BTN.com staff, September 12, 2013

Every week during the 2013 football season, BTN.com's Tom Dienhart, Brent Yarina, Sean Merriman and hoops analyst Stephen Bardo, a huge football fan, make their Big Ten picks. We also provide polls for Big Ten fans to select their winners. Two weeks in the books, we have a logjam at the top, with Bardo, Dienhart, Merriman and Big Ten fans all tied at 21-3.

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Tom Dienhart21-3 Brent Yarina20-4 Sean Merriman21-3 Stephen Bardo21-3
Week 3 Games @BTNTomDienhart @BTNBrentYarina @BTNSean @stephenbardo
BGSU at Indiana
BGSU, 34-31 Indiana, 38-34 Indiana, 31-21 BGSU, 24-21
Akron at Michigan
Michigan, 58-6 Michigan, 49-10 Michigan, 52-10 Michigan, 35-21
W. Illinois at Minnesota
Minnesota, 36-16 Minnesota, 30-13 Minnesota, 24-17 Minnesota, 28-21
UCLA at Nebraska
Nebraska, 38-33 Nebraska, 40-37 Nebraska 42-35 UCLA, 42-35
YSU at Michigan St.
Michigan St., 21-10 Michigan St., 27-10 Michigan St., 27-14 Michigan St., 21-14
Washington at Illinois Washington, 30-24 Washington, 35-27 Washington, 38-31 Washington, 35-27
Iowa at Iowa State
Iowa State, 24-23 Iowa, 23-19 Iowa, 24-20 Iowa State, 21-17
UCF at Penn State
Penn State, 31-17 Penn State, 27-20 Penn State, 35-21 Penn State, 28-14
Ohio State at Cal
Ohio State, 40-14 Ohio State, 44-23 Ohio State, 35-24 Ohio State, 28-24
Notre Dame at Purdue
Notre Dame, 51-9 Notre Dame, 37-13 Notre Dame, 31-14 Notre Dame, 35-14
WMU at Northwestern
NU, 45-13 NU, 51-17 NU, 45-21 NU, 31-24
Wisconsin at Arizona St.
Arizona St., 29-28 Arizona St., 31-28 Wisconsin, 31-21 Wisconsin, 35-27

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THE GAMES:

Bowling Green (2-0) at Indiana (1-1) – noon ET, ESPNU

Listen to Coach Kevin Wilson:

Akron (1-1) at Michigan (2-0) – noon ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Listen to Coach Brady Hoke:

Western Illinois (2-0) at Minnesota (2-0) – noon ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Listen to Coach Jerry Kill:

UCLA (1-0) at Nebraska (2-0) – noon ET, ABC

Listen to Coach Bo Pelini:

Youngstown State (2-0) at Michigan State (2-0) – 2 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Listen to Coach Mark Dantonio:

Iowa (1-1) at Iowa State (0-1) – 6 p.m. ET, FS1

Listen to Coach Kirk Ferentz:

UCF (2-0) at Penn State (2-0) – 6 p.m. ET

Listen to Coach Bill O'Brien:

Illinois (2-0) vs. Washington (1-0) – 6 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Listen to Coach Tim Beckman:

Ohio State (2-0) at Cal (1-1) – 7 p.m. ET, FOX

Listen to Coach Urban Meyer:

Notre Dame (1-1) at Purdue (1-1) – 8 p.m. ET, ABC

Listen to Coach Darrell Hazell:

Western Michigan (0-2) at Northwestern (2-0) – 9 p.m. ET, BTN/BTN2Go

Listen to Coach Pat Fitzgerald:

Wisconsin (2-0) at Arizona State (1-0) – 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN

Listen to Coach Gary Andersen: