Big 10 football Week 9 staff picks
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One of the main reasons to have another playoff expansion is the increase in automatic qualifiers for the Power 4 conferences.Though the 24-team playoff may not happen anytime soon, Fox Sports’ RJ Young revealed what the bracket would look like ahead of week 9 of the college football season.
There’s a logjam behind No. 1 Ohio State and Indiana in the Big Ten standings. No. 6 Oregon, No. 25 Michigan, Southern California, Northwestern, UCLA, Iowa and Minnesota all own 3-1 conference records, making for a seven-way tie.
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Nebraska and coach Matt Rhule have five Big Ten games remaining this season, five games that could make or break their season. It’s a 5-2 season that became mor
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Badgers look to stay sharp ahead of Big Ten play
The final non-conference series before Big Ten play for the No. 17 Wisconsin Badgers gets underway Friday night in Madison when Alaska Fairbanks comes to town. The Badgers can head into league play on a high note with a couple of wins after splitting a hard-fought series with No. 20 Minnesota State last weekend.
At this point, four teams are either 7-0 or 6-1: BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and Texas Tech. The number of instances in which those four play each other down the stretch is smaller than you might expect, which limits the onset of eat-your-own syndrome.
FOX's Joel Klatt expects Washington to hold serve at home while No. 23 Illinois covers the spread. His pick: Washington 28, Illinois 24, a four-point margin aga
FOX Sports' RJ Young and Michael Cohen weigh in on a simple but essential question: Just how good of a job is Penn State right now?
While Oregon got back on track, Wisconsin continued its slide with a 34-0 loss to No. 1 Ohio State. The Badgers began the season 2-0 but have lost five consecutive games, including a 0-4 stretch in Big Ten play. Wisconsin is one of five teams in the conference that haven't won a game against Big Ten competition thus far.
Dent, as dynamic as he is, will be just one half of what projects to be an elite Bruins backcourt. His backcourt mate, Skyy Clark, has been turning heads all offseason. In their 67-60 win over the Aztecs on Friday, Dent finished with 18 points and three assists and Clark ended with 13 points and four rebounds.