2025 Big Ten Conference football season

2025 Big Ten Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 28, 2025 through January 2026
Number of teams	18
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Fox, FS1, Big Ten Network) CBS Sports (CBS, Paramount+) NBC Sports (NBC, Peacock)
2026 NFL draft
Regular season
Championship Game

2025 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Illinois		0	–	0					0	–	0
Indiana		0	–	0					0	–	0
Iowa		0	–	0					0	–	0
Maryland		0	–	0					0	–	0
Michigan		0	–	0					0	–	0
Michigan State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Minnesota		0	–	0					0	–	0
Nebraska		0	–	0					0	–	0
Northwestern		0	–	0					0	–	0
Ohio State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Oregon		0	–	0					0	–	0
Penn State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Purdue		0	–	0					0	–	0
Rutgers		0	–	0					0	–	0
UCLA		0	–	0					0	–	0
USC		0	–	0					0	–	0
Washington		0	–	0					0	–	0
Wisconsin		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 6, 2025
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant As of April 19, 2025 Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2025 Big Ten Conference football season is the 130th season of college football play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This is the Big Ten's second season with 18 teams and its second season since 2010 with a non-divisional scheduling format.

Previous season

Oregon won the Big Ten Championship Game in their first season in the league, defeating Penn State 45–37 in the first season of a division-less format. Four Big Ten teams earned spots in the 2024–25 College Football Playoff. Oregon earned the No. 1 seed in the newly expanded 12-team playoff. They were joined in the playoff by Penn State (No. 6 seed), Ohio State (No. 8 seed) and Indiana (No. 10 seed).

Besides the playoff qualifiers, eight other Big Ten football teams qualified for bowl games: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rutgers, USC, and Washington.

Coaching changes

The Big Ten saw one head coaching change for the 2025 season.

On December 1, 2024, Purdue announced it was parting ways with head coach Ryan Walters after going 5–19 in two seasons, including 1–11 in 2024.^[1]

One week later, on December 8, 2023, Purdue announced the hiring of Barry Odom as the next head coach, having spent the previous season coaching at UNLV.^[2]

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Team	Rivals[3]	Scout & 24/7[4]	On3 Recruits[5]	Signees
Illinois	11	12	12	22
Indiana	13	14	16	23
Iowa	15	11	11	16
Maryland	9	8	10	21
Michigan	3	3	3	24
Michigan State	14	16	14	18
Minnesota	16	15	15	22
Nebraska	6	6	6	20
Northwestern	16	17	17	20
Ohio State	1	1	2	26
Oregon	2	2	1	20
Penn State	5	5	4	27
Purdue	18	18	18	14
Rutgers	10	10	9	27
UCLA	12	13	13	19
USC	4	4	5	24
Washington	8	7	7	28
Wisconsin	7	9	8	23

Big Ten Media Days

Preseason Media Poll

Preseason Player of the Year

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Illinois	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Indiana	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Iowa	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Maryland	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Michigan	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Michigan State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Minnesota	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Nebraska	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Northwestern	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Ohio State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Oregon	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Penn State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Purdue	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Rutgers	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UCLA	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
USC	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Washington	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Wisconsin	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
Big Ten member won
Big Ten member lost
Big Ten teams in bold

Regular season schedule

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 28		Buffalo	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
August 28		Ohio	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
August 30		Western Illinois	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
August 28		Nebraska	Cincinnati	Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, MO
August 30		Florida Atlantic	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD
August 30		Missouri State	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
August 30		Albany	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
August 30		Utah	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
August 30		Ball State	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
August 30		Western Michigan	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
August 30		Northwestern	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
August 30		Montana State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
August 30		Texas	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
August 30		Colorado State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
August 30		Old Dominion	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
August 30		Nevada	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
August 30		New Mexico	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
August 28		Miami (OH)	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 6		Akron	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
September 6		Florida International	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
September 6		Kennesaw State	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
September 6		Northwestern State	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
September 6		Georgia Southern	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
September 6		Grambling	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 6		Boston College	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
September 6		Western Illinois	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL
September 6		Miami (OH)	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
September 6		Southern Illinois	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
September 6		Middle Tennessee	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
September 6		UC-Davis	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
September 6		Iowa	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA (Cy-Hawk Trophy)
September 6		UCLA	UNLV	Allegiant Stadium • Las Vegas, NV
September 6		Oklahoma State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
September 6		Michigan	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
September 6		Illinois	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC
September 6		Northern Illinois	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 13		Ohio	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 13		Houston Christian	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
September 13		Western Michigan	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
September 13		Massachusetts	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
September 13		Oregon	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL
September 13		USC	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
September 13		Norfolk State	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
September 13		Youngstown State	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
September 13		Villanova	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
September 13		Indiana State	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
September 13		New Mexico	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
September 13		Wisconsin	Alabama	Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL
September 13		Towson	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD
September 13		Central Michigan	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
September 13		Minnesota	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 13	Washington

