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Two interceptions. 

Four tackles. 

One Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor. 

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Two interceptions. 
Four tackles. 
One Freshman of the Week honor. 

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ROSEMONT, Ill. – Following Week 3 contests, the Big Ten Conference Football Players of the Week Presented by IFS.ai were announced Monday. Below are this week’s honorees:&nbsp;Offensive Player of the Week Kurtis Rourke, Indiana QB – Sr. – Oakville, Ontario – Holy Trinity<ul><li>Threw for 307 yards on 25-of-33 passing with four touchdowns and zero interceptions</li><li>His 300 yards passing and 25 completions were the most by a Hoosier since 2022, and four touchdown passes were the most by an Indiana signal caller since 2020</li><li>Went 9-for-9 passing on third down for 128 yards with six passes going for a first down and two for touchdowns</li><li>Helped Indiana to its largest margin of victory over a Big Ten opponent since 2019 and its largest margin of victory in a Big Ten road game since 2001</li><li>Last Indiana Offensive Player of the Week: Stevie Scott (Nov. 30, 2020)</li></ul>Defensive Player of the Week Dante Trader Jr. – Maryland DB – Sr. – Delmar, Del. – McDonogh &nbsp;<ul><li>Led the Terps with a career-high tying 11 tackles, an interception and a pass break-up in Maryland's 27-13 win at Virginia</li><li>Helped Maryland’s defense hold the Cavaliers to 0 points and only 82 yards in the second half</li><li>His interception was the fifth of his career</li><li>Last Maryland Defensive Player of the Week: Tarheeb Still (Nov. 13, 2023)</li></ul>Special Teams Player of the Week Atticus Sappington, Oregon K – Jr. – Portland, Ore. – Central Catholic<ul><li>Helped Oregon to a 49-14 win over Oregon State by going 2-for-2 on field goals and 5-for-5 on extra points</li><li>Kicked off eight times with five touchbacks</li><li>Made field goals of 25 and 39 yards</li><li>Last Oregon Special Teams Players of the Week: Tez Johnson (Sept. 9, 2024)</li></ul>Freshman of the Week Kerry Brown, Minnesota DB – Naples, Fla. – Naples<ul><li>Tallied the first two interceptions of his career in a 27-0 win against Nevada and 17 return yards, all on his second interception</li><li>It was the first multi-interception game for a Gopher since 2023</li><li>First Minnesota freshman since at least 1990 to have multiple interceptions in a game</li><li>Both interceptions led directly to 10 Minnesota points</li><li>Finished the game with four tackles and two interceptions as Minnesota limited Nevada to 172 total yards</li><li>Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Zach Evans (Oct. 2, 2023)</li></ul>2024 Big Ten Football Players of the Week Sept. 2 O: Miller Moss, R-Jr., QB, USC D: Kevin Winston Jr., Jr., S, PSU ST: Mateen Bhaghani, So., K, UCLA ST: Dominic Zvada, Jr., K, MICH F: Dylan Raiola, Fr., QB, NEBSept. 9 O: Kyle Monangai, Sr., RB, RU D: Xavier Scott, Jr., DB, ILL ST: Tez Johnson, Sr., WR, ORE F: Nick Marsh, Fr., WR, MSUSept. 16 O: Kurtis Rourke, Sr., QB, IND D: Dante Trader Jr., Sr., DB, MD ST: Atticus Sappington, Jr., K, ORE F: Kerry Brown, R-Fr., DB, MINN

