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here.
Week 5, Saturday, October 1:
- Illinois at Wisconsin, TBD, TBD
- Michigan at Iowa, TBD, TBD
- Indiana at Nebraska, TBD, TBD
- Michigan State at Maryland, TBD, TBD
- Northwestern at Penn State, TBD, TBD
- Purdue at Minnesota, noon, TBD
- Rutgers at Ohio State, 3:30pm, TBD
This is the first weekend of the season with a full slate of league games. All 14 teams are playing a league game on October 1.
Michigan at Iowa looks like the obvious headliner at this point. It is both Michigan's first road game of the year and likely their first game against an opponent with a chance so it will be, for all practical purposes, our first look at the Wolverines. Iowa will have already played ISU but I have no idea how good the Cyclones will be so this might be our first serious look at the Hawkeyes as well. Both teams should be 4-0 heading into this tilt so it will likely get high-end TV treatment as a top-10ish match.
Week 6:
Friday, October 7:
- Nebraska at Rutgers, 7pm, FS1
Saturday, October 8:
- Iowa at Illinois, TBD, TBD
- Wisconsin at Northwestern, TBD, TBD
- Purdue at Maryland, TBD, TBD
- Ohio State at Michigan State, TBD, TBD
- Michigan at Indiana, noon, TBD
- Penn State and Minnesota are off
With the exception of PSU and MN taking the week off, this is another full slate of league games. Ohio State at Michigan State looks to be the headliner but that could change between now and then. Iowa and Michigan each face a potential trap game coming off of their big match in Iowa City on 10/1. Both are on the road this week.
Week 7, Saturday, October 15:
- Nebraska at Purdue, TBD, TBD
- Maryland at Indiana, TBD, TBD
- Penn State at Michigan, TBD, TBD
- Wisconsin at Michigan State, TBD, TBD
- Minnesota at Illinois, noon, TBD
- Rutgers, Ohio State, Northwestern, and Iowa are off
We have five league games on October 15 with PSU at M as the likely headliner but UW/MSU could be big as well. I'm not sure who decided to give the Spartans tOSU and UW back-to-back but I'm pretty sure it wasn't
@ELA or any other MSU fan, more likely a Michigan fan.
Week 8, Saturday, October 22:
- Iowa at Ohio State, TBD, TBD
- Indiana at Rutgers, noon, TBD
- Purdue at Wisconsin, 3:30pm, TBD
- Northwestern at Maryland, 3:30pm, TBD
- Minnesota at Penn State, 7:30pm, TBD
- Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois, and Nebraska are off
We have five league games on October 22 and this could be a week that really clarifies both divisional races. Iowa/Ohio State is the likely headliner but the PU/UW tilt could be decisive in the B1G-W and the MN/PSU game could easily impact both divisional races.
