A total of six teams are already bowl eligible in the Big Ten, with Iowa and Maryland each needing one victory to get there as well. Illinois, Michigan State, and Rutgers will be eliminated with one more loss each. That leaves Purdue, Northwestern, and Indiana somewhere in the middle. Indiana and Northwestern are probably in good shape though. Indiana still gets Rutgers and Purdue, while Northwestern still has Purdue and Illinois. Purdue obviously would need to win both the Northwestern and Indiana game, plus at Minnesota this week since a victory over Wisconsin is unlikely.
But it was a big week for a few teams.