Football

Ohio State have some starts heading off to the NFL, Michigan State and Nebraska basketball are still dealing with COVID-19 issues and six teams are in the AP poll this week.

Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN's popular college football analyst, announced on Twitter Tuesday night that he has COVID-19. He said he's feeling fine, but to be safe, he will broadcast Saturday's Ohio State-Clemson playoff game from home.

Even playing against a depleted Rutgers lineup, Purdue's defense couldn't hold up down the stretch, and the Boilermakers let a second-half lead slip away in their second straight Big Ten road loss.

Iowa's bowl game with Missouri on Wednesday has been canceled because of COVID-19 issues inside the Tigers' program, ending the Hawkeyes' season with a 6-2 record. Also, updates on Urban Meyer and former Michigan State QB Rocky Lombardi.

The Big Ten has led the nation in attendance every year for more than four decades, and home teams have had a decided advantage. But even without fans in the stands this year, home-court advantage is still prevalent.

The Purdue Boilermakers are off to a 2-0 start after wins over Big Ten West foes Iowa and Illinois, and they've been moving up in Sports Illustrated's Big Ten power rankings. How far did they move up this week?

Purdue is off to a 2-0 start, but the oddsmakers don't think they have much of a chance this weekend against Wisconsin, despite the Badgers' COVID-19 issues.

Purdue athletic director Mike Bobinksi didn't want to see the football season start this way without his head coach, Jeff Brohm, but that's the reality these days after Brohm tested positive for COVID-19.

Purdue football coach Jeff Brohm has to work from home this week after contracting the COVID-19 virus, and he will miss Saturday's home opener against Iowa. People reached out from all over the country to wish him well.

We knew the date, and now we know the game time for Purdue's home opener against Iowa on Saturday, Oct. 24. The game will start at 3:30 p..m. ET and will be broadcast by the Big Ten Network.

President Donald Trump tried to take credit for bringing back Big Ten football during the first presidential debate with Joe Biden, but that was not true. The reason the league changed its mind was because of daily testing now being available.

Purdue is set to finally open up the Big Ten season on the weekend of Oct. 24, and we should know by Monday exactly what time the game is going to start, a source says.

The 2020 football season, which seemed to have promise as recently as a week ago when a revised schedule was released, suddenly disappeared from the calendar on Tuesday.

The Big Ten didn't do any favors to Purdue in its revised schedule, adding conference favorite Ohio State and starting the season with one brutal matchup after another.

There's still plenty of uncertainty about what's going to happen with the college and pro football seasons, but there's still plenty of time to ponder mock drafts and where Purdue's Rondale Moore fits for 2021.

In our new Sunday feature, we have compiled the best stories of the week from around the Sports Illustrated network, with a big focus on the Big Ten.

Purdue stars Rondale Moore and George Karlaftis were first-team selections on the all-Big Ten team selected by Sports Illustrated publishers around the league.

Purdue is one of only four schools in the country to have two players nominated for the same national award, as Rondale Moore and David Beel are on the watch list for the Biletnikoff award.