There may not be any top-25 battles in the Big Ten this week, but there are a few intriguing games.
There was one upset last week in the conference. Purdue traveled to Illinois and beat the Illini. With that loss, there is now a four-team tie for first place in the Big Ten West.
Purdue, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota all have four wins in the conference and time is ticking with only two weeks left in the regular season. Illinois has a tough game against Michigan, and Iowa travels to Minnesota to take on the Gophers this week. The Boilermakers should have an easy one at home against a one-win Northwestern team. We should know much more about who will represent the West in Indianapolis after this week.
Here are my predictions for all seven games in the Big Ten this week.