BTN.com staff, August 26, 2013

Every week during the 2013 football season, BTN.com's Tom Dienhart, Brent Yarina and Sean Merriman make their predictions for all the Big Ten games. We also provide polls for Big Ten fans to pick their winners. This year, we're proud to include former Flyin' Illini and new BTN basketball analyst Stephen Bardo, a huge college football fan, to the weekly feature.

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Tom Dienhart Brent Yarina Sean Merriman Stephen Bardo
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ISU at Indiana
Indiana, 35-23 Indiana, 41-24 Indiana, 31-24 Indiana, 42-35
UNLV at Minnesota
Minnesota 28-27 Minnesota, 32-17 Minnesota, 27-14 Minnesota, 28-7
WMU at Michigan St.
Michigan St., 24-7 Michigan St., 24-7 Michigan St., 31-7 Michigan St., 21-10
Purdue at Cincinnati
Cincinnati, 27-18 Cincinnati, 31-20 Cincinnati, 28-21 Cincinnati, 31-20
SIU at Illinois
Illinois, 27-21 Illinois, 37-21 Illinois, 31-17 Illinois, 21-17
Buffalo at Ohio State Ohio State, 55-3 Ohio State, 51-13 Ohio State, 56-3 Ohio State, 42-7
UMass at Wisconsin
Wisconsin, 44-14 Wisconsin, 55-10 Wisconsin, 38-14 Wisconsin, 49-14
CMU at Michigan
Michigan, 33-13 Michigan, 45-17 Michigan, 35-10 Michigan, 35-14
Penn State vs. 'Cuse
Penn State 24-20 Syracuse, 27-24 Penn State 24-21 Penn State, 24-21
NIU at Iowa
Iowa, 21-19 Iowa, 24-23 NIU, 21-17 NIU, 31-28
UWY at Nebraska
Nebraska, 50-21 Nebraska, 48-23 Nebraska, 49-17 Nebraska, 28-17
Northwestern at Cal
NU, 29-23 NU, 34-28 NU, 31-28 NU, 35-14

THURSDAY

Indiana State (0-0) at Indiana (0-0); 7 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2Go

UNLV (0-0) at Minnesota (0-0); 7 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2Go

FRIDAY

Western Michigan (0-0) at Michigan State (0-0); 8 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2Go

SATURDAY

Purdue (0-0) at Cincinnati (0-0); noon ET, ESPNU

Southern Illinois (0-0) at Illinois (0-0); noon ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Buffalo (0-0) at Ohio State (0-0); noon ET, ESPN2

UMass (0-0) at Wisconsin (0-0); noon ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Central Michigan (0-0) at Michigan (0-0); 3:30 ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Penn State (0-0) vs. Syracuse (0-0); 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN2

Northern Illinois (0-0) at Iowa (0-0); 3:30 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Wyoming (0-0) at Nebraska (0-0); 8 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Northwestern (0-0) at Cal (0-0); 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2