Ranking the Big Ten’s best home football uniforms

Being one of the oldest conferences in college football means the Big Ten is home to some absolutely classic looks on the field. From iconic looks like Penn State‘s basic blue jerseys and white pants to Michigan‘s winged helmet and Ohio State‘s silver-gray helmet and buckeye stickers, the Big Ten hits it out of the par when it comes to some of college football’s all-time best looks.

The Big Ten also is home to some of the sport’s best stadiums in the sport of college football, with more classic venues joining the fold with the upcoming expansion of the Big Ten. But who has the best uniform when playing in their home stadium? That’s where this ranking comes into play.

For the purposes of this ranking, we are only looking at the standard home uniform for each of the Big Ten’s 14 members. No alternate uniforms are considered here, nor are alternate helmets. Some schools may switch things up with their uniform combo on a weekly basis, so some editorial decisions were made to determine what the standard home uniform should be for that school if necessary. I’m looking at you, Minnesota.

So who has the best home uniform in the conference? Let’s start at the bottom and work our way to the top of the mountain.

14
Rutgers

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Rutgers is one of the OGs of college football as the birthplace of the sport, but the uniform could be due for a little bit of an overhaul. Rutgers has gone with a more traditional look in recent years, which is to be applauded. Unfortunately, it’s some tough competition for Rutgers in this game.

13
Indiana

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Indiana’s look is strikingly similar to what we see from Rutgers, just with a different shade of red for the uniform. Indiana scores slightly higher than Rutgers on this list for the better uniform numbering. The helmet is fairly underrated in this uniform…