Big Ten play rolls onward with a Week 6 slate full of matchups across the conference. While this week may lack a little star power and flash on paper and at first glance, the underlying storylines this week are plentiful.
As always, some games are left off of this list as they just don’t get the juices flowing. Unfortunately, that honor goes to the Friday night heavyweight battle taking place in Piscataway when the Nebraska Cornhuskers take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. As the sole Big Ten game taking place on Friday, it does get TV treatment of FS1, which is some sort of reward for these teams that otherwise wouldn’t attract many ratings.
The Penn State Nittany Lions and Minnesota Golden Gophers find themselves on a bye week. Penn State is ranked No. 10 in the country and sitting pretty with a perfect 5-0 record. The Golden Gophers limp into the bye after an underwhelming loss at the hands of the Purdue Boilermakers.
With those four teams out of the way, there are 10 others suiting up head-to-head on Saturday that make up our top 5 Big Ten games of the week.