The conference that called off fall football in August, only to reverse course a month later, kicks off a nine-week season with no breaks and five teams already in the AP Top 25.
No. 14 Wisconsin and Illinois get things rolling Friday night at Camp Randall Stadium. “Jump Around” won’t be the same between the third and fourth quarters without fans in the stands, but with a high of 49 degrees and showers forecast for Madison, it will be a perfect setting for Badgers-style bully ball.
No schools pushed harder for the Big Ten to play through the pandemic than Ohio State and Nebraska.