisional championship and it will be its first championship game appearance since the conference adopted the format in 2011. Penn State owns three overall Big Ten titles and two divisional crowns since joining the conference in 1993.

The victory extended Penn State's winning streak to eight for its longest since tallying nine in a row in 2008. It's also Penn State's sixth 10-win regular season since joining the Big Ten and its first since 2009. Penn State has eight Big Ten wins for just the second time, and the Nittany Lions also finished the regular season 7-0 at home for the first time since 2008.

Penn State trailed Michigan State (3-9, 1-8 Big Ten), 12-10 at halftime, but true to form, the Nittany Lions rallied in the second half, outscoring the Spartans, 35-0.

McSorley led an offensive onslaught in the third quarter on Penn State's first three offensive possessions, throwing touchdown passes of 34 yards to Chris Godwin, 45 yards to Mike Gesicki and 59 yards again to Godwin to build a 31-12 lead.

Senior linebacker Brandon Bell led the Penn State defense with 18 tackles. The unit surrendered 256 yards and four field goals in the first half, but yielded just 87 yards and no scores in the second half. The Nittany Lion defense has now held opponents without a touchdown in back-to-back games for the first time since 2009 and the first time since 2006 in Big Ten games.