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Richard and Alex provide an in-depth preview of the 18-team Big Ten for the 2026 college football season.

Our last conference preview of 2026 is one of our beefiest episodes ever: Richard and Alex preview the 18-team Big Ten, going in the following order: - 2:12: Purdue - 7:04: Maryland - 14:40: Michigan State - 20:53: Wisconsin - 25:55: Rutgers - 31:23: Penn State - 38:56: UCLA - 45:46: Northwestern - 50:24: Nebraska - 57:53: Minnesota - 1:01:25: Illinois - 1:05:59: Washington - 1:11:26: Iowa - 1:18:44: Michigan - 1:24:06: USC - 1:32:42: Oregon - 1:35:18: Ohio State - 1:42:31: Preseason honors - 1:47:29: Indiana Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek’s new book is Unthinkable to Undstoppable: How Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers Stunned College Football . It comes out September 22, and you can learn more and preorder here . Producer: Anthony Vito CATCH UP ON CONFERENCE PREVIEWS That wraps conference preview season here. See also: * SEC * Mountain West * MAC * Sun Belt * Conference USA * American * Big 12 * Independents and Pac-12 * ACC THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS * Ask your tire dealer about Nokian Tyres * Shop for college sports apparel at Homefield This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…

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Hosts: Richard Johnson, Alex Kirshner

Topics covered

• Big Ten Preview
• College Football
• Team Analysis
• 2026 Season
• Preseason Honors

Keywords

• Big Ten
• college football
• team preview
• 2026
• preseason honors
• Nokian Tyres
• Homefield

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Indiana Hoosiers

Books & works: Unthinkable to Undstoppable: How Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers Stunned College Football

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