Big Ten football is in full force, and the Spartans Wire crew is here again with more of our weekly picks.
Michigan State football dropped its Big Ten opener last week against Nebraska and now have a potentially even more challenging game at Wisconsin this upcoming week. While things may be looking bleak for the Spartans at the moment, we can still enjoy all of the other action in the Big Ten going on. That includes intriguing matchups between Penn State-Northwestern, Michigan-Minnesota and Ohio State-Iowa.
Before we turn the page to next week's picks, here are the ongoing standings and break down of how our picks have fared so far this season:
- Andrew Brewster: 34-27-0
- Robert Bondy: 32-29-0
- Cory Linsner: 30-31-0
Let's take a look at each of our picks against the betting spread for this week:
Penn State (minus-2.5) at Northwestern
Andrew Brewster: Penn
State
Cory Linsner: Penn State
Robert Bondy: Penn State
Michigan (minus-5.5) at Minnesota
Andrew Brewster: Michigan
Cory Linsner: Michigan
Robert Bondy: Minnesota
Ohio State (minus-13.5) at Iowa
Andrew Brewster: Iowa
Cory Linsner: Ohio State
Robert Bondy: Ohio State
Maryland at Nebraska (minus-14.5)
Andrew Brewster: Nebraska
Cory Linsner: Nebraska
Robert Bondy: Nebraska
Purdue at Illinois (minus-9.5)
Andrew Brewster: Illinois
Cory Linsner: Illinois
Robert Bondy: Illinois
Washington at USC (minus-9.5)
Andrew Brewster: USC
Cory Linsner: USC
Robert Bondy: USC
Indiana (minus-23.5) at Rutgers
Andrew Brewster: Indiana
Cory Linsner: Indiana
Robert Bondy: Indiana
Michigan State at Wisconsin (minus-10.5)
Andrew Brewster: Michigan State
Cory Linsner: Wisconsin
Robert Bondy: Wisconsin
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This article originally appeared on Spartans Wire: Spartans Wire Big Ten Football Picks: Week 5













