Week 11 of the 2023 college football season is in the books, and it helped determine quite a bit in the race for the Big Ten Championship Game.
The most significant result was in Happy Valley, as Penn State’s offense faltered against Michigan in a 24-15 loss. Following the loss, James Franklin fired offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich and now will search for his sixth offensive coordinator in his tenure at Penn State. Franklin will be entering year 11 with the Nittany Lions next fall.
Northwestern pulled off a surprising win with a big 24-7 win over Wisconsin to improve to 5-5 on the season. David Braun continues to do a fantastic job in Evanston.
Elsewhere, Ohio State dominated Michigan State 38-3, Iowa shutout Rutgers 22-0, and Purdue had a huge day offensively against Minnesota in a 49-30 win.
Illinois and Indiana had one of the most entertaining games of the year, with the Illini defeating the Hoosiers 48-45 in overtime with quarterback Joe Paddock throwing for over 500 yards. There was also, of course, the Cornhuskers falling to Maryland 13-10 on a last-minute field goal by the Terrapins.
| HOME | HOME SCORE | AWAY | AWAY SCORE |
| Ohio State Buckeyes | 38 | Michigan State Spartans | 3 |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | 10 | Maryland Terrapins | 13 |
| Wisconsin Badgers | 7 | Northwestern Wildcats | 24 |
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | 30 | Purdue Boilermakers | 49 |
| Penn State Nittany Lions | 15 | Michigan Wolverines | 24 |
| Iowa Hawkeyes | 22 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | 0 |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | 48 | Indiana Hoosiers | 45 |
With the scores out of the way, here is how the Big Ten standings look after week 11, which players took home the conference’s weekly awards, how ESPN’s FPI views each program in the conference, how the conference’s quarterbacks stack up in terms of QBR and look ahead to the schedule for Week 11.