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Around the Big Ten, Week 11: Minnesota leads the West, Illinois is going bowling

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 11:

Minnesota tops No. 4 Penn State

The Gophers snagged their first win over a top five team in 20 years by beating undefeated Penn State to advance to 9-0.