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 20		Oregon State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Platypus Trophy)
September 20		Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)
September 20		Illinois	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (ILL-IU Rivalry)
September 20		Iowa	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
September 20		Maryland	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
September 20		Michigan	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
September 20		Michigan State	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
September 20		Purdue	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 20	Minnesota	Northwestern	Ohio State	Penn State	UCLA

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 27		Rutgers	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
September 27		USC	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
September 27		UCLA	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL
September 27		Ohio State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
September 27		Indiana	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
September 27		Oregon	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 27	Maryland	Michigan	Michigan State	Nebraska	Purdue	Wisconsin

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 4		Penn State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
October 4		Wisconsin	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
October 4		Washington	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD
October 4		Louisiana-Monroe	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL
October 4		Minnesota	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
October 4		Michigan State	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
October 4		Illinois	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 4	Indiana	Iowa	Oregon	Rutgers	USC

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 11		Rutgers	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
October 11		UCLA	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
October 11		Purdue	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
October 11		Ohio State	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck)
October 11		Northwestern	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
October 11		Nebraska	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD
October 11		Michigan	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
October 11		Iowa	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Heartland Trophy)
October 11		Indiana	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 18		USC	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)
October 18		Nebraska	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN ($5 Bits of Broken Chair)
October 18		Washington	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
October 18		Purdue	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL
October 18		Penn State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
October 18		Oregon	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
October 18		Ohio State	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
October 18		Michigan State	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)
October 18		Maryland	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 18	Illinois

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 25		Illinois	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
October 25		Michigan	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)
October 25		Minnesota	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Floyd of Rosedale)
October 25		Northwestern	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
October 25		Rutgers	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
October 25		UCLA	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
October 25		Wisconsin	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 25	Maryland	Ohio State	Penn State	USC

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 1		Indiana	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD
November 1		Michigan State	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
November 1		Penn State	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (OSU-PSU Rivalry)
November 1		Purdue	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
November 1		Rutgers	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
November 1		USC	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 1	Iowa	Northwestern	Oregon	UCLA	Washington	Wisconsin

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 8		Indiana	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
November 8		Maryland	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
November 8		Nebraska	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
November 8		Northwestern	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
November 8		Ohio State	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
November 8		Oregon	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
November 8		Washington	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 8	Illinois	Michigan	Michigan State	Minnesota

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 15		UCLA	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
November 15		Wisconsin	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
November 15		Purdue	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
November 15		Penn State	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)
November 15		Minnesota	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
November 15		Michigan	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL (George Jewett Trophy)
November 15		Maryland	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
November 15		Iowa	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 15	Nebraska	Rutgers

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 22		Nebraska	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
November 22		Minnesota	Northwestern	Wrigley Field • Chicago, IL
November 22		Washington	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
November 22		USC	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
November 22		Rutgers	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
November 22		Michigan State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
November 22		Michigan	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD
November 22		Illinois	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 22	Indiana	Purdue

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 28		Iowa	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Heroes Game)
November 29		Oregon	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (UO-UW Rivalry)
November 29		Wisconsin	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)
November 29		UCLA	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)
November 29		Penn State	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
November 29		Ohio State	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)
November 29		Northwestern	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Land of Lincoln Trophy)
November 29		Maryland	Michigan State	Ford Field • Detroit, MI
November 29		Indiana	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Big Ten Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 6				Lucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, IN (Big Ten Championship Game)	FOX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Postseason

Bowl games

Big Ten records vs other conferences

2025–2026 records against non-conference foes

Power 5 conferences Record ACC 0-0 Big 12 0-0 Notre Dame 0–0 Pac-12 0-0 SEC 0-0 Power 5 total 0-0 Other FBS conferences Record American 0-0 CUSA 0–0 Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 0–0 Mountain West 0–0 Sun Belt 0–0 Other FBS total 0-0 FCS opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 0–0 Total non-conference record 0-0

Post season Power 5 conferences Record ACC 0–0 Big 12 0–0 Notre Dame 0–0 Pac-12 0–0 SEC 0–0 Power 5 total 0–0 Other FBS conferences Record American 0–0 CUSA 0–0 Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 0–0 Mountain West 0–0 Sun Belt 0–0 Other FBS total 0–0 Total bowl record 0–0

