2015 Big Ten Football Weekly Release - September 21
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2015 BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - SEPTEMBER 21 Contact: Adam Augus ne, Associate Director, Communica ons • Offi ce: 847-696-1010 ext. 151 • E-mail: aaugus [email protected] • Cell: 608-215-4391 • Twi er: @B1Gfootball 2015 CONFERENCE & OVERALL STANDINGS WEEK 4 SCHEDULE EAST DIVISION SATURDAY, SEPT. 26 Conference Games All Games BYU at MICHIGAN W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk 12 p.m. ET - ABC 1. Penn State 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 W1 2-1 .667 2-0 0-1 0-0 W2 2. Indiana 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 3-0 1.000 3-0 0-0 0-0 W4 Central Michigan at MICHIGAN STATE Michigan State 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W3 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 0-0 W7 12 p.m. ET - BTN Ohio State 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W24 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 0-0 W16 Maryland 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 2-1 .667 2-1 0-0 0-0 W1 Southern Miss at NEBRASKA Michigan 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 2-1 .667 2-0 0-1 0-0 W2 12 p.m. ET - ESPNEWS 7. Rutgers 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-1 L1 1-2 .333 1-1 0-1 0-0 L2 Bowling Green at PURDUE WEST DIVISION 12 p.m. ET - BTN Conference Games All Games Kansas at RUTGERS W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk 12 p.m. ET - BTN Iowa 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 0-0 W3 Northwestern 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 0-0 W3 INDIANA at Wake Forest Illinois 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 2-1 .667 2-0 0-1 0-0 L1 12:30 p.m. ET - ACC Network Minnesota 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 2-1 .667 1-1 1-0 0-0 W2 Wisconsin 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W7 2-1 .667 2-0 0-0 0-1 W2 MARYLAND at West Virginia Nebraska 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 1-2 .333 1-1 0-1 0-0 L1 3 p.m. ET - FS1 Purdue 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L6 1-2 .333 1-1 0-1 0-0 L1 North Texas at IOWA BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. 3:30 pm. ET - ESPNU • Penn State and Rutgers opened conference play on Saturday night with the Nittany Lions Ohio at MINNESOTA claiming a 28-3 victory. Big Ten action will get into full swing on Oct. 3, with six conference 3:30 p.m. ET - BTN matchups on the schedule. Western Michigan at OHIO STATE • Ohio State extended its nation-leading winning streak to 16 games with its victory over 3:30 p.m. ET - ABC (regional); ESPN2 (outer market) Northern Illinois. Michigan State earned its seventh consecutive win on Saturday, which ranks as the fourth-longest active winning streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). San Diego State at PENN STATE 3:30 p.m. ET - BTN • Joining the Spartans and Buckeyes with 3-0 marks are Indiana, Iowa and Northwestern. The Spartans, Wildcats and Buckeyes last started 3-0 in 2013. The Hoosiers are 3-0 for the first time Middle Tennessee at ILLINOIS 4 p.m. ET - ESPNEWS since 2010 and the Hawkeyes are off to their best start since 2009. Ball State at NORTHWESTERN • Northwestern leads a group of fi ve Big Ten defenses that rank among the top 20 teams in the 8 p.m. ET - BTN country in scoring defense. The Wildcats have held opponents to a na on-leading 5.3 points per game en route to a 3-0 start. Northwestern is joined in the top 20 by Ohio State, Michigan, Hawaii at WISCONSIN Wisconsin and Penn State, all of which have allowed fewer than 15 points per game. 8 p.m. ET - BTN • Five Big Ten players appear among the top 10 na onally in sacks, including two in the top fi ve. Penn State’s Carl Nassib ranks third in the country with 1.67 sacks per game, followed by WEEK 3 RESULTS Maryland’s Yannick Ngakoue in fi h with 1.50 per contest. Iowa’s Nate Meier, Purdue’s Antoine SATURDAY, SEPT. 19 Miles and Wisconsin’s Joe Schobert are ed for seventh with 1.33 sacks per game. PENN STATE def. RUTGERS, 28-3 North Carolina def. ILLINOIS, 48-14 • Ohio State’s Joshua Perry and Penn State’s Ben Kline were among the 11 FBS honorees