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“We have to be hungry to pursue things, pursue accomplishments with this team,” said Collins, who enters his 11th season with a 156-162 record. Led by star guard Boo Buie, Northwestern has four of its top six scorers back from a team coming off a bounce-back season few outside the program envisioned. It ended with the school's second NCAA appearance.

Handicapping the Big Ten race comes down to this: Purdue, Michigan State, everybody else. The Boilermakers, with reigning national player of the year Zach Edey and his strong supporting cast, are the prohibitive favorites to win a second straight regular-season championship. Michigan State is a possible challenger.

The first two years for Ben Johnson as head coach at his alma mater Minnesota were a struggle in many ways, with myriad injuries that made program development all the more challenging given the impact of the transfer portal and growing pains for a young team. After going 22-39 overall and 6-33 in the Big Ten, there is pressure this season on Johnson to shepherd measurable progress even with external expectations never lower. For now, with the opener on Nov. 6 against Bethune-Cookman coming up,...

Neither of the teams that have held the top two spots in the AP Top 25 since the preseason have faced daunting schedules so far. Georgia's only opponent with a winning record has been Kentucky (5-2). Michigan's eight opponents include four winning teams in Rutgers (6-2), UNLV (6-1), Minnesota (4-3) and Nebraska (4-3), but none that have spent any time ranked.

Hear from the Browns wide receiver, his former coaches, family and Purdue fans at the game.

Zach Edey waited until nearly the last second to decide whether he should leave for the NBA or return to Purdue for another season. “It was a no-brainer that I'd come back to Purdue at that point,” Edey said. Edey's decision made it easy for Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll voters who picked the preseason All-America team.

The 2023 Heisman Trophy race has now seen a third different quarterback, Michigan's J.J. McCarthy take the lead in odds. How the board stands in Week 9.

Michigan analyst Connor Stalions reportedly bought tickets to more than 30 games at 11 different Big Ten schools over the past three seasons.

Corgis took over the Purdue Grand Prix track Sunday afternoon for Theta Taus sixth annual corgi race. The event featured corgis in costume barreling down the race track, with proceeds

Heinrich Haarberg ran for a touchdown and threw for another, Nebraska sacked Brendan Sullivan eight times, and the Cornhuskers beat Northwestern 17-9 on Saturday. The Huskers (4-3, 2-2 Big Ten) have won four of their last five games under first-year coach Matt Rhule and matched their 2022 win total. Haarberg scored the go-ahead touchdown on a short run late just before halftime and put the Huskers up 17-6 with a long pass to Malachi Coleman early in the fourth quarter.