With the regular season complete, the Big Ten announced matchups for the league’s first ever Champions Week. Teams from the East division will face teams from the West division. At the top, Ohio State will play Northwestern for the Big Ten Championship.
As for Rutgers (3-5), they will face Nebraska (2-5) on Friday, December 18 at 4 p.m. ET at SHI Stadium. All of the Champions Week matchups are here:
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The two programs were originally schedule to play each other this season before the Big Ten reduced the conference season to eight games due to the global pandemic.