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Around the Big Ten, Week 10: Nebraska falls, Illinois on three-game win streak

Every Sunday, after an entire Saturday’s worth of college football, we’ll take a look around the Big Ten. As the conference as a whole fights for respectability in the non-conference, or as its power dynamics shift on a week-to-week basis this fall, we’ll follow every team and try to piece together the puzzle that is the 14-week-long season all the way up until Indianapolis.

Here are the top storylines from Week 10:

Illinois continues to streak

The Fighting Illini are now .500 in the Big Ten after they topped Rutgers (2-7, 0-6) 38-10 in their third straight conference win.