Week 2 saw the Big Ten have a handful of teams stumble with some opponents that did not appear to be a threat beforehand. But, that is college football and the unpredictability makes it so special.
This week we see a handful of Big Ten teams draw primetime matchups that pit two teams from the Power 5 against each other for some of the first real tests of the season. Not only are the big matchups, the Big Ten is getting quite the amount of national coverage this week. They will have teams airing across Fox, CBS, ABC, and ESPN.
There are a few duds of games such as Iowa-Nevada, Michigan-UConn, Northwestern-Southern Illinois, and Wisconsin-New Mexico State. The fun part about these is that there is a decent chance we are back here on Monday talking about which one of these ended up having a boat load of points or saw a big time upset.
Nonetheless, let’s get into the top five Big Ten games in week 3 with a prediction of how each shakes out.