Conference play starts in earnest this week. Sure, we have already had one Big Ten game with Ohio State beating Indiana on the first night of the season, but this weekend we get three more conference games including the “Yes, this is actually a Big Ten football game” in Rutgers at Nebraska.
For many other teams they are off or this is one of their last non-conference games. Northwestern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois all have the week off. There is only one noon game, too.
UNLV (1-1) at Ohio State (2-1) Noon, BTN
Ohio State gets a final tune-up against a UNLV team that famously lost at home to Howard a few weeks ago as a 6 touchdown favorite.