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ROSEMONT, Ill. –&nbsp;In collaboration with its rightsholders, the Big Ten Conference on Monday announced the kickoff times and broadcast designations for Week 4 home football games (Sept. 20-21).The 2024 campaign is the first to feature a full Big Ten lineup on CBS, FOX and NBC, supported by exclusive cable and direct-to-consumer broadcasts on Big Ten Network, FS1 and Peacock. The complete Week 4 schedule can be found below.&nbsp;The weekend begins on Friday, September 20, when No. 24 Nebraska visits Illinois in a game broadcast on FOX. The FOX Big Noon Kickoff matchup on Saturday, September 21, will be No. 3 Ohio State hosting Marshall in their final non-conference tilt. At 3:30pm ET, CBS will broadcast USC’s Big Ten debut when the Trojans visit Ann Arbor to take on the defending College Football Playoff champion Michigan Wolverines. Washington’s first conference game will be broadcast on FS1 when Northwestern visits Montlake at 7pm ET. In primetime on NBC (7:30pm ET), the Floyd of Rosedale rivalry is renewed as Minnesota hosts Iowa.&nbsp;Game times and network designations for non-conference road games will be announced by the home conference.&nbsp;&nbsp;Friday, September 20 8pm ET/7pm CT/5pm PT<ul><li>Illinois at Nebraska – FOX&nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp;Saturday, September 21 12pm ET/11am CT/9am PT<ul><li>Marshall at Ohio State – FOX</li><li>Charlotte at Indiana – Big Ten Network</li><li>Villanova at Maryland – Big Ten Network</li></ul>&nbsp;3:30pm ET/2:30pm CT/12:30pm PT<ul><li>USC at Michigan – CBS</li><li>Kent State at Penn State – Big Ten Network</li></ul>&nbsp;7pm ET/6pm CT/4pm PT<ul><li>Northwestern at Washington – FS1</li></ul>&nbsp;7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT/4:30pm PT<ul><li>Iowa at Minnesota – NBC</li></ul>&nbsp;

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Big Ten Announces Week 4 Kickoff Times and Network Designations

<a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/blte252b21994b02b2a/66df4b2f87ede8bdde9b5796/2024_Week_3_Final.pdf" target="_self">BIG&nbsp;TEN&nbsp;FOOTBALL&nbsp;RELEASE&nbsp;- WEEK 3</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://bigten.org/fb/standings/">STANDINGS</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/bltae17393b9e5c97f4/2024%20FB%20Media%20Guide%207-22.pdf">MEDIA GUIDE</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://bigten.org/fb/schedule/">SCHEDULE</a><ul><li>The Week 3 slate features 14 Big Ten teams in action, including one conference contest. The Big Ten will get its first taste of a pair of in-state, west coast rivalries on Saturday, as Oregon visits Oregon State, while Washington and Washington State meet in the Apple Cup, with both games slated to kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET. UCLA will also play in its first Big Ten Conference game, as the Bruins welcome Indiana to the Rose Bowl on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. ET.</li><li>Twelve of the Big Ten’s 18 teams are mentioned in this week’s AP and US LBM Coaches Polls, announced on Sunday. The AP poll includes No. 3 Ohio State, No. 8 Penn State, No. 9 Oregon, No. 11 USC, No. 17 Michigan, and No. 23 Nebraska, with Illinois, Washington, Iowa, and Wisconsin receiving votes. At No. 2, Ohio State leads seven Big Ten teams in the coaches’ poll (No. 6 Oregon, No. 7 Penn State, No. 11 USC, No. 16 Michigan, No. 22 Washington, and No. 24 Nebraska), while Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, and Indiana also received recognition.</li><li>The Big Ten announced its first Big Ten Football Players of the Week, presented by IFS.ai, on Monday. Rutgers’ Kyle Monangai was named Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for a career high 208 yards and three touchdowns in the Scarlet Knights’ 49-17 win over Rutgers. Monangai became the first Scarlet Knight to rush for 200 yards since Josh Hicks did so in the 2014 Quick Lane Bowl.</li><li>Illinois’ Xavier Scott claimed Defensive Player of the Week honors after totaling eight solo tackles in the Illini’s 23-17 win over Kansas, the team’s highest ranked nonconference win since 1995. Scott also collected two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown, recorded a sack, and sealed the win with a strip sack forced fumble on the game’s final play.</li><li>Oregon’s Tez Johnson returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown in the Ducks’ 37-34 win over Boise State to earn Special Teams Player of the Week honors. Johnson’s touchdown return marked the program’s first punt return for touchdown since 2018 and Oregon’s longest punt return since 2008.</li><li>Michigan’s State’s Nick Marsh was named Freshman of the Week after posting 194 receiving yards on eight catches and a touchdown in the Spartans’ 27-24 win at Maryland. Marsh enters the program record book with the 10th most receiving yards in a single game and second most by a true freshman. After recording just one catch for 11 yards in last week’s collegiate debut, Marsh recorded a pair of 50+ yard receptions, a 77-yard touchdown catch and a 57-yard reception, both coming in the fourth quarter.</li><li>Indiana rewrote its record books in Friday’s 77-3 win over Western Illinois. The 77 points marked the most in program history with a program-record 10 Hoosiers finding the end zone. Indiana also rushed for 335 yards and passed for 378 yards to mark the first time since 2015 the team topped 300 yards rushing and passing in the same game.</li><li>Three Big Ten teams posted shutouts on Saturday, with Minnesota, Ohio State, and USC winning a combined 152-0. The Gophers surrendered just 135 total yard, including 18 rushing yards in a 48-0 win over Rhode Island, while the Buckeyes’ defensive effort held Western Michigan to 91 total yards in the 56-0 win. The Trojans held Utah State to just 10 first downs, as they rolled to a 48-0 triumph.</li><li>The top two teams in the regular season standings will meet in the 2024 Discover Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis, Ind. The game, which will be broadcast on CBS for the first time ever, will be the first in conference history to match the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the overall conference standings.</li></ul>

