Opening Odds and Game Preview: #7 Purdue at #25 Illinois

The Big Ten has officially started.

While Purdue has to be disappointed with two early upsets in the conference schedule, including a home loss against Wisconsin, the Fighting Illini are undefeated in conference play after beating an undermanned Michigan team on Friday night.

The two teams came in as the biggest favorites in the conference. While Illinois has yet to lose to a Big Ten team, they’ve also failed to live up to their non-conference schedule. They dropped games to Marquette, Cincinnati, and Arizona in between winning their first six Big Ten games.

For Purdue, they crushed the non-conference portion of their schedule. They took the Hall of Fame Tip-Off tournament with wins over North…