Tag: Big Ten Wrap-Up

The final week of the 2023 college football regular season is upon us, but before we look towards Week 13, let’s take a quick look back at Week 12 in the Big Ten.

Starting at the top of the Big Ten, Ohio State dominated Minnesota ahead of The Game against Michigan this upcoming weekend 37-3, while the Wolverines struggled with Maryland before pulling out a 31-24 win to improve to 11-0 on the season. The Buckeyes and Wolverines enter the week undefeated, making this another highly anticipated matchup in the historic rivalry.

Penn State picked up win No. 9 with a 27-6 victory over Rutgers. It was another dominant defensive effort for the Scarlet Knights. Elsewhere in the Big Ten East, Michigan State defeated Indiana 24-21.

In the Big Ten West, Iowa eeked out a close win over Illinois with a 15-13 victory in Champaign. The win clinched the Big Ten West title for the Hawkeyes. Northwestern achieved bowl eligibility with a 23-15 win over Purdue, and of course, the Huskers fell to Wisconsin 24-17.

HOME	HOME SCORE	AWAY	AWAY SCORE
Ohio State Buckeyes	37	Minnesota Golden Gophers	3
Maryland Terrapins	24	Michigan Wolverines	31
Penn State Nittany Lions	27	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	6
Indiana Hoosiers	21	Michigan State Spartans	24
Iowa Hawkeyes	15	Illinois Fighting Illini	13
Penn State Nittany Lions	15	Michigan Wolverines	24
Northwestern Wildcats	23	Purdue Boilermakers	15
Wisconsin Badgers	24	Nebraska Cornhuskers	17

With the scores out of the way, here is how the Big Ten standings look after week 12, 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 13

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.

Another week of the 2023 college football season has passed in the Big Ten. Last week, the Big Ten saw five games played throughout the conference, with three being decided by one score.

In Piscataway, Rutgers gave Ohio State all they could handle, but the Buckeyes were able to pull away late on Saturday en route to a 35-16 victory. In College Park, Penn State routed Maryland thanks to a big fourth-quarter effort, giving the Nittany Lions a 51-15 win and handing the Terrapins their fourth straight loss.

Iowa and Northwestern lived up to the hype of two terrible offenses going at it at Wrigley Field. The Hawkeyes were able to win 10-7 on a Drew Sanders field goal in the final seconds.

The Illinois Fighting Illini rallied in the final minutes of their matchup against Minnesota to win 27-26 in Minneapolis, while the Cornhuskers were beaten by Michigan State in East Lansing 20-17.

HOME	HOME SCORE	AWAY	AWAY SCORE
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	16	Ohio State Buckeyes	35
Maryland Terrapins	15	Penn State Nittany Lions	51
Northwestern Wildcats	7	Iowa Hawkeyes	10
Minnesota Golden Gophers	26	Illinois Fighting Illini	27
Michigan State Spartans	20	Nebraska Cornhuskers	17

With the scores out of the way, here is how the Big Ten standings look after week nine, 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.

It was a smaller slate of games in Week 9 for the Big Ten Conference, with just five games being played last week.

One of those games was, of course, the Huskers’ 31-14 win over the Purdue Boilermakers, giving Matt Rhule’s program their fifth win in their last six games. With the win, the Cornhuskers, like most of the Big Ten West, control their destiny. It’s straightforward, if the Huskers can win out the remainder of their schedule, they’ll represent the Big Ten West in the Big Ten Championship game in December in Indianapolis.

Beyond the Huskers and Boilermakers, the Big Ten also saw the now No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes defeat the Wisconsin Badgers 24-10 in Madison behind a big day from Treyveon Henderson.

Penn State survived an upset scare from Indiana, the Hoosiers and Nittany Lions being tied late in the fourth quarter before a 57-yard touchdown pass in the final minutes won the game for Penn State.

Northwestern won their fourth game of the season with a 33-27 win over Maryland, the Terrapins third consecutive loss, and Minnesota defeated Michigan State 27-12, giving the Spartans their sixth straight loss.

HOME	HOME SCORE	AWAY	AWAY SCORE
Wisconsin Badgers	10	Ohio State Buckeyes	24
Penn State Nittany Lions	33	Indiana Hoosiers	24
Northwestern Wildcats	33	Maryland Terrapins	27
Minnesota Golden Gophers	27	Michigan State Spartans	12
Nebraska Cornhuskers	31	Purdue Boilermakers	14

With that, here is how the Big Ten standings look after week nine, which players took home the conference’s weekly awards, how ESPN’s FPI view each program in the conference, how the conference’s quarterbacks stack up in terms of QBR and a look ahead to the schedule for Week 10.