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By Jason Fray
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The sport of College Football became a year-round entity at this point.
For the months where games aren't occurring, fans can follow their favorite programs though recruiting and offseason periods of football whether it be winter workouts, spring ball, or the summer session leading up to the season opener.
The same can be said for offseason predictions and prognostications. Fans will devour any bit of information on their team — particularly if the program sits in a football-crazed part of the country.
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On Friday, FanDuel released some rather interesting predictions as it pertained to expected regular season win totals for all Big Ten teams in 2026-27. Some of the O/U numbers may be rather straightforward ... while others are somewhat surprising:
- Illinois O/U: 7.5
- Indiana O/U: 10.5
- Iowa O/U: 7.5
- Maryland O/U: 4.5
- Michigan O/U: 8.5
- Michigan State O/U: 3.5
- Minnesota O/U: 5.5
- Nebraska O/U: 5.5
- Northwestern O/U: 5.5
- Ohio State O/U: 9.5
- Oregon O/U: 10.5
- Penn State O/U: 9.5
- Purdue O/U: 3.5
- UCLA O/U: 5.5
- USC O/U: 8.5
- Washington O/U: 7.5
- Wisconsin O/U: 6.5
Penn State is one that jumps out immediately. Matt Campbell took over a Nittany Lions squad in a full rebuild. He brought over a whopping 24 players from Iowa State. One would think the continuity could help Penn State quickly morph into a contender within the conference.
Oregon and Indiana do figure to be the class of the conference yet again. The Ducks are still loaded from a talent standpoint, and Dante Moore returning to school was a major plus for head coach Dan Lanning. Indiana went into the portal and augmented its roster with a host of big-time transfers — namely TCU QB Josh Hoover, Michigan State WR Nick Marsh, Wisconsin OL Joe Brunner, and Penn State corner AJ Harris.
Will Lincoln Riley turn things around in Los Angeles? The Trojans have spent a ton of money over the last year on personnel, namely in the way of high school prospects. If the Trojans don't sniff the College Football Playoff this season, Riley's hot seat will be scalding.
The Trojans have road games versus Indiana, Wisconsin, Penn State and UCLA — not to mention home games versus Washington and Oregon. The schedule objectively has to be one of the harder ones in the country.
Lastly, there's UCLA. The Bruins have been very underwhelming over the last decade. Having said that, Bob Chesney coming over from recent CFP participant James Madison immediately gives the program credibility.
Chesney has been a rockstar on campus since coming to LA, and the vibes in the Westwood are immaculate at the moment. Couple that with a very strong portal class plus the return of QB Nico Iamaleava, and the Bruins may be a team to watch this upcoming season.
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