The 2026 Big Ten football schedule marches on this weekend with one of its most anticipated regular-season matchups.
On Saturday, Indiana will host Ohio State at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington in a contest that will put the winner in prime position to reach the Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis in early December.
Last weekend’s slate featured Indiana’s narrow win at Nebraska, UCLA’s win over Oregon at Autzen Stadium and Iowa’s win at Washington.
Four Big Ten teams are on a bye this week – Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and USC.
Here’s a look at SP+ projections for Week 7 games featuring Big Ten programs:
(All final score projections are rounded.)
Washington at Purdue (Friday, 8 p.m. ET, FOX)
Projected score: Washington 29, Purdue 26
Projected margin: Washington by 3
Win probability: 57 percent
Northwestern at Michigan State (Saturday, 12 p.m. ET, Peacock/NBCSN)
Projected score: Northwestern 34, Michigan State 19
Projected margin: Northwestern by 14.3
Win probability: 81 percent
Ohio State at Indiana (Saturday, 12 p.m. ET, FOX)
Projected score: Pick ’em
Projected margin: Ohio State by 0.2
Win probability: 51 percent
Rutgers at Maryland (Saturday, 12:30 p.m. ET, BTN)
Projected score: Maryland 33, Rutgers 27
Projected margin: Maryland by 5.9
Win probability: 64 percent
Penn State at Michigan (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS)
Projected score: Michigan 26, Penn State 20
Projected margin: Michigan by 6
Win probability: 65 percent
Wisconsin at UCLA (Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC)
Projected score: UCLA 27, Wisconsin 20
Projected margin: UCLA by 7.2
Win probability: 68 percent
Nebraska at Oregon (Saturday, 11 p.m. ET, FOX)
Projected score: Oregon 30, Nebraska 24
Projected margin: Oregon by 6.6
Win probability: 66 percent
