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.

The USC Trojans hold a 5-2 record as the program heads into its second bye week. Ahead of the season, the Big Ten pushed for a 24-team College Football Playoff expansion. Heading into week 9 of the 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.

Michigan joins Matt Painter 's Purdue in the top 10 from the Big Ten Conference, while UCLA, Illinois, Michigan State and Wisconsin are among the other teams from the conference in the top 25 to start the season. Led by Braden Smith, the Boilermakers are the early favorite for not only the national championship but also for the Big Ten Conference.

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

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?

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.

The Wolverines and Hoosiers remain undefeated, but there are seven teams behind them with 3-1 records in conference play.

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.

Jake Diebler landed a signature recruiting win ahead of a big 2025-26 season in Columbus when Anthony Thompson, a 5-star small forward out of Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, picked Ohio State over a slew of programs including Big Ten rival Indiana.