The two power conferences don’t seem likely to compromise on an expansion plan ahead of Dec. 1 when the CFP must inform ESPN of any format changes.

Former Minnesota forward Mallory Heyer, one of the top rebounders in the Big Ten, will play for the Oregon Ducks.

No. 8 Oregon's unofficial tour through the old Big Ten West continues on Friday when the Ducks host Minnesota for a third straight game against a foe from the upper midwest. The Gophers (6-3, 4-2 Big Ten) enter refreshed from a bye to take on the Ducks (8-1, 5-1), who needed late heroics to survive for an 18-16 win at Iowa last week.

The top team in the Big Ten looks to punch its ticket to the championship match, as the host Maryland Terrapins take on the UCLA Bruins in the second Big Ten Men’s Soccer Semifinal on Wednesday.

The four former Pac-12 schools finished toward the middle and bottom of the Big Ten in rushing last season. That isn’t the case this year.

Indiana is coming off of a blowout 100-77 win over fellow Milwaukee program Marquette, a game that happened in Chicago. The Hoosiers return to the friendly confines of Assembly Hall for this matchup against a Milwaukee team that’ll pose more of a challenge than Alabama A&M did in the opener but less of one than the Eagles.

The Michigan Wolverines look to punch their ticket to the Big Ten Men’s Soccer Championship Match, as they face the Washington Huskies in the semifinals on Wednesday.

A year after nearly 4,000 donors gave blood in UNL’s name, which nearly doubled the next closest competitor, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin narrowly leads Nebraska in the 2025 version of the blood feud. Nebraska is behind Wisconsin by about 100 donors.