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Week 3 Football Release (9-9-24)

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Following Week 2 contests, the Big Ten Conference Football Players of the Week Presented by IFS.ai were announced Monday. Below are this week’s honorees:&nbsp;Offensive Player of the Week Kyle Monangai, Rutgers RB – Sr. – Roseland, N.J. – Don Bosco Prep<ul><li>Rushed for a career-high 208 yards in the win over Akron, tying for the 10th-best mark in a game in school history</li><li>Became the first Scarlet Knight to reach 200 rushing yards in a game since 2014</li><li>Marked his fourth straight 100-yard game dating back to 2023, the best Rutgers streak since Jawan Jamison had six consecutive games from 2011-12</li><li>Rushed for three touchdowns for the second time in his career</li><li>Ranks ninth among Rutgers’ career rushing leaders with 2,315 yards</li><li>Last Rutgers Offensive Player of the Week: Kyle Monangai (Sept. 18, 2023)</li></ul>Defensive Player of the Week Xavier Scott, Illinois DB – Jr. – Riviera Beach, Fla. – Dwyer<ul><li>Forced three turnovers in Illinois' 23-17 win over #19 Kansas</li><li>Only player in the nation to force three turnovers in a single game this season</li><li>Collected two interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown, one forced fumble, 1.0 sack and eight solo tackles to lead Illinois to its highest ranked nonconference win since 1995</li><li>Had a game-changing pick-six with :36 seconds left in the first half to give Illinois a 13-10 lead entering halftime</li><li>Recorded the game-ending strip-sack forced fumble on the final play to secure the win</li><li>Last Illinois Defensive Player of the Week: Seth Coleman (Oct. 16, 2023)</li></ul>Special Teams Player of the Week Tez Johnson, Oregon WR – Sr. – Pinson, Ala. – Pinson Valley HS<ul><li>Returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter of Oregon's 37-34 win over Boise State</li><li>First Duck to return a punt for a touchdown since Ugo Amadi in 2018</li><li>Recorded the fifth-longest punt return in program history and longest since the 2008 season</li><li>Finished with 109 punt-return yards, becoming the first Oregon player to go over 100 punt-return yards in a game since 2019</li><li>It was his first career punt return for a touchdown</li></ul>Freshman of the Week Nick Marsh, Michigan State WR – Detroit, Mich. – River Rouge<ul><li>Snared eight catches for 194 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, to help Michigan State beat Maryland on the road in its Big Ten opener</li><li>His 194 receiving yards was the best MSU single-game receiving total against Maryland and only the second 100-yard receiving outing against the Terps, topping the previous mark set in 2021</li><li>It was the 10th-most receiving yards in a single game by a Spartan and the second-most by a true freshman</li><li>Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: Katin Houser (Nov. 20, 2023)</li></ul>2024 Big Ten Football Players of the Week Sept. 2 O: Miller Moss, R-Jr., QB, USC D: Kevin Winston Jr., Jr., S, PSU ST: Mateen Bhaghani, So., K, UCLA ST: Dominic Zvada, Jr., K, MICH F: Dylan Raiola, Fr., QB, NEB Sept. 9 O: Kyle Monangai, Sr., RB, RU D: Xavier Scott, Jr., DB, ILL ST: Tez Johnson, Sr., WR, ORE F: Nick Marsh, Fr., WR, MSU

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Rutgers, Illinois, Oregon and Michigan State Earn Weekly Football Honors

<a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/blt8e88ec4c8d366c43/66d8ae42f787529ca5b3d229/2024_Week_2_Final.pdf" target="_self">BIG&nbsp;TEN&nbsp;FOOTBALL&nbsp;RELEASE&nbsp;- WEEK 2</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://bigten.org/fb/standings/">STANDINGS</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/bltae17393b9e5c97f4/2024%20FB%20Media%20Guide%207-22.pdf">MEDIA GUIDE</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://bigten.org/fb/schedule/">SCHEDULE</a><ul><li>The Big Ten combined to go 17-1 in Week 1 contests. Penn State and UCLA scored road victories, while USC scored in the final minutes to top LSU in Las Vegas.</li><li>Sixteen teams will be in action this week, including Michigan State and Maryland, who will meet in College Park, Md. in the season’s first Big Ten contest. The complete Week 2 schedule is to the right.</li><li>The Big Ten announced its first Big Ten Football Players of the Week, presented by IFS.ai on Monday. USC’s Miller Moss was named Offensive Player of the Week after completing 27 of his 36 attempts for 378 yards and a touchdown in the Trojan’s 27-20 win over LSU.</li><li>Penn State safety Kevin Winston Jr. claimed Defensive Player of the Week honors after matching a career best 12 tackles, including seven solo stops, in the Nittany Lions’ 34-12 victory at West Virginia.</li><li>UCLA’s Mateen Bhaghani and Michigan’s Dominic Zvada shared Special Teams Player of the Week accolades. Bhaghani went 3-3 on field goal attempts, including the game-winning 32-yarder in the final minute to give the Bruins a 16-13 win at Hawaii, while Zvada recorded field goals of 53 and 55 yards, both among the longest in program history in the Wolverines’ 30-10 win over Fresno State.</li><li>Dominic Raiola went 19-of-27 for 238 yards and two touchdowns in Nebraska’s 40-7 season-opening win over UTEP en route to Freshman of the Week honors.</li><li>This week’s college football national schedule features just two top 25 matchups, with one taking place in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the No. 9 Wolverines host No. 4 Texas. This will mark just the second time the Wolverines and Longhorns have met, and the first in the regular season. Texas won the only previous meeting, a 38-37 affair on a last-second field goal in the 91st Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1, 2006.</li><li>Saturday night’s thrilling USC win over LSU was ABC’s most streamed college football game on record and ranked among the top 10 regular season games on ESPN platforms over the last five seasons. More than 9.2 viewers saw the Trojans drive 75 yards in the final two minutes to score the game-winning touchdown. USC’s Miller Moss connected with Kyron Hudson five times for 83 yards, while Woody Marks collected 68 yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns, including the game’s final score with eight seconds to play.</li><li>Purdue’s Hudson Card tied an FBS record for completion percentage in Saturday’s 49-0 win over Indiana State. The senior quarterback completed 24 of 25 passes (96%) for 273 yards and a career-high four touchdowns in the victory.</li><li>Maryland posted its largest margin of victory in a season-opening win against an FBS opponent since 1978 and allowed its fewest points against an FBS opponent in a season-opener since 2001 in Saturday’s 50-7 win over UConn. Quarterback Billy Edwards led the Terps to scoring drives on five of their first six possessions, finishing the day 20-of-27 for 311 yards and two touchdowns. Tai Felton set career bests with seven catches and 178 yards with a pair of touchdowns.</li><li>UCLA overcame a 10-0 halftime deficit to score its 16-13 win at Hawaii on Saturday. Quarterback Ethan Garbers found Rico Flores Jr. for a 39-yard touchdown midway through the third quarter, before Mateen Bhaghani scored the game’s final nine points, including the game-winning 32-yard field goal with 56 seconds to play.</li><li>The top two teams in the regular season standings will meet in the 2024 Discover Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis, Ind. The game, which will be broadcast on CBS for the first time ever, will be the first in conference history to match the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the overall conference standings.</li></ul>

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Week 2 Football Release (9-4-24)

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Following Week 1 contests, the Big Ten Conference Football Players of the Week Presented by IFS.ai were announced Monday. Below are this week’s honorees:&nbsp;Offensive Player of the Week Miller Moss, USC QB – R-Jr. – Los Angeles, Calif. – Bishop Alemany<ul><li>Connected on 27 of his 36 attempts for 378 yards and a touchdown in USC’s 27-20 upset of No. 13 LSU</li><li>Found Ja’Kobi Lane for a 28-yard touchdown with 5:44 left in the fourth quarter</li><li>Led the Trojans down the field on an eight-play, 75-yard drive to help seal the victory</li></ul>Defensive Player of the Week Kevin Winston Jr., Penn State S – Jr. – Columbia, Md. – DeMatha Catholic<ul><li>Tied a career-high with 12 tackles, including seven solo, for his third career double-digit tackle game</li><li>Registered eight of his 12 tackles in the first half against West Virginia</li><li>Had the first forced fumble of his career in the first quarter</li><li>Notched a solo tackle for loss, tying his career mark</li><li>Last Penn State Defensive Player of the Week: Ji'Ayir Brown (Sept. 19, 2022)</li></ul>Co-Special Teams Players of the Week Mateen Bhaghani, UCLA K – So. – San Diego, Calif. – Del Norte<ul><li>Went 3-for-3 on field goal attempts, including a game-winning 32-yarder with less than a minute remaining in UCLA's 16-13 win at Hawai'i</li><li>Also connected from 22 and 37 yards out</li><li>Over three kickoffs, had one touchback and averaged 63.7 yards</li><li>All three field goals came in the second half, helping UCLA overcome a 10-0 halftime deficit</li></ul>Dominic Zvada, Michigan K – Jr. – Chandler, Ariz. – Valley Christian<ul><li>Recorded field goals of 53 and 55 yards in his Wolverine debut, both among the longest field goals in Michigan history</li><li>His 55-yarder in the fourth quarter is the sixth-longest in program history</li><li>Scored nine straight points for the Wolverines</li><li>Last Michigan Special Teams Player of the Week: James Turner (Nov. 27, 2023)</li></ul>Freshman of the Week Dylan Raiola, Nebraska QB – Buford, Ga. – Buford<ul><li>Became the second Nebraska true freshman quarterback to start a season opener since WWII, joining Adrian Martinez who started in 2018 against Colorado</li><li>Completed 19-of-27 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns, including 192 yards before halftime</li><li>Guided the Huskers to touchdown drives on five of his eight drives</li><li>Threw both touchdown passes in the second quarter as Nebraska outscored UTEP, 23-0, as the 23 points were the most by Nebraska in a quarter since 2018</li><li>Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Malcolm Hartzog (Oct. 3, 2022)</li></ul>2024 Big Ten Football Players of the Week Sept. 2 O: Miller Moss, R-Jr., QB, USC D: Kevin Winston Jr., Jr., S, PSU ST: Mateen Bhaghani, So., K, UCLA ST: Dominic Zvada, Jr., K, MICH F: Dylan Raiola, Fr., QB, NEB

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USC, Penn State, UCLA, Michigan and Nebraska Earn Weekly Football Honors

<a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/bltbb50d28745f503ae/66d0c33e198a45265bf1f116/2024_Week_1.pdf" target="_self">BIG&nbsp;TEN&nbsp;FOOTBALL&nbsp;RELEASE&nbsp;- WEEK 1</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://bigten.org/fb/standings/">STANDINGS</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/bltae17393b9e5c97f4/2024%20FB%20Media%20Guide%207-22.pdf" target="_self">MEDIA GUIDE</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://bigten.org/fb/schedule/">SCHEDULE</a>• The Big Ten will have a new look and feel when it kicks off on Thursday, as the league has grown from 14 to 18 teams with the additions of University of Oregon, UCLA, USC, and University of Washington. The four schools officially joined the Big Ten on Aug. 2.• The 128th season of Big Ten football will commence this week, as Rutgers, Minnesota, and Illinois kickoff the season on Thursday. Rutgers welcomes Howard to Piscataway, N.J. at 6 p.m. ET, with the Gophers hosting North Carolina at 8 p.m. ET and the Illini welcoming Eastern Illinois to Memorial Stadium at 9 pm. ET.• Michigan State and Wisconsin will make their debuts on Friday, as the Spartans play host to FIU at 7 p.m. ET, while the Badgers welcome Western Michigan to Madison at 9 p.m. ET. Twelve teams will open the season with Saturday matchups, while USC will meet LSU in Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET.• The 2024 Discover Big Ten Championship Game will be held on Saturday, December 7, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and will be broadcast for the first time on CBS. The winner will represent the conference as the Automatic Qualifier (AQ) to the College Football Playoff.• The conference announced its 13th annual football preseason honors list, a group which featured nine returning All-Big Ten selections. A media panel selected the 12-member preseason list, with student-athletes representing six programs. The full list of honorees can be found on page 3.• The 2024 campaign will feature 115 All-Big Ten honorees (first-, second-, third-team or honorable mention) selected by either the coaches or the media last season, with Ohio State and Penn State leading the way with 16 all-conference returnees each, two more than Iowa. Nebraska returns 10 all-conference performers, while both Michigan and Rutgers claim nine honorees on their 2024 rosters.• The National College Football Awards Association announced the 2024 watch lists July 29-Aug. 13. All 18 schools are represented with Ohio State’s 31 honors leading the way, followed by Michigan’s 22, 19 for Penn State and Oregon with 17. The full list of Big Ten standouts featured on the 2023 NCFAA watch lists can be found on page 2.• In addition to the four coaches leading the Big Ten’s newest teams, Dan Lanning (ORE), DeShaun Foster (UCLA), Lincoln Riley (USC), and Jedd Fisch (WASH), the Big Ten will also welcome three new coaches to the sidelines for the 2024 campaign in Indiana’s Curt Cignetti, Michigan’s Sherrone Moore, and Michigan State’s Jonathan Smith.• The Big Ten finished last season with four teams ranked in the AP Top 25, tied for the third-most of any conference, including a pair of teams ranked in the top 10. The 2024 AP Preseason Poll also features six Big Ten teams in No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Oregon, No. 8 Penn State, No. 9 Michigan, No. 23 USC, and No. 25 Iowa, while Nebraska, Washington, and Wisconsin received votes.• After topping Iowa 26-0 in the 2023 Big Ten Championship game at Lucas Oil Field, Michigan went on to claim the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship with a 34-13 win over Washington.Big Ten Football Week 1 Schedule<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Matchup</th><th>Time (ET)</th><th>Location</th><th>TV</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Thursday, Aug. 29</td><td>Howard at Rutgers</td><td>6 p.m.</td><td>Piscataway, N.J.</td><td>Big Ten Network</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>North Carolina at Minnesota</td><td>8 p.m.</td><td>Minneapolis, Minn.</td><td>FOX</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Eastern Illinois at Illinois</td><td>9 p.m.</td><td>Champaign, Ill.</td><td>Big Ten Network</td></tr><tr><td>Friday, Aug. 30</td><td>FAU at Michigan State</td><td>7 p.m.</td><td>East Lansing, Mich.</td><td>Big Ten Network</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Western Michigan at Wisconsin</td><td>9 p.m.</td><td>Madison, Wis.</td><td>FS1</td></tr><tr><td>Saturday, Aug. 31</td><td>Penn State at West Virginia</td><td>Noon</td><td>Morgantown, W. Va.</td><td>FOX</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Indiana State at Purdue</td><td>Noon</td><td>West Lafayette, Ind.</td><td>Big Ten Network</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Illinois State at Iowa</td><td>Noon</td><td>Iowa City, Iowa</td><td>Big Ten Network</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Connecticut at Maryland</td><td>Noon</td><td>College Park, Md.</td><td>FS1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>FIU at Indiana</td><td>3:30 p.m.</td><td>Bloomington, Ind.</td><td>Big Ten Network</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Akron at Ohio State</td><td>3:30 p.m.</td><td>Columbus, Ohio</td><td>CBS</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Miami (OH) at Northwestern</td><td>3:30 p.m.</td><td>Evanston, Ill.</td><td>Big Ten Network</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>UTEP at Nebraska</td><td>3:30 p.m.</td><td>Lincoln, Neb.</td><td>FOX</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Idaho at Oregon</td><td>7:30 p.m.</td><td>Eugene, Ore.</td><td>Big Ten Network</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Fresno State at Michigan</td><td>7:30 p.m.</td><td>Ann Arbor, Mich.</td><td>NBC</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>UCLA at Hawaii</td><td>7:30 p.m.</td><td>Honolulu, Hawaii</td><td>CBS</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Weber State at Washington</td><td>11:00 p.m.</td><td>Seattle, Wash.</td><td>Big Ten Network</td></tr><tr><td>Sunday, Sept. 1</td><td>USC vs. LSU</td><td>7:30 p.m.</td><td>Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nev.</td><td>ABC</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Week 1 Football Release (Aug. 27, 2024)

