The stage is now officially set for next week’s big showdown in Happy Valley after Ohio State and Penn State each took care of their business in Week 8. While the Buckeyes continued to dominate the opposition with another lopsided matchup in their favor at home, Penn State was searching for a rebound after getting humbled a week ago by Michigan. Both teams won their respective games going away, although they did so in different ways. Regardless, the two are set to meet next week in another big matchup in the Big Ten East Division race as October draws to a close.
Elsewhere around the Big Ten, Maryland is now bowl-eligible and Rutgers pulled out a win to keep their bowl hopes in sight. As for the West, a bit of a twist in the race went down in Madison while Illinois looked on happily with the result during their bye week.
Here is a quick rundown of the weekend’s results around the Big Ten and the updated Big Ten football standings.