Awards and honors

Player of the Week Honors

Big Ten individual awards

Home attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of capacity
Illinois	Memorial Stadium	60,670
Indiana	Memorial Stadium	52,626
Iowa	Kinnick Stadium	69,250
Maryland	SECU Stadium	51,802
Michigan	Michigan Stadium	107,601
Michigan State	Spartan Stadium	75,005
Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium	50,805
Nebraska	Memorial Stadium	85,458
Northwestern	Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium[a]	12,000[6]						[b]	[b]
Ohio State	Ohio Stadium	102,780
Oregon	Autzen Stadium	54,000
Penn State	Beaver Stadium	106,572 [7]
Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium	61,441
Rutgers	SHI Stadium	52,454
UCLA	Rose Bowl	80,816
USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	77,500
Washington	Husky Stadium	70,138
Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium	76,057[8]

Bold – At or Exceed capacity
†Season High

1. Temporary stadium to be used during the construction of the new Ryan Field, set to open in 2026.
2. Game to be played at Wrigley Field. Its listed capacity for baseball is 41,649, but does not reflect changes for football.

2026 NFL draft

Main article: 2026 NFL draft

The following list includes all Big Ten players who were drafted in the 2026 NFL draft

Player	Position	School	Draft round	Round pick	Overall pick	Team

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	B1G record
Illinois	Bret Bielema[a]	5	123–80 (.606)	26–22 (.542)	54–37 (.593)
Indiana	Curt Cignetti	2	130–36 (.783)	11–2 (.846)	8–1 (.889)
Iowa	Kirk Ferentz	27	216–144 (.600)	204–123 (.624)	128–88 (.593)
Maryland	Mike Locksley[b]	7	35–65 (.350)	33–39 (.458)	16–38 (.296)
Michigan	Sherrone Moore	2	7–5 (.583)	7–5 (.583)	4–4 (.500)
Michigan State	Jonathan Smith	2	39–41 (.488)	5–6 (.455)	3–5 (.375)
Minnesota	P. J. Fleck	9	87–61 (.588)	57–39 (.594)	34–36 (.486)
Nebraska	Matt Rhule	3	58–56 (.509)	11–13 (.458)	6–12 (.333)
Northwestern	David Braun[c][d]	3	12–12 (.500)	12–12 (.500)	7–10 (.412)
Ohio State	Ryan Day[e]	7	66–10 (.868)	66–10 (.868)	46–6 (.885)
Oregon	Dan Lanning	4	34–5 (.872)	34–5 (.872)	8–0 (1.000)
Penn State	James Franklin	12	123–56 (.687)	99–41 (.707)	64–33 (.660)
Purdue	Barry Odom	1	44–33 (.571)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Rutgers	Greg Schiano[f]	17	93–100 (.482)	93–100 (.482)	12–32 (.273)
UCLA	DeShaun Foster	2	4–7 (.364)	4–7 (.364)	3–6 (.333)
USC	Lincoln Riley	4	81–24 (.771)	26–14 (.650)	4–5 (.444)
Washington	Jedd Fisch	2	23–27 (.460)	6–5 (.545)	4–4 (.500)
Wisconsin	Luke Fickell[g]	3	76–38 (.667)	13–13 (.500)	11–15 (.423)

1. Bret Bielema coached in the Big Ten from 2006 through 2012 at Wisconsin, going 37–19 in Big Ten play and winning three Big Ten championships.
2. Mike Locksley served as interim head coach at Maryland in 2015 and coached for six games, going 1–5.^[9]
3. Pat Fitzgerald was relieved as head coach on July 10, 2023, after allegations of hazing within the Wildcat football program surfaced.^[10]
4. David Braun was named interim head coach on July 14, 2023.^[11]
5. Ryan Day served as interim head coach at Ohio State for the first three games of the 2018 season while Urban Meyer served a three-game suspension and went 3–0.^[12]
6. Greg Schiano served as head coach at Rutgers from 2001 through 2011 then left for the NFL. Following the conclusion of the 2019 season, Schiano returned to Rutgers for his second stint as head coach. The Scarlet Knights competed in the Big East Conference in his previous stay at the school.
7. Luke Fickell served as interim head coach at Ohio State in 2011, going 6-7 overall and 3-5 in the Big Ten. Fickell took over as coach of Wisconsin for the 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bowl

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