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Big Ten standings Legends Division Team Big Ten/Pct. Division/Pct. Overall/Pct. Michigan 0-0/.000 0-0/.0003-0/1.000 Michigan State 0-0/.000 0-0/.000 3-0/1.000 Minnesota 0-0/.000 0-0/.0003-0/1.000 Northwestern 0-0/.000 0-0/.0003-0/1.000 Iowa 0-0/.0000-0/.000 2-1/.667 Nebraska 0-0/.0000-0/.000 2-1/.667 Leaders Division Team Big Ten/Pct. Division/Pct. Overall/Pct. Ohio State 0-0/.000 0-0/.000 3-0/1.000 Illinois 0-0/.0000-0/.000 2-1/.667 Indiana 0-0/.0000-0/.000 2-1/.667 Penn State* 0-0/.000 0-0/.000 2-1/.667 Wisconsin 0-0/.0000-0/.000 2-1/.667 PURDUE 0-0/.0000-0/.0001-2/.333 * Ineligible for postseason play Saturday Game Western Michigan at Iowa Michigan State at No. 22 Notre Dame San Jose State at Minnesota Florida A&M at No. 4 Ohio State South Dakota State at Nebraska Maine at No. 18 Northwestern Kent State at Penn State PURDUE at No. 24 Wisconsin Missouri at Indiana No. 15 Michigan at Connecticut BYE: ILLINIOIS Source: DannySheridan.com On Tap Time (ET) Noon 3:30 p.m. Noon Noon 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. er than 100 in back-to-back games. The Boilers held the Fighting Irish to 91 yards rushing Saturday, a game after holding Indiana State to only 39. R Purdue's opponents have TV BTN NBC ESPN2 BTN BTN BTN BTN ABC/ESPN2 BTN ABC Line Iowa -19 ND -6 UM -6.5 No line No line No line PSU -14 UW -22.5 Mizzou -3 UM -18.5 yet to score a first-quarter touchdown this season; and for the second consecutive week, the Boilers held their opponent without a touchdown in the first half. R Collin Link recorded his first career sack vs. Notre Dame, while Knauf had his first career TD reception. Paul Griggs' 47-yard field goal was a career-long. apologized for the recording, and the loss on Saturday, have many fans are calling for a coaching change in Lincoln. The Next Three Oct. 19: Michigan State Thanks to a 55-17 blowout win over FCS opponent Youngstown State, the Spartans improved to 3-0, doing so for the first time since 2010, coincidentally the last time Purdue played the Spartans. For the second game in a row, MSU held its opponent to fewer than 180 yards of offense. The Penguins managed just 51 rushing yards, making it the 38th time in 82 games in Coach Mark Dantonio's tenure that the Spartans held their opponents to under 100 yards on the ground. A storyline in the victory was the emergence of quarterback Connor Cook. The sophomore threw four TDs in the first half before being replaced in the third quarter. In the first two games of the season, four of MSU's six touchdowns came from the defense. Cook and his teammates will be challenged this week when they visit Notre Dame. j The following is a look at Purdue's next three opponents: Sept. 28: Northern Illinois For the first time since 2003, Northern Illinois improved its record to 2-0 with a 45-35 win at Idaho Saturday. With 9:35 to play in the second quarter, the Huskies trailed 28-14 but outscored the Vandals 31-7 the rest of the way. The Huskies' defense was the story, recording a school-record 11 sacks, with seven of those coming in the second half. Heisman hopeful quarterback Jordan Lynch accounted for 311 of the team's 508 yards in total offense. Lynch rushed for 159 yards and two touchdowns, while also passing for 152 yards and three scores with no picks. Oct. 12: Nebraska Nebraska is coming off of a tough 41-21 loss over the weekend to UCLA, allowing 31 points after halftime, including 28 in the third quarter alone. Following the loss, the Corn- Nebraska Nebraska coach Bo Pelini found himself in hot water when an Internet recording of him ranting about fans and media surfaced this week. huskers were dropped from both polls, something that has been too common for the program of late. After recording a streak of 348 consecutive poll appearances, a run that ended in 2002, the Huskers have found themselves absent from the top25 rankings at least one week in each season since then, aside from the 2010 and 2011. Earlier this week an expletive-laced previously private audiotape from 2011 of Coach Bo Pelini voicing frustrations with fans and media surfaced on the Internet. While Pelini has since GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 4 • 32