Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Big Ten Preview 2026: The 18-Team Deep Dive

August 25, 2026 · 2:16

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

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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

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