Big Ten Football Schedule 2016: Ranking Every Game
The Big Ten football schedule for 2016 has been released. We rank every single game for the season.
What are the biggest and best games of the 2016 Big Ten season? What are the best conference and non-conference games?
2016 Big Ten Composite Schedule & Ten Best Conference, Non-Conference Games
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Team-By-Team Schedule Analysis
East Indiana | Maryland | Michigan | Michigan State | Ohio State | Penn State | Rutgers
West Illinois | Iowa | Minnesota | Nebraska | Northwestern | Purdue | Wisconsin
Ten Best Big Ten Non-Conference Games
2. LSU at Wisconsin, Sept. 3
3. Michigan State at Notre Dame, Sept. 17
4. Oregon at Nebraska, Sept. 17
5. BYU at Michigan State. Oct. 8
6. Temple at Penn State, Sept. 17
7. Penn State at Pitt, Sept. 10
8. Duke at Northwestern, Sept. 17
9. North Carolina at Illinois, Sept. 10
10. Iowa State at Iowa, Sept. 10
Ten Best Big Ten Conference Games
1. Michigan at Ohio State, Nov. 26
2. Ohio State at Michigan State, Nov. 19
3. Michigan at Michigan State, Oct. 29
4. Ohio State at Wisconsin, Oct. 15
5. Wisconsin at Michigan, Oct. 1
6. Wisconsin at Iowa, Oct. 22
7. Nebraska at Wisconsin, Oct. 29
8. Michigan at Iowa, Nov. 12
9. Wisconsin at Michigan State, Sept. 24
10. Nebraska at Ohio State, Nov. 5
Each week’s Big Ten games ranked by how good each matchup looks.
Thursday, September 1
4. Oregon State at Minnesota
9. Indiana at FIU
Saturday, September 3
1. LSU at Wisconsin
2. Bowling Green at Ohio State
3. Rutgers at Washington
5. Western Michigan at Northwestern
6. Fresno State at Nebraska
7. Kent State at Penn State
8. Hawaii at Michigan
10. Miami Univ. at Iowa
11. Eastern Kentucky at Purdue
12. Murray State at Illinois
13. Furman at Michigan State
14. Howard at Maryland
Saturday, September 10
1. Penn State at Pitt
2. North Carolina at Illinois
3. Iowa State at Iowa
4. Cincinnati at Purdue
5. Tulsa at Ohio State
6. Akron at Wisconsin
7. Maryland at FIU
8. Ball State at Indiana
9. Wyoming at Nebraska
10. UCF at Michigan
11. Illinois State at Northwestern
12. Indiana State at Minnesota
13. Howard at Rutgers
Saturday, September 17
1. Ohio State at Oklahoma
2. Michigan State at Notre Dame
3. Oregon at Nebraska
4. Temple at Penn State
5. Duke at Northwestern
6. Colorado at Michigan
7. Western Michigan at Illinois
8. New Mexico at Rutgers
9. Maryland at UCF
10. North Dakota State at Iowa
11. Georgia State at Wisconsin
Saturday, September 24
1. Wisconsin at Michigan State
2. Penn State at Michigan
3. Nebraska at Northwestern
4. Iowa at Rutgers
5. Wake Forest at Indiana
6. Colorado State at Minnesota
7. Nevada at Purdue
Saturday, October 1
1. Wisconsin at Michigan
2. Northwestern at Iowa
3. Penn State at Minnesota
4. Illinois at Nebraska
5. Michigan State at Indiana
6. Rutgers at Ohio State
7. Purdue at Maryland
Saturday, October 8
1. Iowa at Minnesota
2. BYU at Michigan State
3. Michigan at Rutgers
4. Indiana at Ohio State
5. Maryland at Penn State
6. Purdue at Illinois
Saturday, October 15
1. Ohio State at Wisconsin
2. Northwestern at Michigan State
3. Nebraska at Indiana
4. Minnesota at Maryland
5. Iowa at Purdue
7. Illinois at Rutgers
Saturday, October 22
1. Wisconsin at Iowa
2. Ohio State at Penn State
3. Illinois at Michigan
4. Michigan State at Maryland
5. Indiana at Northwestern
6. Rutgers at Minnesota
7. Purdue at Nebraska
Saturday, October 29
1. Michigan at Michigan State
2. Nebraska at Wisconsin
3. Northwestern at Ohio State
4. Minnesota at Illinois
5. Maryland at Indiana
6. Penn State at Purdue
Saturday, November 5
1. Nebraska at Ohio State
2. Iowa at Penn State
3. Wisconsin at Northwestern
4. Maryland at Michigan
5. Illinois at Michigan State
6. Purdue at Minnesota
7. Indiana at Rutgers
Saturday, November 12
1. Michigan at Iowa
2. Illinois at Wisconsin
3. Ohio State at Maryland
4. Minnesota at Nebraska
5. Penn State at Indiana
6. Northwestern at Purdue
7. Rutgers at Michigan State
Saturday, November 19
1. Ohio State at Michigan State
2. Northwestern at Minnesota
3. Iowa at Illinois
4. Maryland at Nebraska
5. Indiana at Michigan
6. Penn State at Rutgers
7. Wisconsin at Purdue
Saturday, November 26
1. Michigan at Ohio State
2. Michigan State at Penn State
3. Nebraska at Iowa
4. Illinois at Northwestern
5. Minnesota at Wisconsin
6. Purdue at Indiana
7. Rutgers at Maryland
Saturday, December 3
Big Ten Championship Game
