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Line: Kansas by 27 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Barring a major upset, Kansas will be able to run its nonconference record to 3-0 before entering Big 12 Conference play. If the Jayhawks live up to expectations and win big, that should set them up as serious contenders to make a bowl for the second year in a row.

Line: Purdue by 2 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Syracuse coach Dino Babers got the program back in the national conversation with last season's 5-0 start. New Purdue coach Ryan Walters got his first win last week but hasn't yet won at home.

Penn State will play in a hostile environment for the first time Saturday, opening its Big Ten season on the road at Illinois in a nationally televised game. The Illini are coming off a disappointing loss last week at Kansas. Penn State coach James Franklin said his team knows what to expect, especially with the Illini promoting an “orange-out."

It was 1953 when the Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference first met in a nonconference football game, and it was a good one on a cloudy October afternoon in Durham, North Carolina. The ACC was an upstart conference in its first year and hoping Duke, its best team, would show up well against a struggling Purdue squad from the first collegiate conference, founded in 1897. With 37 seconds left, backup quarterback Jerry Barger scored on a bootleg run to give Duke a 20-14 win.

Indiana's quarterback competition ended Monday with coach Tom Allen naming Tayven Jackson the Hoosiers' starter. Jackson had been competing with Brendan Sorsby throughout the offseason and over the first two games this season for the job. Jackson started last weekend's 41-7 victory over Indiana State.

Fresno State gained just 364 yards against FCS opponent, after rolling up 487 in season-opening win at Purdue.

LeQuint Allen ran for three touchdowns in the first half, Syracuse scored on six consecutive possessions and the Orange routed Western Michigan 48-7 on Saturday. Jalen Buckley ran 75 yards for a score on Western Michigan’s second play from scrimmage to give the Broncos (1-1) a 7-0 lead but then Syracuse’s offense took over, scoring 38 unanswered points. Free safety Jason Simmons returned a pick-six 84 yards with time running out in the first half to give the Orange (2-0) a 45-7 l...

This drum probably won't appear on the field at Ross-Ade Stadium That’s because it's small — about the width of a human hair.

Join us today on WLFI.com at 2 p.m. for Gold and Black Live! Our guests will be Purdue volleyball coach Dave Shondell, the voice of Purdue football Tim Newton.

Notre Dame's 2023-24 season won't start for another two months, but we already know one event on its calendar for the 2024-25 season.