The Big Ten has sent a team to the College Football Playoff in each of the last two seasons, but to keep that streak alive in 2016, its top contenders will need to avoid these five trap games.
Michigan State will be susceptible thanks to an oddly placed nonconference matchup in early October. Ohio State will be vulnerable during a tough four-game stretch of prime-time games midway through the Big Ten season. Jim Harbaugh and Michigan, whose schedule is backloaded with conference heavyweights, have a sneaky matchup squeezed in between showdowns with Iowa and Ohio State.
None of these games will draw the biggest pregame interest, but they all have the ability to completely derail a Big Ten contender's season.