A loaded Big Ten schedule kicks off with a bang in 2025, featuring a series of heavyweight bouts in the season’s first month. Highlighting the early-season showdowns is a matchup between playoff frontrunners Oregon and Penn State on CBS — a game that most believe will factor heavily into the conference title race.
Not every team’s schedule is created equal, though. And some teams are simply not equipped to handle the week-to-week grind that comes from playing in one of the nation’s most competitive conferences. After boasting four playoff qualifiers last fall and winning a second straight national championship, the Big Ten could see as many as eight teams included in the preseason top 25 later this summer.
So which teams are set up for success, and which will have a tough road going into 2025? We picked out the Big Ten’s four most favorable and toughest schedules.
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Most Favorable
1. Maryland
2025 slate: FAU, NIU, Towson, at Wisconsin, Washington, Nebraska, at UCLA, Indiana, at Rutgers, at Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State
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Author : Brad Crawford
Publish date : 2025-05-30 14:45:00
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