Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, August 31, 2015

Every week during the 2015 football season, BTN.com's Tom Dienhart, Sean Merriman and Brent Yarina and a different Big Ten beat writer select their Big Ten winners.

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Starting things off this week, Illinois writer Bob Asumessen is joining us. We also provide polls for Big Ten fans to select their winners.

See our predictions below and scroll down to vote for your winners in this post.

Tom DienhartTom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart)
2015 record: 0-0
Week 1 picks: Utah 24, Michigan 17; TCU 28, Minnesota 19; Michigan State 44, Western Michigan 14; Illinois 29, Kent State 21; Iowa 17, Illinois State 14; Maryland 30, Richmond 10; Rutgers 41, Norfolk State 9; Stanford 30, Northwestern 24; BYU 28, Nebraska 27; Penn State 31, Temple 21; Indiana 45, Southern Illinois 17; Alabama 27, Wisconsin 24; Purdue 27, Marshall 24; Ohio State 29, Virginia Tech 17

Sean MerrimanSean Merriman (@BTNSean)
2015 record:
0-0
Week 1 picks: Utah 31, Michigan 21; TCU 38, Minnesota 28; Michigan State 45, Western Michigan 14; Illinois 20, Kent State 14; Iowa 24, Illinois State 21; Maryland 35, Richmond 3; Rutgers 24, Norfolk State 12; Stanford 27, Northwestern 14; Penn State 24, Temple 7; Nebraska 31, BYU 27; Indiana 35, Southern Illinois 14; Alabama 27, Wisconsin 23; Marshall 31, Purdue 17; Ohio State 24, Virgina Tech 14.

Brent YarinaBrent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina)
2015 record: 0-0
Week 1 picks: Utah 27, Michigan 23; TCU 37, Minnesota 20; Michigan State 41, Western Michigan 10; Illinois 27, Kent State 17; Iowa 31, Illinois State 27; Maryland 32, Richmond 13; Rutgers 42, Norfolk State 14; Stanford 30, Northwestern 23; Penn State 24, Temple 13; Nebraska 34, BYU 31; Indiana 45, Southern Illinois 21; Alabama 30, Wisconsin 24; Marshall 27, Purdue 23; Ohio State 31, Virginia Tech 20

Rotating B1G Writer: Bob Asmussen (@BobAsmussen), news-gazette.com
2015 record: 0-0
Week 1 picks: Utah 28, Michigan 27; TCU 37, Minnesota 29; Michigan State 40, Western Michigan 10; Illinois 34, Kent State 13; Iowa 21, Illinois State 20; Maryland 45, Richmond 12; Rutgers 32, Norfolk State 6; Stanford 30, Northwestern 16; Nebraska 31, BYU 24; Penn State 41, Temple 18; Indiana 36, Southern Illinois 15; Alabama 28, Wisconsin 20; Marshall 39, Purdue 33; Ohio State 35, Virginia Tech 21

FansBig Ten fans
2015 record:
0-0
Week 1 picks: See polls below

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PICK YOUR WEEK 1 WINNERS!

THURSDAY

Michigan at Utah – 8:30 p.m. ET, FS1

Listen to Jim Harbaugh's weekly teleconference:

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TCU at Minnesota – 9 p.m. ET, ESPN

Listen to Jerry Kill's weekly teleconference:

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FRIDAY

Michigan State at Western Michigan – 7 p.m. ET, ESPNU

Listen to Mark Dantonio's weekly teleconference:

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Kent State at Illinois – 9 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Listen to Bill Cubit's weekly teleconference:

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SATURDAY

Illinois State at Iowa – noon ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Listen to Kirk Ferentz's weekly teleconference:

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Richmond at Maryland – noon ET, ESPNU

Listen to Randy Edsall's weekly teleconference:

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Norfolk State at Rutgers – noon ET, ESPN News

Listen to Kyle Flood's weekly teleconference:

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Stanford at Northwestern – noon ET, ESPN

Listen to Pat Fitzgerald's weekly teleconference:

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BYU at Nebraska – 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC

Listen to Mike Riley's weekly teleconference:

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Penn State at Temple – 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN

Listen to James Franklin's weekly teleconference:

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Southern Illinois at Indiana – 4 p.m. ET, ESPN News

Listen to Kevin Wilson's weekly teleconference:

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Wisconsin vs. Alabama – 8 p.m. ET, ABC

Listen to Paul Chryst's weekly teleconference:

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SUNDAY

Purdue at Marshall – 3 p.m. ET, FS1

Listen to Darrell Hazell's weekly teleconference:

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MONDAY

Ohio State at Virginia Tech – 8 p.m. ET, ESPN

Listen to Urban Meyer's weekly teleconference: