The Big Ten: traditionally a conference of hard-nosed, physical football. No team champions those “Midwestern values” quite like the No. 20 Michigan football team.

But now, the conference spans from sea to shining sea. The Big Ten is a quarterback’s league.

While the Wolverines underwent their bye week, the elite teams separated themselves via elite play under center. Michigan surely spent the week looking inward, but it can’t ignore what happened around the conference either.

Now-No. 2 Oregon took down No. 7 Penn State in double overtime. No. 1 Ohio State fended off Washington on the road after a sluggish 30-plus minutes of football. No. 8 Indiana scored late against Iowa to remain undefeated.

Check the latest Heisman odds list. There’s correlation. Quarterbacks Dante Moore, Julian

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