As is usually the case, Big Ten’s East division continues to be by far the stronger of the conference’s two sides. There currently are three teams in that division in the top ten of the national rankings, though after today there will likely only be two.
That is because the 5th-ranked Michigan Wolverines will host the tenth-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions today. FOX picked up this game as their “Big Noon Saturday” contest, putting it squarely in the early slate of games and robbing college football fans of a prime time top-ten matchup.
With both of those teams yet to play #2 Ohio State, this game should set up as a battle for the right to challenge the Buckeyes for the top spot in the East.