A look at the half-dozen teams still with a legitimate shot at competing for the Big Ten title in Indianapolis

The top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes were idle due to a bye week, but the rest of the Big Ten saw a lot of action as part of college football’s Week 9 slate of ga

Josh Pate defends SEC's nine ranked teams while proposing a compelling theory: Big Ten might have the three best teams in the country while SEC dominates the rest of the rankings

Michigan State forward Tommi Mannisto was named the Big Ten's First Star of the Week. Mannisto's five-point weekend helped the Spartans to a road sweep of Northern Michigan. He's tied for the conference lead in points and goals last week, matching teammate Tiernan Shoudy.

Big Ten basketball teams were certainly busy in the transfer portal. We asked beat reporters which transfers will have biggest impact in 2025-26.

Based on records to date, the Big Ten has five options for a fourth bid: Iowa, Nebraska, Washington, USC and Michigan. They have the same number of losses (two) but different resumes. Our assessment of their CFP prospects, from best to worst:

Free Press sports writer Michael Cohen looks ahead to Michigan’s game against Iowa in the Big Ten championship on Saturday.

Nine teams entered Week 9 with zero or one loss in conference, but only six remain with one-third of the regular season remaining.

Purdue's basketball team is aiming for a national championship this season, building on their recent successes under coach Matt Painter.

The Nittany Lions will have seven matches on the conference’s television network with four others streaming on Big Ten Plus.

As we do every week, our writers take turns picking all the Big Ten and five other biggest college football games straight up and against the spread.