2025 Big Ten Conference football season

2025 Big Ten Conference football season
2025 Big Ten Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 28, 2025; through January 2026
Number of teams	18
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Fox, FS1, Big Ten Network) ; CBS Sports (CBS, Paramount+) ; NBC Sports (NBC, Peacock)
2026 NFL draft
Regular season
Championship Game
Date	December 6, 2025
Venue	Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
Football seasons
	← 2024 2026 →

Last updated September 25, 2025

2025 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 USC	2	–	0	4	–	0
No. 11 Indiana	1	–	0	4	–	0
Maryland	1	–	0	4	–	0
No. 6 Oregon	1	–	0	4	–	0
Iowa	1	–	0	3	–	1
No. 19 Michigan	1	–	0	3	–	1
No. 1 Ohio State	0	–	0	3	–	0
No. 3 Penn State	0	–	0	3	–	0
Washington	0	–	0	3	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	0	2	–	1
UCLA	0	–	0	0	–	3
No. 23 Illinois	0	–	1	3	–	1
Michigan State	0	–	1	3	–	1
Nebraska	0	–	1	3	–	1
Rutgers	0	–	1	3	–	1
Purdue	0	–	1	2	–	2
Wisconsin	0	–	1	2	–	2
Northwestern	0	–	1	1	–	2
Championship: December 6, 2025
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant As of September 24, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 Big Ten Conference football season is the 130th season of college football play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This is the Big Ten's second season with 18 teams and its second season since 2010 with a non-divisional scheduling format.

Coaching changes

The Big Ten saw one head coaching change for the 2025 season.

On December 1, 2024, Purdue announced it was parting ways with head coach Ryan Walters after going 5–19 in two seasons, including 1–11 in 2024.^[1]

One week later, on December 8, 2023, Purdue announced the hiring of Barry Odom as the next head coach, having spent the previous season coaching at UNLV.^[2]

Three weeks into the 2025 season, UCLA fired DeShaun Foster after an 0-3 start for the Bruins. Tim Skipper will serve as interim coach for the remainder of the season.

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team	Rivals^[3]	Scout & 24/7^[4]	On3 Recruits^[5]	Signees
Illinois	11	12	12	22
Indiana	13	14	16	23
Iowa	15	11	11	16
Maryland	9	8	10	21
Michigan	3	3	3	24
Michigan State	14	16	14	18
Minnesota	16	15	15	22
Nebraska	6	6	6	20
Northwestern	16	17	17	20
Ohio State	1	1	2	26
Oregon	2	2	1	20
Penn State	5	5	4	27
Purdue	18	18	18	14
Rutgers	10	10	9	27
UCLA	12	13	13	19
USC	4	4	5	24
Washington	8	7	7	28
Wisconsin	7	9	8	23

Big Ten Media Days

July 22–24, 2025 – Media Days, Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay)

Preseason Media Poll

The annual Cleveland.com Preseason Big Ten Media Poll.^[6]

Predicted finish	Team	Points (1st place votes)
1	Penn State	435 (11)
2	Ohio State	431 (10)
3	Oregon	405 (2)
4	Illinois	353
5	Michigan	346 (1)
6	Indiana	305
7	Iowa	287
8	Nebraska	277
9	USC	269
10	Washington	216
11	Minnesota	192
12	Wisconsin	159
T-13	Michigan State	135
T-13	Rutgers	135
15	UCLA	134
16	Maryland	91
17	Northwestern	65
18	Purdue	39