MARYLAND def. South Florida, 35-17 MICHIGAN def. UNLV, 28-7 named to the Allstate American Football Coaches Associa on (AFCA) Good Works Team. In MICHIGAN STATE def. Air Force, 35-21 its 24th year, the Good Works Team is comprised of players who have used their free me to MINNESOTA def. Kent State, 10-7 perform inspira onal acts of service. NORTHWESTERN def. Duke, 19-10 Miami (Fla.) def. NEBRASKA, 36-33 (OT) • Kline, who is presently taking graduate level courses in the Smeal College of Business a er OHIO STATE def. Northern Illinois, 20-13 gradua ng in December 2014 with a degree in fi nance, is also a nominee for the pres gious Virginia Tech def. PURDUE, 51-24 Rhodes Scholarship. WISCONSIN def. Troy, 28-3 INDIANA def. Western Kentucky, 38-35 LETTERED IN LIFE IOWA def. Pi sburgh, 27-24 The latest addi on to the Big Ten’s Le ered in Life series, which highlights senior students looking back to give advice to them- selves as freshmen, features Purdue’s Danny Anthrop. The senior FOLLOW THE BIG TEN wide receiver started eight games for the Boilermakers last season and is currently fi nishing his bachelor’s degree in Law and Society. facebook.com/BigTenConference Watch as Anthrop shares what he would say if he were asked to write a le er to his freshman self. @B1Gfootball For more videos, including the Le ered in Life series, check out the Big Ten page on Facebook instagram.com/bigtenconf (facebook.com/BigTenConference) or YouTube (youtube.com/BigTenConference). BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten will administer over $200 million in direct fi nancial support to almost 9,500 students compe ng in intercollegiate athle cs for more than 11,000 par cipa on opportuni es on 350 teams in 42 diff erent sports. BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 4 2 WEEKLY COACHES BIG TEN NCAA STAT LEADERS TELECONFERENCE TEAM RANKINGS Rk. Scoring Off ense Avg. Rk. Total Defense Avg. Rk. Passing Effi ciency DefenseAvg. The Big Ten Conference football coaches weekly 25. Indiana 40.7 5. Ohio State 225.0 4. Ohio State 81.57 media teleconferences began on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Northwestern 235.0 5. Northwestern 82.27 1, and con nue through Tuesday, Nov. 24. Rk. Total Off ense Avg. 7. Michigan 236.7 10. Minnesota 88.71 12. Indiana 557.7 16. Iowa 274.3 12. Illinois 94.36 The calls are held on Tuesdays from 11:00 a.m. - 20. Illinois 285.7 12:52 p.m. CT. The calls will be available for play- Rk. Rushing Off ense Avg. 23. Penn State 295.0 Rk. Intercep ons Total back roughly two hours following the conclusion 12. Northwestern 256.7 25. Minnesota 301.7 7. Illinois 6 of each call and archived online at bigten.org. 19. Indiana 245.0 13. Michigan State 5 Rk. Passing Off ense Avg. Rk. Rushing Defense Avg. Ohio State 5 Contact the Big Ten Communica ons offi ce for 22. Indiana 312.7 5. Iowa 51.0 25. Northwestern 4 the phone number and weekly passcode. 25. Nebraska 310.3 12. Penn State 87.0 14. Michigan 92.7 Rk. Penal es Per Game Avg. The coaches order on each call is as follows Rk. Team Passing Effi ciency Avg. 19. Nebraska 94.3 3. Northwestern 3.3 (all mes are CT): 20. Indiana 164.45 6. Michigan State 3.7 Rk. Passing Defense Avg. Rk. Scoring Defense Avg. 5. Ohio State 119.0 11:00 a.m. – Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 6. Northwestern 124.3 11:08 a.m. – Jim Harbaugh, Michigan 1. Northwestern 5.3 11. Ohio State 12.3 13. Michigan 144.0 11:16 a.m. – Paul Chryst, Wisconsin 13. Michigan 12.7 18. Minnesota 150.3 11:24 a.m. – Mike Riley, Nebraska Wisconsin 12.7 19. Illinois 150.7 11:32 a.m. – Mark Dantonio, Michigan State 17. Penn State 14.7 11:40 a.m. – Kirk Ferentz, Iowa 11:48 a.m. – Jerry Kill, Minnesota 11:56 a.m. – Norries Wilson, Rutgers INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS 12:04 p.m. – Bill Cubit, Illinois 12:12 p.m. – Randy Edsall, Maryland Rk. All-Purpose Yds Per Game Avg. Rk. Sacks Per Game Avg. Rk. Kickoff Returns Avg. 12:20 p.m. – Darrell Hazell, Purdue 5. Jordan Howard, IND 191.7 3. Carl Nassib, PSU 1.67 3. Solomon Vault, NU 40.3 12:28 p.m. – James Franklin, Penn State 13. Janarion Grant, RU 167.3 5. Yannick Ngakoue, MD 1.50 7. Janarion Grant, RU 35.6 12:36 p.m. – Urban Meyer, Ohio State 7. Nate Meier, IOWA 1.33 16.