BTN.com staff, October 18, 2014
It was another exciting week of Big Ten action, as Nebraska took down Northwestern, Michigan State rolled Indiana, Ohio State drilled Rutgers, Maryland dropped Iowa and Minnesota held off Purdue.
The results not only keep the Big Ten alive in the playoff picture (Michigan State, Nebraska and Ohio State), but they should yield another ranked team (Minnesota – 6-1, 3-0) when the latest polls come out Sunday.
Catch up on all of the Week 8 action on our Big Ten scoreboard. See our Week 8 gallery, too!
Get all of our Week 8 coverage. We have Big Ten standings here, statistics here, and polls here.
Relive your team's Week 8 games and get video highlights below.
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NEBRASKA 38, NORTHWESTERN 17: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP | NEB VIDEO | NU VIDEO
Ameer Abdullah had four 1-yard touchdown runs and quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. scored on a 16-yard reception, leading No. 19 Nebraska to a 38-17 victory at Northwestern on Saturday night.
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MICHIGAN STATE 56, INDIANA 17: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP | MSU VIDEO | IND VIDEO
Connor Cook threw three touchdown passes, Jeremy Langford ran for three more scores and No. 8 Michigan State scored the final 35 points Saturday in a 56-17 rout at Indiana.
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OHIO STATE 56, RUTGERS 17: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP | RUT VIDEO | OSU VIDEO
J.T. Barrett completed his first nine passes, ran for 107 yards and two touchdowns and threw for three more scores to lead No. 13 Ohio State past Rutgers 56-17 on Saturday.
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MARYLAND 38, IOWA 31: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP | IOWA VIDEO | MARY VIDEO
Will Likely returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown, and Maryland rallied from an early 14-point deficit to beat Iowa 38-31 Saturday for its first Big Ten home victory.
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MINNESOTA 39, PURDUE 38: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP | PUR VIDEO | MIN VIDEO
David Cobb rushed for 194 yards and a touchdown and Ryan Santoso kicked a 52-yard field goal to cap Minnesota's comeback on Saturday, giving the Gophers a 39-38 victory over Purdue and their first 3-0 start in Big Ten play since 1990.