Rank	Team	Votes
Predicted Big Ten Champion
1	Ohio State	13
2	Penn State	12

Preseason Player of the Year

Rank	Player	Position	Team	Points (1st place votes)
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year
1	Jeremiah Smith	WR	Ohio State	66 (21)
2	Drew Allar	QB	Penn State	38 (4)
3	Nicholas Singleton	RB	Penn State	15
4	Makhi Hughes	RB	Oregon	5
5	Kaytron Allen	RB	Penn State	4
6	Luke Altmyer	QB	Illinois	3
T-7	Dante Moore	QB	Oregon	2
T-7	Mark Gronowski	QB	Iowa	2
T-7	Elijah Sarratt	WR	Indiana	2
T-7	Julian Sayin	QB	Ohio State	2
T-7	Justice Haynes	RB	Michigan	2
T-12	Logan Jones	C	Iowa	1
T-12	Denzel Boston	WR	Washington	1
T-12	Fernando Mendoza	QB	Indiana	1
T-12	Jonah Coleman	RB	Washington	1
T-12	Nico Iamaleava	QB	UCLA	1

Rank	Player	Position	Team	Points (1st place votes)
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
1	Caleb Downs	S	Ohio State	72 (22)
2	Dani Dennis-Sutton	DE	Penn State	17 (1)
3	Dillon Thieneman	S	Oregon	15 (1)
4	Matayo Uiagalelei	DE	Oregon	14
5	Mikail Kamara	DE	Indiana	12 (2)
6	Gabe Jacas	LB	Illinois	8
7	Koi Perich	S	Minnesota	5
8	Sonny Styles	LB	Ohio State	4
T-9	Zane Durant	DT	Penn State	2
T-9	Jaishawn Barham	LB	Michigan	2
T-11	Aiden Fisher	LB	Indiana	1
T-11	Ernest Hausmann	LB	Michigan	1

Rank	Coach	Team	Votes
Preseason Coach of the Year
1	James Franklin	Penn State	10
2	Bret Bielema	Illinois	9
3	Ryan Day	Ohio State	3
4	Sherrone Moore	Michigan	2
5	Dan Lanning	Oregon	1

All-American Teams

Player	AP^[7]	AS^[8]	WCFF^[9]	ESPN^[10]	CBS^[11]	CFN^[12]	PFF^[13]	SN^[14]	SI^[15]	USAT^[16]
Drew Allar									1st team
Kaytron Allen	2nd team	2nd team							1st team	2nd team
Bryce Boettcher		3rd team
Denzel Boston		4th team
Caden Chittenden			2nd team
Jonah Coleman		3rd team
Rhys Dakin		2nd team
Nick Dawkins					2nd team
Ryan Day (Coach)						2nd team
Dani Dennis-Sutton		2nd team
Caleb Downs	1st team	1st team	1st team	Team	1st team	1st team	Team	1st team	1st team	1st team
Gennings Dunker		3rd team						2nd team
Zane Durant	1st team	3rd team	1st team		1st team		Team	2nd team	1st team	1st team
Ryan Eckley	2nd team	4th team	2nd team			1st team			2nd team
Aiden Fisher	2nd team	3rd team						1st team		2nd team
A.J. Harris		4th team
Makhi Hughes	2nd team	2nd team	2nd team			2nd team		2nd team	2nd team	2nd team
Vega Ioane	1st team	1st team		Team	1st team	1st team		1st team	2nd team	1st team
Gabe Jacas		3rd team		Team	2nd team	2nd team			2nd team
Logan Jones		2nd team	2nd team			1st team				2nd team
Mikail Kamara		2nd team	2nd team		2nd team				1st team
Max Klare	2nd team	4th team			2nd team				2nd team
Iapani Laloulu		3rd team						2nd team
Makai Lemon		3rd team							1st team
Riley Mahlman		4th team
Derrick Moore		4th team
Koi Perich	2nd team	3rd team	2nd team		2nd team		Team	2nd team	1st team	2nd team
D'Angelo Ponds	2nd team	2nd team	1st team				Team	2nd team	2nd team	2nd team
Emmanuel Pregnon		4th team
Elijah Sarratt	2nd team	2nd team	2nd team		2nd team	2nd team
Xavier Scott		4th team				2nd team
Nicholas Singleton	1st team	1st team	1st team	Team	1st team	1st team		2nd team	1st team	1st team
Jeremiah Smith	1st team	1st team	1st team	Team	1st team	1st team	Team	1st team	1st team	1st team
Sonny Styles		2nd team			2nd team			2nd team	1st team	2nd team
Carnell Tate		2nd team						2nd team
Darius Taylor		4th team
Dillon Thieneman	1st team	1st team	2nd team		1st team	1st team		1st team		1st team
Matayo Uiagalelei	2nd team	2nd team			2nd team	1st team				2nd team
Kaden Wetjen		2nd & 3rd team						2nd team
Zakee Wheatley		4th team
Isaiah World					2nd team
Dominic Zvada	1st team	1st team	1st team	Team	1st team	1st team	Team	1st team	1st team	1st team

Rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4
Illinois	AP	12	11	9	9	23
	C	12	12	9	8	23
	CFP	Not released
Indiana	AP	20	23	22	19	11
	C	19	21	19	17	12
	CFP	Not released
Iowa	AP	RV	NR
	C	RV	RV	NR		RV
	CFP	Not released
Maryland	AP					RV
	C					RV
	CFP	Not released
Michigan	AP	14	15	23	21	19
	C	14	13	22	20	18
	CFP	Not released
Michigan State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Minnesota	AP
	C	RV	NR
	CFP	Not released
Nebraska	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Northwestern	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Ohio State	AP	3 (11)	1 (55)	1 (57)	1 (55)	1 (52)
	C	2 (20)	1 (59)	1 (62)	1 (62)	1 (61)
	CFP	Not released
Oregon	AP	7 (1)	6 (1)	4 (1)	6 (1)	6 (1)
	C	7	5	5	5	5 (1)
	CFP	Not released
Penn State	AP	2 (23)	2 (6)	2 (5)	2 (5)	3 (5)
	C	3 (14)	2 (6)	2 (4)	2 (3)	2 (3)
	CFP	Not released
Purdue	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Rutgers	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UCLA	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
USC	AP	RV	RV	RV	25	21
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	22
	CFP	Not released
Washington	AP
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Wisconsin	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
Big Ten member won
Big Ten member lost
Big Ten teams in bold

