• Week six of the 2025 college football season features six games, including five tilts between Big Ten Conference opponents. Action kicks off on Saturday when Wisconsin travels to the Big House to take on Michigan at noon ET on FOX. Indiana, Iowa, Oregon, Rutgers and USC will enjoy byes this week, with the complete schedule appearing to the right.
• Eleven of the Big Ten’s 18 teams are mentioned in this week’s AP or US LBM Coaches Polls, announced on Sunday. The AP poll includes No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Oregon, No. 7 Penn State, No. 8 Indiana, No. 20 Michigan and No. 22 Illinois, with Maryland and USC receiving votes. At No. 1, Ohio State leads 10 Big Ten teams in the coaches’ poll (No. 2 Oregon, No. 6 Penn State, No. 9 Indiana, No. 20 Michigan, No. 22 Illinois), while Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska and Washington also received recognition.
• Four Big Ten teams remain undefeated through five weeks of the 2025 season. Indiana, Maryland, Ohio State and Oregon rank among the 20 NCAA FBS teams sporting perfect records entering Week Six.
• The Big Ten announced its Football Players of the Week, presented by IFS.ai on Monday, with Illinois’ Luke Altmyer and Oregon’s Dante Moore sharing Offensive Player of the Week honors.
• Altmyer accounted for four touchdowns and 359 yards of offense in No. 23 Illinois’ 34-32 win against No. 21 USC, becoming the first player to have 300+ passing yards, a passing, rushing, and receiving touchdown in a Big Ten game in at least 30 years, while Moore completed 29-of-39 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns, including a 25-yard score in the second OT that proved to be the game winner.
• Ohio State’s Caden Curry earned Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording personal bests of 11 tackles, nine solo tackles, five tackles-for-loss and three quarterback sacks as the Buckeyes limited the Huskies to 234 yards of total offense and six points. Curry tied the school record with his five TFLs, a mark he now shares with the likes of Chase Young, Ryan Shazier, John Simon and Andy Katzenmoyer.
• Illinois’ David Olano took home the Special Teams Player of the Week plaudit after kicking a walk-off 41-yard field goal to give No. 23 Illinois a 34-32 win against No. 21 USC. Olano made all six kicks, with two field goals (45, 41) and four extra points.
• Minnesota’s Drake Lindsey was named Freshman of the Week after completing 31-of-41 passes for 324 yards and three touchdowns in Minnesota’s 31-28 win against Rutgers. The newcomer’s 31 completions were tied for the fifth most in program history and his 41 attempts were the fourth-most since 1995 without an interception.
• Indiana and Oregon currently rank among the top 15 nationally in both scoring offense and scoring defense. The Hoosiers rank fifth in scoring defense (9.6 points per game), while ranking sixth in scoring offense (47.8 points per game). The Ducks rank seventh nationally in scoring offense (46.6 points per game), while ranking 11th in scoring defense (12.2 points per game).
• Six additional Big Ten teams rank in the top 25 in scoring defense: Ohio State (1st, 5.5 points per game), Maryland (7th, 10.8 points per game), Penn State (10th, 11.8 points per game), Nebraska (16th, 13.5 points per game), Iowa (23rd, 15.6 points per game) and Minnesota (25th, 16.3 points per game).
• The Big Ten claimed back-to-back national titles for the first time since 1942 last season as Ohio State defeated Notre Dame, 34-23, in the 2024 College Football Playoff at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Buckeyes brought home their sixth national championship to the Horseshoe in Columbus and first since the inaugural CFP National Championship in the 2014-15 season.
• The 2025 Discover Big Ten Championship Game will be held on Saturday, December 6, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and will be broadcast by FOX. The winner will represent the conference as the Automatic Qualifier (AQ) to the College Football Playoff.
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• Abbott and the Big Ten Conference are kicking off Season 2 of the We Give Blood drive. Students, fans, alumni and communities across the country are backing their favorite Big Ten schools by donating blood. Every donation can help save up to three lives – and bring your school one step closer to winning $1 million to advance student or community health. The top school will be announced at the 2025 Discover® Big Ten Football Championship Game on December 6, 2025.
