Big Ten Preview 2026: The 18-Team Deep Dive

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast · Aug 26, 2026 · 2h 16m

Our last conference preview of 2026 is one of our beefiest episodes ever: Richard and Alex preview the 18-team Big Ten, going in the following order:

- 2:12: Purdue

- 7:04: Maryland

- 14:40: Michigan State

- 20:53: Wisconsin

- 25:55: Rutgers

- 31:23: Penn State

- 38:56: UCLA

- 45:46: Northwestern

- 50:24: Nebraska

- 57:53: Minnesota

- 1:01:25: Illinois

- 1:05:59: Washington

- 1:11:26: Iowa

- 1:18:44: Michigan

- 1:24:06: USC

- 1:32:42: Oregon

- 1:35:18: Ohio State

- 1:42:31: Preseason honors

- 1:47:29: Indiana

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