Week 8 of the 2025 Big Ten football season is in the books
Week 8 of the 2025 Big Ten football season is in the books. While the slate was clear of any significant upsets, the results continue to inform the conference's rest-of-season outlook.
Notable results from the week include Ohio State's blowout win at Wisconsin, Michigan's home win over Washington and Minnesota's dominant triumph over Nebraska. While not important to the conference race, UCLA won its third consecutive game since its early-season coaching change, this one at home against Maryland on a last-second field goal.
As we take a step back and look ahead to the second half of the season, here are our updated Big Ten power rankings after Week 8.
Updated Big Ten football power rankings after Week 8
- Ohio State Buckeyes (34-0 win at Wisconsin) -- No change
- Indiana Hoosiers (38-13 win vs. Michigan State) -- No change
- Oregon Ducks (56-10 win at Rutgers) -- No change
- Michigan Wolverines (24-7 win vs. Washington) -- Up 2
- USC Trojans (34-24 loss at Notre Dame) -- Down 1
- Washington Huskies (24-7 loss at Michigan) -- Down 1
- Illinois Fighting Illini (Bye week) -- No change
- Iowa Hawkeyes (25-24 win vs. Penn State) -- Up 1
- Minnesota Golden Gophers (24-6 win vs. Nebraska) -- Up 1
- Nebraska Cornhuskers (24-6 loss at Minnesota) -- Down 2
- UCLA Bruins (17-14 win vs. Maryland) -- Up 1
- Northwestern Wildcats (19-0 win vs. Purdue) -- Up 1
- Maryland Terrapins (17-14 loss at UCLA) -- Down 2
- Penn State Nittany Lions (25-24 loss at Iowa) -- No change
- Purdue Boilermakers (19-0 loss at Northwestern) -- No change
- Michigan State Spartans (38-13 loss at Indiana) -- No change
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights (56-10 loss vs. Oregon) -- No change
- Wisconsin Badgers (34-0 loss vs. Ohio State) -- No change
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