<a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/blt2bf0c27b5714240c/66cc95d319b683cdf2088edf/2024_Big_Ten_Football_Tiebreaker_-_FINAL[10][72].pdf" target="_self">OFFICIAL TIEBREAKING PROCEDURES</a> ROSEMONT, Ill. (Aug. 26, 2024) —&nbsp;The Big Ten Conference on Monday announced new football tiebreaking procedures for the 2024 Discover Big Ten Championship Game, the first in Big Ten history to match the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the overall conference standings.&nbsp; If two teams are tied in the Big Ten standings (conference games only) the following steps will be taken until a determination is made (condensed version below with full version listed <a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/blt2bf0c27b5714240c/66cc95d319b683cdf2088edf/2024_Big_Ten_Football_Tiebreaker_-_FINAL[10][72].pdf" target="_self">here</a>): <ol><li>The tied teams will be compared based on head-to-head matchups during the regular season.</li><li>The tied teams will be compared based on record against all common conference opponents.</li><li>The tied teams will be compared based on record against common opponents with the best conference record and proceeding through the common conference opponents based on their order of finish within the conference standings.</li><li>The tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents.</li><li>The representative will be chosen based on the highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) following the regular season.</li><li>The representative will be chosen by random draw among the tied teams conducted by the Commissioner or designee.</li></ol>For Additional information, including the process for three-or-more tied teams, click <a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/blt2bf0c27b5714240c/66cc95d319b683cdf2088edf/2024_Big_Ten_Football_Tiebreaker_-_FINAL[10][72].pdf" target="_self">here</a>. The 2024 Discover Big Ten Championship Game will be held on Saturday, December 7, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and will be broadcast for the first time on CBS. The winner will represent the conference as the Automatic Qualifier (AQ) to the College Football Playoff. The Big Ten Football season kicks off this weekend with all 18 teams in action, beginning with three contests on Thursday evening, two on Friday, 12 on Saturday and one on Sunday. The 2024 campaign will be the first to feature a full slate of Big Ten games on three broadcast networks (CBS, FOX, NBC) supported by exclusive cable and streaming coverage all season on Big Ten Network, FS1 and Peacock.

