There weren’t many top matchups for Big Ten teams in Week 2.
Four of the 14 teams played Football Championship Subdivision teams, and five played Group of Five programs. Five played Power Five programs.
The most visible was Nebraska‘s road game at Colorado, where the Huskers did not keep it a one-score game as we’re used to seeing. On Fox’s premier noon time slot, the Buffaloes proved they are for real by dominating the hapless Huskers. Iowa bested Iowa State. Purdue got into the win column vs. Virginia Tech. Illinois was embarrassed by Kansas in a Friday night game that wasn’t as close as the score indicates.
Ohio State and Michigan both beat their opponents 35-7 in games that were somehow wildly different. Penn State manhandled Delaware. Indiana did the same with Indiana State. Northwestern surprisingly blew out UTEP, and MSU did the same to Richmond.
Here are our latest Big Ten power rankings following Week 2: