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Big Ten · 2026 season

The story so far

Illinois fans spent early weeks ripping a porous 3-3-5 defense and Katin Houser's shaky play, and the Purdue loss had them writing off a bowl. A win streak capped by Oregon and Maryland has misery down to 32 and bowl hopes alive at 5-3.

From Reddit fan threads · through Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1 · 5-3

Season misery
63Uneasy
Worst week
83Wk 2 · Sep 7–13
Best week
34Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1
Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 56 (Uneasy) · 1-0Wk 2 · Sep 7–13: misery 83 (Despair) · 0-1Wk 3 · Sep 14–20: misery 60 (Uneasy) · 1-0Wk 4 · Sep 21–27: misery 76 (Miserable) · 0-1Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4: misery 83 (Despair) · 0-1Wk 6 · Oct 5–11: misery 70 (Miserable) · 1-0Wk 8 · Oct 19–25: misery 41 (Content) · 1-0Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1: misery 34 (Content) · 1-0Wk 0Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Fans hammered missed tackles and the 3-3-5 from the opener, watched MSU score 37, then marveled when it held Oregon to 10 before calling it terrible again against Maryland.

    “Looks like it’s gonna be a “score 30+ to even have a chance of winning” kind of year. Can’t wait to see how much Ohio State puts up against this defense”

    ▲ 486Wk 2 · Sep 7–13

    Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6 ›Wk 2 · Sep 7–13 ›Wk 4 · Sep 21–27 ›
Kept coming up
Came and went

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. 34Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 11-0›
  2. 41Wk 8 · Oct 19–251-0›
  3. —Wk 7 · Oct 12–18
  4. 70Wk 6 · Oct 5–111-0›
  5. 83Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 40-1›
  6. 76Wk 4 · Sep 21–270-1›
  7. 60Wk 3 · Sep 14–201-0›
  8. 83Wk 2 · Sep 7–130-1›
  9. 56Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 61-0›
  10. —Wk 0 · Aug 24–30