Big Ten Football Week 11: Previews, Predictions, Best Bets for Purdue-Illinois, Maryland-Penn State, and More

Big Ten Football Week 11 features Purdue-Illinois, Maryland-Penn State and more.

The College Football Playoff committee released the rankings for the week 10. Michigan was ranked No. 5, behind ACC leader Clemson. The Wolverines are coming off a convincing 29-7 win over in-state rival Michigan State. Eight Michigan players were suspended after video evidence emerged of a physical altercation in the Big House tunnel. Ohio State is ranked 2nd after a win at Penn State last week. They play Northwestern in Chicago this week, which should be an easy road game for them. For the rest of the weekend, the games are Purdue-Illinois, Maryland-Penn State, and more.

Wisconsin and Maryland are playing in the Big Ten Football Week 11. Wisconsin won the last game in Week 8. Jim Leonhard is the interim head coach at Wisconsin. Mike Locksley is Maryland's head football coach. Illinois and Penn State are also playing this weekend. Illinois is favored to win. Michigan State and Purdue are the other teams playing. The game is in Madison. It's a must-win for Wisconsin, which is coming off a bye week. Maryland is having a season of inches. Six of its eight games have been decided by a touchdown or less.

Wisconsin will beat Purdue at home. Purdue and Illinois have not had many low-scoring games.

Illinois (7-1) is in position to play big spoiler in the playoff picture. The Fighting Illini host the Michigan State Spartans (3-5) this week. MSU lost to Michigan last weekend and has lost five of its last six games. Illinois leads the Big Ten in interceptions (15) and is second in conference in sacks (25). Michigan coach Bret Bielema is aware that last week's events could be a distraction for his team.

NBC Sports EDGE has picked their favorite plays from this week's Big Ten slate.

Minnesota is playing at home against Nebraska. The game is currently at 7.5 points.

Minnesota is 5-3 on the season and 5 -3 ATS. The Golden Gophers lost to Penn State 45-17. They had four straight wins at the start of the year. A 3-game slide followed the four wins. NBC's team of college analysts will host a college football betting preview on their website at 11 am Eastern.