Regular season schedule

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	6:00 p.m.	Ohio	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	BTN	W 34–31	46,907
August 28	8:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	FS1	W 23–10	47,774
August 28	9:00 p.m.	Nebraska	Cincinnati	Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, MO	ESPN	W 20–17	72,884
August 28	9:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	BTN	W 17–0	65,952
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	FS1	W 23–6	71,657
August 29	7:30 p.m.	Western Illinois	No. 12 Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	Peacock	W 52–3	56,040
August 30	12:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD	BTN	W 39–7	35,067
August 30	12:00 p.m.	Ball State	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 31–0	53,994
August 30	12:00 p.m.	Northwestern	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPNU	L 3–23	22,103
August 30	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Texas	No. 3 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ( College GameDay / Big Noon Kickoff )	FOX	W 14–7	107,524
August 30	2:30 p.m.	Old Dominion	No. 20 Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	FS1	W 27–14	47,109
August 30	3:30 p.m.	Nevada	No. 2 Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	CBS	W 46–11	106,915
August 30	4:00 p.m.	No. 2 (FCS) Montana State	No. 7 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	BTN	W 59–13	57,257
August 30	6:00 p.m.	Albany	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	FS1	W 34–7	69,250
August 30	7:30 p.m.	Missouri State	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	BTN	W 73–13	62,841
August 30	7:30 p.m.	New Mexico	No. 14 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	NBC	W 34–17	110,648
August 30	11:00 p.m.	Utah	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FOX	L 10–43	35,032
August 30	11:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	BTN	W 38–21	67,778
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD	BTN	W 20–9	35,331
September 5	7:30 p.m.	Western Illinois	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	BTN	W 42–7	9,647
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Iowa	No. 16 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA (Cy-Hawk Trophy)	FOX	L 13–16	61,500
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	No. 23 Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	FS1	W 56–9	43,801
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Florida International	No. 2 Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	BTN	W 34–0	103,817
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Northwestern State	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	BTN	W 66–0	42,447
September 6	12:00 p.m.	No. 11 Illinois	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPN	W 45–19	23,893
September 6	3:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 6 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	CBS	W 69–3	57,266
September 6	3:30 p.m.	Grambling	No. 1 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	W 70–0	100,624
September 6	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	Peacock	W 45–17	45,981
September 6	4:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	FS1	W 42–10	70,368
September 6	7:30 p.m.	Boston College	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	NBC	W 42–40 ^2OT	70,510
September 6	7:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FS1	W 59–20	66,514
September 6	7:30 p.m.	Akron	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	BTN	W 68–0	86,439
September 6	7:30 p.m.	No. 14 (FCS) Southern Illinois	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 34–17	54,663
September 6	7:30 p.m.	No. 15 Michigan	No. 18 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	ABC	L 13–24	84,107
September 6	8:00 p.m.	UCLA	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Las Vegas, NV	CBSSN	L 23–30	36,117
September 6	11:00 p.m.	No. 8 (FCS) UC Davis	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	BTN	W 70-10	65,421
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	6:30 p.m.	Indiana State	No. 22 Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	BTN	W 73–0	46,219
September 12	10:00 p.m.	New Mexico	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	BTN	L 10–35	36,117
September 13	12:00 p.m.	No. 4 Oregon	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	FOX	ORE 34–14	12,023
September 13	12:00 p.m.	Houston Christian	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	FS1	W 59–7	86,292
September 13	12:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	No. 23 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	W 63–3	110,740
September 13	12:00 p.m.	Towson	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD	Peacock	W 44–17	36,780
September 13	12:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 19 Alabama	Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ABC	L 14–38	100,077
September 13	3:30 p.m.^[a]	USC	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	CBS	USC 33–17	58,065
September 13	3:30 p.m.	No. 11 (FCS) Villanova	No. 2 Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	FS1	W 52–6	109,516
September 13	3:30 p.m.	Norfolk State	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	BTN	W 60–10	41,011
September 13	3:30 p.m.	Youngstown State	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	BTN	W 41–24	71,301
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	No. 9 Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	FS1	W 38–0	60,670
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Ohio	No. 1 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	Peacock	W 37–9	105,765
September 13	7:30 p.m.	Massachusetts	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 47–7	69,250
September 13	10:30 p.m.	Minnesota	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	ESPN	L 14–27	38,556
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 13	Washington

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	8:00 p.m.	Iowa	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	FOX	IOWA 38–28	55,942
September 20	12:00 p.m.	Maryland	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	NBC	MARY 27-10	68,547
September 20	3:00 p.m.	Oregon State	No. 6 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Platypus Trophy)	BTN	W 41-7	58,571
September 20	3:30 p.m.	Purdue	No. 24 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	NBC	L 30-56	77,622
September 20	3:30 p.m.	No. 21 Michigan	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	CBS	MICH 30-27	87,278
September 20	7:30 p.m.	Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	CBS	W 59-24	32,952
September 20	7:30 p.m.	No. 9 Illinois	No. 19 Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Illinois–Indiana Rivalry)	NBC	IU 63–10	56,088
September 20	11:00 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 25 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FOX	USC 45–31	67,614
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 20	Minnesota	Northwestern	#1 Ohio State	#2 Penn State	UCLA

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 27	12:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	BTN
September 27†	12:00 p.m.	No. 21 USC	No. 23 Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	FOX
September 27†	3:30 p.m.	No. 11 Indiana	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	Peacock
September 27	3:30 p.m.	No. 1 Ohio State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	CBS
September 27	3:30 p.m.	UCLA	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	BTN
September 27	7:30 p.m.	No. 6 Oregon	No. 3 Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	NBC
^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 27	Maryland	#19 Michigan	Michigan State	Nebraska	Purdue	Wisconsin

