A look at Week 3 SP+ projections for Big Ten football

Photos from IU football's 55-0 win against Howard at Memorial Stadium.

Big Ten conference play kicks off this weekend with USC at Rutgers and Purdue at UCLA.

The remainder of the league will continue non-conference play with one game on Friday night and the rest of the matchups on Saturday.

The most notable games this weekend outside of the two conference matchups are Colorado at Northwestern, Michigan State at Notre Dame and Virginia Tech at Maryland.

All 18 Big Ten programs are in action this weekend after Northwestern had a bye in Week 2.

Here’s a look at SP+ projections for Week 3 games featuring Big Ten programs:

(All final score projections are rounded.)

Portland State at Oregon (Friday, 10:30 p.m. ET, BTN)

Projected score: Oregon 72, Portland State 0
Projected margin: Oregon by 71.7
Win probability: 100 percent

Kent State at Ohio State (Saturday, 12 p.m. ET, FOX)

Projected score: Ohio State 53, Kent State 0
Projected margin: Ohio State by 53.2
Win probability: 100 percent

Akron at Minnesota (Saturday, 12 p.m. ET, BTN)

Projected score: Minnesota 36, Akron 10
Projected margin: Minnesota by 25.8
Win probability: 95 percent

Southern Illinois at Illinois (Saturday, 2 p.m. ET, Peacock)

Projected score: Illinois 44, Southern Illinois 13
Projected margin: Illinois by 31.1
Win probability: 97 percent

USC at Rutgers (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS)

Projected score: USC 39, Rutgers 19
Projected margin: USC by 19.8
Win probability: 89 percent

UTEP at Michigan (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, BTN)

Projected score: Michigan 40, UTEP 8
Projected margin: Michigan by 32.5
Win probability: 98 percent

Western Kentucky at Indiana (Saturday, 4 p.m. ET, Peacock)

Projected score: Indiana 48, Western Kentucky 8
Projected margin: Indiana by 41.2
Win probability: 100 percent

Northern Iowa at Iowa (Saturday, 4 p.m. ET, FS1)

Projected score: Iowa 47, Northern Iowa 3
Projected margin: Iowa by 44.4
Win probability: 100 percent

North Dakota at Nebraska (Saturday, 7:15 p.m. ET, BTN)

Projected score: Nebraska 42, North Dakota 19
Projected margin: Nebraska by 23.1
Win probability: 93 percent

Eastern Washington at Washington (Saturday, 7:15 p.m. ET, BTN)

Projected score: Washington 50, Eastern Washington 5
Projected margin: Washington by 44.9
Win probability: 100 percent

Michigan State at Notre Dame (Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC)

Projected score: Notre Dame 41, Michigan State 13
Projected margin: Notre Dame by 27.9
Win probability: 96 percent

Colorado at Northwestern (Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET, FOX)

Projected score: Northwestern 28, Colorado 21
Projected margin: Northwestern by 6.6
Win probability: 66 percent

Virginia Tech at Maryland (Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET, FS1)

Projected score: Virginia Tech 26, Maryland 25
Projected margin: Virginia Tech by 1.5
Win probability: 54 percent

Purdue at UCLA (Saturday, 11 p.m. ET, BTN)

Projected score: UCLA 33, Purdue 20
Projected margin: UCLA by 12.8
Win probability: 79 percent

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