
Issues to look at this week within the Huge Ten Convention:
Sport of the week
No. 6 Oregon (7-1, 4-1 Huge Ten, No. 9 CFP) at Iowa (6-2, 4-1, No. 20 CFP), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (CBS)
Iowa nonetheless has a shot at a playoff berth by profitable the remainder of its regular-season video games, and the Hawkeyes may make an enormous assertion by beating Oregon. This begins a grueling November schedule for Oregon that additionally contains dwelling video games with Minnesota and No. 20 Southern California (No. 19 CFP) and a visit to No. 24 Washington (No. 23 CFP).
Oregon is a 6-point favourite, in line with BetMGM Sportsbook.
The undercard
No. 2 Indiana (9-0, 6-0, No. 2 CFP) at Penn State (3-5, 0-5), Saturday, midday ET (Fox)
This was a way more compelling matchup earlier than Penn State’s five-game skid, however a quick begin by the Nittany Lions may make this an attention-grabbing highway problem for an Indiana. The Hoosiers are 0-13 at Penn State.
Indiana has received its first 9 video games by a mean margin of 35.7 factors. BetMGM has the Hoosiers as 14 1/2-point favorites.
Impression gamers
— Iowa QB Mark Gronowski has 11 touchdown runs, already probably the most in a single season by any Iowa quarterback. By working for a landing in eight straight video games, he additionally has the longest single-season streak by any Huge Ten quarterback.
— Southern California RB King Miller rushed for 129 yards and a go-ahead landing in a 21-17 triumph at Nebraska. The walk-on has rushed for 357 yards over his final three video games.
— Michigan edge rusher Greg Moore recorded two sacks and compelled a fumble in a 21-16 victory over Purdue. Moore has recorded two sacks in three straight video games and leads the Huge Ten with 8 1/2 sacks this season.
— Ohio State LB Arvell Reese had 12 tackles – 2 1/2 for loss – and one sack within the top-ranked Buckeyes’ 38-14 win over Penn State.
Contained in the numbers
Oregon has received its final 10 highway video games, the longest lively highway win streak within the Bowl Subdivision. Ohio State is second with 5 straight. … A loss to Indiana would give Penn State its first six-game skid since 2004. … The three lively FBS head coaches with the perfect profession profitable percentages are all within the Huge Ten: Ohio State’s Ryan Day (.894), Oregon’s Dan Lanning (.857) and Indiana’s Curt Cignetti (.848). … Indiana’s 55-10 blowout of Maryland was its most lopsided highway victory since a 52-7 win at Purdue in 1988. … Illinois QB Luke Altmyer threw 4 landing passes and likewise ran for a landing in a 35-13 win over Rutgers. He is the primary Illinois participant to account for 5 touchdowns in a recreation since Nathan Scheelhaase in 2013.
Get to know them
This has been a brutal season for Wisconsin, which has dropped six straight video games and stays winless in Huge Ten competitors. However because the losses have piled up, the Badgers might have discovered a few constructing blocks for his or her protection.
Freshman linebackers Mason Posa and Cooper Catalano made their first profession begins and had been two of the Badgers’ prime 4 tacklers in a 21-7 loss at Oregon on Oct. 25. Posa’s 13 tackles that night time had been probably the most in a single recreation by a Wisconsin true freshman since 2015.
Posa and Catalano will try and construct off their Oregon efficiency when the Badgers host Washington on Saturday.
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