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 4†	12:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	FOX
October 4	12:00 p.m.	Illinois	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	BTN
October 4	3:30 p.m.	Penn State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	CBS
October 4	3:30 p.m.	Washington	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD	BTN
October 4†	3:30 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	BTN
October 4†	4:00 p.m.	Michigan State	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	FS1
October 4†	7:30 p.m.	Minnesota	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	NBC
^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 4	Indiana	Iowa	Oregon	Rutgers	USC

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 10†	9:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FS1
October 11†		UCLA	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
October 11†		Purdue	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
October 11		Ohio State	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck)
October 11†		Northwestern	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
October 11		Nebraska	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD
October 11		Michigan	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
October 11†		Iowa	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Heartland Trophy)
October 11		Indiana	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 17	8:00 p.m.	Nebraska	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN ($5 Bits of Broken Chair)	FOX
October 18†	7:30 p.m.	USC	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	NBC
October 18		Washington	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
October 18		Purdue	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL
October 18		Penn State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
October 18†		Oregon	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
October 18		Ohio State	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
October 18†		Michigan State	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)
October 18†		Maryland	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 18	Illinois

Week 9

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 25	Illinois	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
October 25	Michigan	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)
October 25	Minnesota	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Floyd of Rosedale)
October 25	Northwestern	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
October 25†	Rutgers	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
October 25	UCLA	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
October 25†	Wisconsin	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 25	Maryland	Ohio State	Penn State	USC

Week 10

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 1†	Indiana	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD
November 1	Michigan State	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
November 1	Penn State	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (OSU–PSU Rivalry)
November 1	Purdue	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
November 1	Rutgers	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
November 1	USC	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 1	Iowa	Northwestern	Oregon	UCLA	Washington	Wisconsin

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 7	9:00 p.m.	Northwestern	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FOX
November 8		Indiana	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
November 8		Maryland	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
November 8		Nebraska	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
November 8		Ohio State	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
November 8		Oregon	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
November 8		Washington	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 8	Illinois	Michigan	Michigan State	Minnesota

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 14	9:00 p.m.	Minnesota	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FOX
November 15		UCLA	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
November 15		Wisconsin	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
November 15		Purdue	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
November 15		Penn State	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)
November 15		Michigan	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL (George Jewett Trophy)
November 15		Maryland	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
November 15†		Iowa	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 15	Nebraska	Rutgers

Week 13

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 22	Nebraska	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
November 22	Minnesota	Northwestern	Wrigley Field • Chicago, IL
November 22	Washington	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
November 22	USC	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
November 22	Rutgers	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
November 22	Michigan State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
November 22	Michigan	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD
November 22	Illinois	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 22	Indiana	Purdue

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 28	12:00 p.m.	Iowa	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Heroes Game)	CBS
November 28	7:30 p.m.	Indiana	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	NBC
November 29		Oregon	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Oregon–Washington Rivalry)
November 29		Wisconsin	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)
November 29		UCLA	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)
November 29		Penn State	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
November 29	12:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	FOX
November 29		Northwestern	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Land of Lincoln Trophy)
November 29		Maryland	Michigan State	Ford Field • Detroit, MI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Big Ten Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 6	8:00 p.m.			Lucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, IN (Big Ten Championship Game)	FOX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Postseason

Bowl games

Big Ten records vs other conferences

Through September 20, 2025

2025–2026 records against non-conference foes

Power 4 conferences	Record
ACC	2–1
Big 12	2–2
Notre Dame	0–1
SEC	1–2
Power 4 total	5–6

Other FBS conferences	Record
American	1–1
CUSA	3–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	9–0
Mountain West	3–2
Pac-12	2–0
Sun Belt	2–0
Other FBS total	20–3

