This week’s Big Ten slate features marquee matchups in each time slot on Saturday: No. 1 Ohio State at No. 17 Illinois at noon, a top-10 showdown between Oregon and Indiana at 3:30 and No. 15 Michigan at USC at 7:30. Four other teams will be looking for their first league win, including, surprisingly, Penn State.
As always, MLive’s college football writers make their picks against the spread for each Big Ten game. Here are the standings through five weeks:
Aaron McMann: 38-23
Jacob Richman: 37-24
Andrew Kahn: 28-33
Ryan Zuke: 26-35
Matt Wenzel: 24-37
This week’s games, which are on Saturday unless otherwise noted, are below. Kickoff times are Eastern and odds are courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook .
Rutgers at Washington
When: Friday, 9 p.m.
TV: FS1 | Fubo (free trial) | Dire