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Big Ten Post-Week 5 Power Rankings

Michigan State Spartans In what was the best weekend of football the Big Ten has experienced all season, some order appeared to be restored. Iowa and Penn State both posted huge wins in league openers, indicating that the...

33 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Week 5 Preview: Match-Ups, Upset Picks and Storylines to Watch

Michigan State Spartans The final weekend of college football action in September certainly won't win many awards for the best slate of games. The Week 5 schedule features some intriguing games (Ohio State-Michigan State)...

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Michigan State Spartans Preview and Prediction

Michigan State Spartans The Big Ten has an easy target for criticism through the first four weeks of the season. The conference doesn’t have a team ranked inside of the top 10 and the lack of a marquee win in non-confer...

33 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Michigan State Spartans, Ohio State Buckeyes

Big Ten Week 5 Preview and Predictions

Michigan State Spartans The Big Ten is having a rough year. Possibly its worst of the BCS era. But that doesn't mean there isn't great football still left on the schedule. Conference play begins this weekend with a trio o...

College Football: Big Ten Facing Worst Season of BCS Era

Michigan State Spartans The Big Ten has two non-conference games remaining on the schedule: Marshall will visit Purdue this weekend, and Indiana will visit Navy on Oct. 20. Otherwise, Big Ten may breathe a sigh of relief ...

33 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

Big Ten Post-Week 4 Power Rankings

Michigan State Spartans Big Ten fans have to be ecstatic that conference play is beginning this weekend. This has been a non-conference season from hell that can't end fast enough for most Midwestern college football fans...

34 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Week 4 Preview: Match-Ups, Upset Picks and Storylines to Watch

Michigan State Spartans College football's Week 4 slate doesn't feature a ton of huge matchups, but there's plenty of impact games. Florida State-Clemson is a marquee ACC battle between two top-10 teams, while Michigan tr...

Nebraska Football: Are the Cornhuskers the Best Team in the Big Ten?

Michigan State Spartans It's early, but it's not a stretch to say the Big Ten has been one of the most disappointing conferences in college football. Michigan wasn't competitive in its season opener against Alabama, Nebra...

34 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers

Big Ten Week 4 Preview and Predictions

Michigan State Spartans Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue, Iowa and Penn State all bounced back in Week 3 with wins. The problem, however, is that Utah State was the best win of the bunch and it took a missed field go...

34 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

Big Ten Post-Week 3 Power Rankings

Michigan State Spartans After two concerning weeks of play in the Big Ten, the league watched many of its teams bounce back with easy wins. It finished 10-2 this week with losses to Notre Dame and Ball State, but what was...

35 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Week 3 Preview: Match-Ups, Upset Picks and Storylines to Watch

Michigan State Spartans College football's Week 3 slate is full of interesting action. Arkansas had a surprising defeat to Louisiana-Monroe last week but has a chance to knock off No. 1 Alabama this Saturday. The Razorbac...

College Football Predictions: 10 Key Games in Week 3

Michigan State Spartans College football’s third week of action features a huge showdown in the SEC East, a big matchup with Michigan State and Notre Dame and Thursday night clash between to Big East title hopefu...

35 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Football, ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Jordan Wynn, Justin Hunter, Le'Veon Bell, Mike Gillislee, Perry Hills, Tyler Bray, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, BYU Cougars, Florida Gators, Michigan State Spartans, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Tennessee Volunteers

Big Ten Week 3 Preview and Predictions

Michigan State Spartans Week 2 wasn't any better than Week 1 for Big Ten fans. In fact, it was much worse. As stated in the weekly Big Ten recap, the league is 2-7 against BCS conference teams and Notre Dame. Those two wi...

2012 Heisman Trophy Voting: Post-Week 2

Michigan State Spartans Each week, the Athlon editors vote on the most prestigious award in all of college football. An eight-man conglomerate of college football gurus from Athlon Sports voted this week for their top Hei...

Big Ten Post-Week 2 Power Rankings

Michigan State Spartans It could be a long year in Big Ten country. The league went 5-6 this weekend against FBS competition and 0-3 against the Pac-12. Teams that were considered Big Ten title contenders, Nebraska and Wi...

36 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

Big Ten Week 2 Preview and Predictions

Michigan State Spartans Things didn't exactly play out the way most expected in Week 1 of the Big Ten season. Penn State's emotional roller coaster continued and doesn't look to be slowing anytime soon. Wisconsin, Iowa, N...

36 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

Big Ten Post-Week 1 Power Rankings

Michigan State Spartans The Big Ten had a few marquee showdowns in Week 1 and a whole schedule of mid-major opponents and FCS snoozers. However, this weekend was anything but boring for the Big Ten. Penn State's firs...

37 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Week 1 Recap: Three and Out

Michigan State Spartans The names and faces change, but sometimes the results don’t. At least that’s what people in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Eugene, Ore., learned after the first weekend of college football. Alabama...

37 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, Florida Gators, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio Bobcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Penn State Nittany Lions

Big Ten Week 1 Preview and Predictions

Michigan State Spartans It has certainly been a tumultuous offseason for the Big Ten. Jim Delany battled Mike Slive in playoff negotiations that completely restructed the way college football determines a national champio...

37 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Countdown: By the Numbers

Michigan State Spartans Are you as ready for college football to start as we are at Athlon? Our daily countdown will take us right up to kickoff on August 30. Some days our number might represent an All-America player, a ...

37 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Cal Bears, Clemson Tigers, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Kansas State Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, LSU Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oregon Ducks, Penn State Nittany Lions, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Carolina Gamecocks, South Florida Bulls, Stanford Cardinal, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Vanderbilt Commodores, Virginia Tech Hokies, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football Coaches Talk Anonymously About Top 25 Teams

Michigan State Spartans It's not easy getting college football coaches to honestly comment on another coach, player or team. Most coaches don't want to give opposing teams billboard material, which is why there ...

38 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Boise State Broncos, Clemson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Louisville Cardinals, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oregon Ducks, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, Virginia Tech Hokies, Washington Huskies, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football's Pivotal Players: Seven for the Big Ten

Michigan State Spartans On Monday, teams around the nation will move from preseason camp mode and into game-week preparation. We’re starting to see coaches name starting quarterbacks and settle on position battles....

38 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football's Top 25 Linebackers for 2012

Michigan State Spartans Notre Dame's Manti Te'o was expected to be a first-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft but made a surprising decision to return back to South Bend for one more year. Te'o is one of college football's ...

10 First-Year Starting QBs Who Could Win College Football's National Title

Michigan State Spartans When predicting college football’s national champion, experience at quarterback is usually one of the most important factors to consider. However, is it time to reconsider how important experienc...

38 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Auburn Tigers, Boise State Broncos, Florida Gators, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oregon Ducks, Stanford Cardinal, Texas Longhorns

College Football's Top Defensive Linemen for 2012

Michigan State Spartans Winning the battle in the trenches is crucial to claiming college football's national championship. The SEC has claimed six consecutive national titles, so it should come as no surprise this confer...

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