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Big Ten Announces New Football Tiebreaking Procedures

ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference today officially admitted the University of Oregon, UCLA, USC and the University of Washington, bringing the total number of member institutions to 18. Competition will begin this season for all conference sports.“We are excited today to officially welcome the University of Oregon, UCLA, USC and the University of Washington to the Big Ten Conference,” said Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti. “All four institutions feature a combination of world class academics and athletics that are a great fit for our conference, and we look forward to building long-lasting relationships with the administrators, coaches, student-athletes, alumni and fans.”On June 30, 2022, the Big Ten’s Council of Presidents/Chancellors (COP/C) voted unanimously to admit the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Southern California (USC). A little more than a year later, on August 4, 2023, the COP/C voted unanimously once more to admit the University of Oregon and the University of Washington, with all four schools joining the Conference on August 2, 2024.Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington are all members of the Association of American Universities, an organization of American research institutions devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. Today, they also become members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance, where Big Ten institutions lead the nation with more than 75,000 instructional staff, 810,000 students, $17.4 billion in annual research expenditures, and 145 million library volumes, representing 25 percent of all print titles in North America. Collaboration through the Big Ten Academic Alliance allows the universities to work more effectively and efficiently by, among other things, sharing a high-speed fiber optic network, offering an array of leadership development programs, building shared infrastructure, and seamlessly sharing library resources.Athletically, Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington have won a combined 302 NCAA team championships and have 49 Olympians on Team USA at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games. On the football field, they’ve combined for 10 Heisman Trophies, 73 College Football Hall of Famers, 41 Rose Bowl championships and 173 First Round NFL draft picks, including six this year.The University of Oregon is a Carnegie R1 research university and a member of the Association of American Universities. The Oregon faculty includes a Nobel Prize winner, a MacArthur fellow, a pair of National Medal of Science winners and a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. Oregon has more than 500 student-athletes competing in 20 sports and have taken home 38 national championships, including men’s basketball, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track &amp; field men’s and women’s cross country, men’s golf, acrobatics and tumbling.UCLA has been ranked the nation’s No. 1 public university for seven years in a row by U.S. News &amp; World Report and is known worldwide for the breadth and quality of its academic, research, health care, cultural, continuing education and athletics programs. UCLA is the most applied-to university in the country. UCLA Athletics has more than 700 student-athletes competing in 25 sports and has won 123 NCAA national championships, the second most in the country.University of Southern California (USC) is a prestigious private research university offering more than 350-degree programs excelling in education, the arts, business, engineering and sciences, as well as in research innovation and healthcare. Sponsoring 23 sports, USC has a long tradition of successful Olympic athletes, boasting more Olympians, medalists and gold medalists than any school in the country. Entering 2024-25, the Trojan teams have won 113 national championships.The University of Washington has been recognized as the No. 1 most innovative public university in the world and recently tied for seventh on the U.S. News &amp; World Report’s Best Global Universities rankings and second among U.S. public institutions. Washington receives more federal research dollars than any other U.S. public university and has been home to seven Nobel Prize winners. In athletics, the Huskies 650 student-athletes compete in 22 sports and have won national championships in football, women’s cross country, men’s rowing, women’s rowing, softball, women’s volleyball and women’s golf. The department annually finishes among the top schools in the nation in the NACDA Director’s Cup.The Big Ten Conference is an association of 18 world-class universities whose member institutions share a common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate teaching and public service. Founded in 1896, Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics in the lives of students competing in intercollegiate athletics and emphasize the values of integrity, fairness and competitiveness. The Big Ten sponsors 28 official conference sports, 14 for men and 14 for women.The Big Ten Network will celebrate the new schools throughout the day Friday, beginning with four hours of classic games, a special one-hour edition of B1G Today, original B1G Moment and B1G Trailblazers programming for each institution, and the Washington edition of BTN’s Football Training Camp Tour in Seattle. Additionally, the Big Ten Conference will debut an updated version of its fan-favorite “Maps” commercial that will include its four new members.

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