FCS opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	16–0

Total non-conference record	41-9

Post season

Power 4 conferences	Record
ACC	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Notre Dame	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 4 total	0–0

Other FBS conferences	Record
American	0–0
CUSA	0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0

Other FBS total	0–0
Total bowl record	0–0

Awards and honors

Player of the Week Honors

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special Teams			Freshman
Week	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (September 1) ^[17]	Jayden Maiava	QB	USC	Preston Zachman	S	WIS	Hank Beatty	WR/PR	ILL	Malik Washington	QB	MD
Week 1 (September 1) ^[17]	Jonah Coleman	RB	WAS	Preston Zachman	S	WIS	Hank Beatty	WR/PR	ILL	Malik Washington	QB	MD

Week 2 (September 8) ^[18]	Aidan Chiles	QB	MSU	Jordan Hall	LB	MSU	Spencer Porath	K	PUR	Julian Sayin	QB	OSU
Week 2 (September 8) ^[18]	Jonah Coleman	RB	WAS	Jordan Hall	LB	MSU	Spencer Porath	K	PUR	Julian Sayin	QB	OSU

Week 3 (September 15) ^[19]	Omar Cooper Jr.	WR	IU	Jerry Mixon	LB	ORE	Kaden Wetjen	WR	IA	Bryce Underwood	QB	MICH

Week 4 (September 22) ^[20]	Fernando Mendoza	QB	IU	Daniel Wingate	LB	MD	Kaden Wetjen	WR	IA	Malik Washington	QB	MD
Week 4 (September 22) ^[20]	Demond Williams Jr.	QB	WASH	Daniel Wingate	LB	MD	Dominic Zvada	K	MICH	Malik Washington	QB	MD

Big Ten individual awards

Home attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of capacity
Illinois	Memorial Stadium	60,670	56,040	60,670†
Indiana	Memorial Stadium	52,626	47,109†	43,801	46,219
Iowa	Kinnick Stadium	69,250	69,250	69,250
Maryland	SECU Stadium	51,802	35,067	35,331	36,780†
Michigan	Michigan Stadium	107,601	110,648	110,740†
Michigan State	Spartan Stadium	75,005	71,657†	70,510	71,301
Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium	50,805	47,774†	42,447
Nebraska	Memorial Stadium	85,458	86,439†	86,292
Northwestern	Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium^[b]	12,000^[21]	9,647	12,203†		^[c]	^[c]
Ohio State	Ohio Stadium	102,780	107,524†	100,624	105,765
Oregon	Autzen Stadium	54,000	57,257	57,266†
Penn State	Beaver Stadium	106,572^[22]	106,915	103,817	109,516†			320,248	106,749	100.2%
Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium	61,441	53,984	54,663	58,065†
Rutgers	SHI Stadium	52,454	46,907†	45,981	41,011
UCLA	Rose Bowl	80,816	35,032	36,117†	31,163
USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	77,500	62,841	66,514†
Washington	Husky Stadium	70,138	67,778†	65,421
Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium	76,057^[23]	65,952	70,368†

Bold – At or Exceed capacity
†Season High

↑ The game was initially scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST, but was postponed until 6:45 p.m. EST due to thunderstorms.
↑ Temporary stadium to be used during the construction of the new Ryan Field, set to open in 2026.
1 2 Game to be played at Wrigley Field. Its listed capacity for baseball is 41,649, but does not reflect changes for football.

2026 NFL draft

The following list includes all Big Ten players who were drafted in the 2026 NFL draft

Player	Position	School	Draft round	Round pick	Overall pick	Team

Head coaches

Through September 20, 2025 games

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	B1G record
Illinois	Bret Bielema ^[a]	5	128–81 (.612)	31–23 (.574)	56–38 (.596)
Indiana	Curt Cignetti	2	134–36 (.788)	15–2 (.882)	9–1 (.900)
Iowa	Kirk Ferentz	27	219–146 (.600)	207–125 (.623)	129–88 (.594)
Maryland	Mike Locksley ^[b]	7	39–67 (.368)	37–41 (.474)	17–38 (.309)
Michigan	Sherrone Moore	2	10–6 (.625)	10–6 (.625)	5–4 (.556)
Michigan	Biff Poggi	1 (interim)	8–16 (.333)	2–0 (1.000)	1–0 (1.000)
Michigan State	Jonathan Smith	2	42–43 (.494)	8–8 (.500)	3–7 (.300)
Minnesota	P. J. Fleck	9	90–62 (.592)	60–40 (.600)	34–36 (.486)
Nebraska	Matt Rhule	3	62–57 (.521)	15–14 (.517)	6–13 (.316)
Northwestern	David Braun ^[c]^[d]	3	13–14 (.481)	13–14 (.481)	7–11 (.389)
Ohio State	Ryan Day ^[e]	7	73–10 (.880)	73–10 (.880)	46–5 (.902)
Oregon	Dan Lanning	4	39–6 (.867)	39–6 (.867)	9–0 (1.000)
Penn State	James Franklin	12	128–57 (.692)	104–42 (.712)	64–33 (.660)
Purdue	Barry Odom	1	46–35 (.568)	2–2 (.500)	0–1 (.000)
Rutgers	Greg Schiano ^[f]	17	97–102 (.487)	97–102 (.487)	12–33 (.267)
UCLA	DeShaun Foster	2	5–10 (.333)	5–10 (.333)	3–6 (.333)
UCLA	Tim Skipper (interim)	1	7–7 (.500)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
USC	Lincoln Riley	4	85–24 (.780)	30–14 (.682)	6–5 (.545)
Washington	Jedd Fisch	2	26–29 (.473)	9–7 (.563)	4–5 (.444)
Wisconsin	Luke Fickell ^[g]	3	78–40 (.661)	15–15 (.500)	11–16 (.407)

↑ Bret Bielema coached in the Big Ten from 2006 through 2012 at Wisconsin, going 37–19 in Big Ten play and winning three Big Ten championships.
↑ Mike Locksley served as interim head coach at Maryland in 2015 and coached for six games, going 1–5.^[24]
↑ Pat Fitzgerald was relieved as head coach on July 10, 2023, after allegations of hazing within the Wildcat football program surfaced.^[25]
↑ David Braun was named interim head coach on July 14, 2023.^[26]
↑ Ryan Day served as interim head coach at Ohio State for the first three games of the 2018 season while Urban Meyer served a three-game suspension and went 3–0.^[27]
↑ Greg Schiano served as head coach at Rutgers from 2001 through 2011 then left for the NFL. Following the conclusion of the 2019 season, Schiano returned to Rutgers for his second stint as head coach. The Scarlet Knights competed in the Big East Conference in his previous stay at the school.
↑ Luke Fickell served as interim head coach at Ohio State in 2011, going 6-7 overall and 3-5 in the Big Ten. Fickell took over as coach of Wisconsin for the 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bowl

References

↑ Fornelli, Tom (December 1, 2024). "Purdue fires Ryan Walters". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
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↑ "2025 All Teams Football Recruiting Team Rankings". Rivals.com. March 31, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
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[TrojansWeek3-17] The game was initially scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST, but was postponed until 6:45 p.m. EST due to thunderstorms.

[22] Temporary stadium to be used during the construction of the new Ryan Field, set to open in 2026.

[Wrigley-24] 1 2 Game to be played at Wrigley Field. Its listed capacity for baseball is 41,649, but does not reflect changes for football.

[27] Bret Bielema coached in the Big Ten from 2006 through 2012 at Wisconsin, going 37–19 in Big Ten play and winning three Big Ten championships.

