Ohio State-Iowa Headlines Big Ten Week 5

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Ohio State at Iowa. Both teams are 1 and 0 in the Big Ten. One of them leaves Kinnick Stadium with its first conference loss. No. 5 Ohio State is 3 and 1 overall. No. 14 Iowa is 4 and 0. Kickoff is 3:30 Eastern on CBS.

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First, Friday night is final. Northwestern beat Penn State 34 to 13 in the first game at the new Ryan Field, in front of a sellout of 35,000. Northwestern is 3 and 1, and 1 and 1 in the Big Ten. Penn State is 3 and 2, and 0 and 2. Now, Kinnick.

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ESPN's College GameDay is in Iowa City for the first time since 2006. Caitlin Clark is the guest picker. Ohio State scores 45 points a game. Receiver Jeremiah Smith just had 12 catches, 217 yards and four touchdowns against Illinois. He leads the FBS with 617 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. Iowa has the nation's top scoring defense, at 8 points a game. Quarterback Hank Brown completes 68 percent of his passes, with no interceptions.

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Now the availability reports, which are new in the Big Ten this year. Iowa strong safety Tyler Brown is out with a hamstring injury from the Michigan game. So is defensive back Kyler Gerardy. Anthony Hawkins is expected to fill in at safety. For Ohio State, receiver Amari Valerio-Hudson and linemen Jaxon Powell and Vasean Washington are out. Cornerback Jay Timmons and lineman Phillip Daniels are among the questionable. Final reports come two hours before kickoff.

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Here's the rest of the slate, in kickoff order.

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Noon Eastern on FOX: Michigan at Minnesota, for the Little Brown Jug. Michigan is 3 and 1, but 0 and 1 in the league after losing 20 to 19 to Iowa on the final play. Minnesota is 1 and 0. The Gophers won 27 to 24 at Washington, and kicker Luke Drzewiecki's 51 yarder was the game winner.

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12:30 on Big Ten Network: Michigan State at Wisconsin, on Homecoming at Camp Randall. The Badgers rallied late in the fourth quarter to beat Penn State 24 to 20. Pat Fitzgerald's Spartans are 2 and 2 after a 31 to 13 loss at Nebraska.

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4:00 on FS1: Maryland at Nebraska. The Huskers are 4 and 0 under Matt Rhule. Maryland comes in after a 54 to 3 loss to UCLA. Then at 4:15 on Big Ten Network, Purdue at Illinois for the Purdue Cannon. Both teams are 0 and 1 in the conference.

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Now the cross coast game. Washington travels from Seattle to Los Angeles to face No. 18 USC at the Coliseum. Kickoff is 7:30 Eastern, 4:30 Pacific, on NBC. It's their first meeting as Big Ten opponents. USC is 4 and 1, with a conference loss to Oregon. Washington is 3 and 1, with a conference loss to Minnesota. The loser takes a second league loss.

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And at 8:00 on Big Ten Network, No. 6 Indiana goes from Bloomington to Rutgers, in Piscataway. The Hoosiers carry a 20 game winning streak, the longest active streak in the FBS. Rutgers is 1 and 3.

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One line on the title race. Six teams enter today at 1 and 0 in the Big Ten, UCLA leads at 2 and 0, and the championship game is December 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

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Oregon and UCLA are idle. Everyone else plays. If you circle one time, make it 3:30 Eastern. Ohio State at Iowa, Kinnick Stadium, two conference records at 1 and 0, and only one stays that way.