Penn State plays Oregon in the Big Ten Championship this weekend, but most other teams around the country will be eagerly awaiting the announcement of their program’s bowl game.
After the conclusion of the Big Ten’s regular season last week, 12 of the conference’s 18 teams got to the six-win mark necessary for bowl eligibility. That highlights the incredible depth of talent in the conference. UCLA, Wisconsin, Purdue, Maryland, Michigan State and Northwestern were the six teams to fall short of bowl eligibility. Both Wisconsin and Michigan State had a chance to get their sixth win this past weekend but could not get over the hump.
Oregon, the current No.1 team in the country, looks like the favorite to make it to the CFP National Championship receiving a projection to the title game from four of the five outlets. Penn State, Ohio State and Indiana all seem to be a lock for the College Football Playoff no matter what happens on championship weekend. Illinois seems all but locked into the Citrus Bowl as the Big Ten’s fifth-best bowl-eligible team. The rest of the Big Ten’s bowl-bound will fill spots in the following bowls: Mayo, Citrus, ReliaQuest, Music City, Pinstripe, Rate and GameAbove Sports. Washington and USC will fill the Pac-12’s bowl obligations until 2025 meaning one of the above bowl games will likely include a replacement team not from the Big Ten.
As we approach Selection Sunday and the kickoffs of conference championships, it’s time for one last look at the bowl predictions for every bowl eligible Big Ten team.
We will look at projections from USA TODAY, 247Sports, ESPN, CBS Sports and the Action Network. All five of these projections were updated weekly throughout the college football season, so stay tuned to Nittany Lions Wire when bowls become final Sunday evening.
Here are the bowl projections for every Big Ten team heading into championship weekend.
Teams are ordered by their current US LBM Coaches Poll ranking, and teams not listed do…
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