Big Ten conference play is underway in Week 4, and every team will have played at least one league game by the weekend’s end. Saturday’s ranked matchups include No. 17 Iowa at No. 18 Michigan at 3:30 p.m. on CBS and No. 20 Oregon at No. 12 USC at 7:30 p.m. on NBC.
Elsewhere, Friday has Howard at Rutgers (7 p.m. on BTN) and Northwestern at No. 5 Indiana (8 p.m. on FOX). Saturday’s other games are Illinois at No. 7 Ohio State (noon, FOX), UCLA at Maryland (1:30 p.m., BTN), No. 3 Notre Dame at Purdue (2 p.m., Peacock), Nebraska at Michigan State (5 p.m., BTN), and Minnesota at Washington (11 p.m., FOX).
The preview describes Iowa-Michigan as a defense-and-special-teams matchup, with offenses that often bog down. It says a loss at USC would leave Oregon all but eliminated from an at-large playoff spot. The listed lines make Michigan a 5.5-point favorite with a 38.5-point total, and Oregon a three-point favorite with a 62.5-point total.
