Week 1 of the college football season is finally here. We have two Big Ten football games tonight, one tomorrow and a full slate on Saturday.
The opening week of this season actually sees many critical in-conference matchups, with Wisconsin hosting Penn State, Minnesota hosting Ohio State, Northwestern hosting Michigan State and Iowa hosting Indiana.
The slate of games will tell us a lot about where teams stand after a unique 2020 season.
For the Badgers, that may not be told by the final score. However, we will see what Graham Mertz looks like in year two, how the backfield rotation shakes out and what the defense looks like after returning eight starters.
ESPN’s Bill Connelly used his SP+ metrics to predict every Week 1 game on the college football calendar.
Here are his score predictions for every Big Ten game this weekend:
Wisconsin vs. Penn State preview: