The Big Ten’s top two games of the week have teams going on the road for nonconference matchups as No. 15 Michigan visits No. 18 Oklahoma and Iowa heads to No. 16 Iowa State. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz’s next win would be his 206th and would enable him to overtake Woody Hayes for the most in Big Ten history. Southern California quarterback Jayden Maiava is coming off a spectacular season-opening performance as he prepares to lead the Trojans at Purdue in their Big Ten opener.
Things to watch this week in the Big Ten:
Game of the week
No. 15 Michigan (1-0) at No. 18 Oklahoma (1-0), Saturday, 7:45 p.m. EDT (ABC)
This is the first regular-season matchup between these traditional powers. Their only previous meeting came when Oklahoma capped its 1975 national championship season by beating Mic