We’re at least a quarter of the way through the college football season for all of the teams in the Big Ten. While the Michigan Wolverines were on a bye this week, the Oregon Ducks beat the Penn State Nittany Lions in Happy Valley in overtime. It was a season-defining game for both teams as Penn State was once the favorite to win the Big Ten and a top contender for winning the national championship.

As we have a bit of data now and teams have started to take shape against quality competition (for the most part), let’s evaluate each Big Ten program’s shot at making the playoffs at season’s end. • No 18 – UCLA Bruins • No. 17 – Purdue Boilermakers

UCLA is 0-4 and fired its head coach. Purdue lost to Notre Dame by 24 and still has three Top-25 teams on the schedule. Neither of these tea

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