Noah Coffman: Northwestern 30, Minnesota 17
I just can’t pick against Northwestern anymore. If they lose this week, you can all feel free to blame me. But this Minnesota team has serious issues, and despite last week’s beatdown of Nebraska (probably more of an aberration than anything in a Big Ten season full of them), it will be very difficult for it to pull off the upset this week. The Gophers should be able to keep it close against a Northwestern team that hasn’t shown an ability to pull away from anyone outside of Bowling Green, and Tyler Johnson should have a big game, but the Wildcats won’t have much trouble coming away with this one in the end.