The Big Ten has announced a kickoff time and TV allotment for next week's game between Ohio State and Rutgers.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/minnesota as Gap between Minnesota and the top tier of the Big Ten is only getting wider.

Michigan’s culture is embedded so deeply in the Big Ten's reputation that to extract the school would lessen both entities.

Notre Dame’s win and results in the SEC combined to undermine the Big 12’s hopes for receiving an at-large berth to the playoff.

No. 18 Michigan football is 7-2 and has a clear opportunity in front of them: If the Wolverines win out, they are likely to secure a spot in the College Footbal

The situation has some at Michigan questioning the future of the school’s 129-year relationship with the Big Ten.

The four former Pac-12 schools finished toward the middle and bottom of the Big Ten in rushing last season. That isn’t the case this year.

These fans haven't let the extra travel and headaches associated with watching the Ducks play Big Ten road games get in their way.

The Huskies (6-3, 3-3 Big Ten) and Boilermakers (2-8, 0-7) meet for the first time since the 2002 Sun Bowl. Washington tries to recover after a stunning 13-10 setback at Wisconsin. Purdue is mired in a school-record 16-game conference slide.

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