[29] Mike Locksley served as interim head coach at Maryland in 2015 and coached for six games, going 1–5.^[24]

[31] Pat Fitzgerald was relieved as head coach on July 10, 2023, after allegations of hazing within the Wildcat football program surfaced.^[25]

[33] David Braun was named interim head coach on July 14, 2023.^[26]

[35] Ryan Day served as interim head coach at Ohio State for the first three games of the 2018 season while Urban Meyer served a three-game suspension and went 3–0.^[27]

[36] Greg Schiano served as head coach at Rutgers from 2001 through 2011 then left for the NFL. Following the conclusion of the 2019 season, Schiano returned to Rutgers for his second stint as head coach. The Scarlet Knights competed in the Big East Conference in his previous stay at the school.

[37] Luke Fickell served as interim head coach at Ohio State in 2011, going 6-7 overall and 3-5 in the Big Ten. Fickell took over as coach of Wisconsin for the 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bowl

[1] Fornelli, Tom (December 1, 2024). "Purdue fires Ryan Walters". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 12, 2024.

[2] "Barry Odom Named Head Coach of the Purdue Boilermakers". PurdueSports.com. December 8, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.

[3] "2025 All Teams Football Recruiting Team Rankings". Rivals.com. March 31, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.

[4] "2025 Recruit Football Team Rankings". 247Sports.com. March 31, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.

[5] "2025 Industry Football Team Recruiting Rankings". On3.com. March 31, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.

[6] "Penn State picked as 2025 Big Ten favorite in the 15th annual cleveland.com Preseason Big Ten Football Poll". July 21, 2025.

[7] "No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Penn St each place 3 players on Associated Press preseason All-America first team". AP . August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 18, 2025.

[8] "College Football 2025 All-America Team".

[9] "2025 Walter Camp Preseason FBS All-America Teams; 2025 will mark the 136th edition of the nation's oldest college football All-America team".

[10] "ESPN's 2025 preseason college football All-America team". ESPN . August 11, 2025. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[CBS-11] Crosby, Jack (August 13, 2025). "CBS Sports Preseason All-America team: College football's best and brightest entering the 2025 season". CBS Sports . Retrieved August 13, 2025.

[CFN-12] "2025 College Football News All-America First Team".

[13] "PFF's Preseason 2025 All-American Team: Cade Klubnik, Jeremiah Smith and more".

[14] "Sporting News 2025 college football Preseason All-America team".

[15] Forde, Pat (August 21, 2025). "Sports Illustrated's 2025 College Football Preseason All-Americans". SI.com . Retrieved August 21, 2025.

[USAT-16] "USA TODAY Sports preseason All-America team includes Ohio State standout".

[18] "USC, Penn State, UCLA, Michigan and Nebraska Earn Weekly Football Honors". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. September 1, 2025. Retrieved September 1, 2025.

[19] "Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue and Washington Earn Weekly Football Honors". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. September 8, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2025.

[20] "Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Oregon Earn Weekly Football Honors". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.

[21] "Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan and Washington Earn Weekly Football Honors". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 22, 2025.

[23] McKessy, Jack (August 28, 2024). "How Northwestern turned lacrosse field into unique 12,000-seat, lakeside football stadium". USA Today. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

[25] "West Shore Home Field at Beaver". GoPSUSports. Go PSU Sports. August 30, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.

[26] "Camp Randall Stadium" (PDF). Wisconsin Football: 2024 Fact Book. Wisconsin Badgers. August 19, 2024. p. 245. Retrieved September 8, 2024.

[28] "OC Mike Locksley named interim head coach at Maryland". RSN. October 11, 2015.

[30] "Northwestern fires football coach Pat Fitzgerald'". ESPN. July 10, 2023.

[32] Thamel, Pete (July 14, 2023). "Northwestern DC David Braun to be interim coach'". ESPN.

[34] Allen, Paul Myerberg and Kevin (August 22, 2018). "Ohio State suspends football coach Urban Meyer three games: 'I want to apologize'". USA TODAY.

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