Big Ten: Mich-Ohio St to settle East; Iowa win away in West

Mich-Ohio St. and Iowa play in the Big Ten Conference in Week 13.

No. 3 Michigan plays No. 2 Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday. The winner represents the East in Big League Championship Game. It's the fourth time in 19 meetings that both teams are ranked in top five when they meet.

Nebraska is 3-8 and 2-6. Iowa is 7-4 and 5-3. The Hawkeyes will secure the West title and go to the Big Ten championship game with a win over the Cornhuskers.

Wisconsin has won 26 of its 31 games with a traveling trophy at stake. Penn State's Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen are the first freshman running backs to have more than 700 yards rushing each in 2018. Buffalo's Jaret Patterson and Kevin Marks have 1,013 and 845 rushing yards respectively. Two of the three Big Ten quarterbacks with five 400-yard passing games since 2000 are active. Nebraska's .279 winning percentage in Big League games is second-worst behind Rutgers' .136.

Indiana is a 10-1/2-point home underdog against Purdue. The game for the Old Oaken Bucket is the Hoosiers' bowl unless they get to 5-7 and are needed to fill a bowl slot. Indiana has some mojo after a double-overtime win at Michigan State.

Chase Brown is the nation's leading rusher with 1,582 yards. He's averaging 28.1 carries per game and has had at least 29 in five of the last six games. Northwestern's defense is allowing 4.64 yards per carry. Illinois has lost three straight games and needs to win the Land of Lincoln Trophy to make the Big Ten title game.