Max Brosmer threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jameson Geers and Dragan Kesich kicked his fourth field goal of the game in the final five minutes, rallying Minnesota to a 25-17 victory over No. 24 Illinois.

Luke Altmyer threw for a touchdown and ran for another, leading No. 22 Illinois to a 21-7 victory over No. 24 Michigan.

The Big Ten has become a landing zone for quarterbacks on the move.

Wisconsin is bringing Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell back to the Big Ten.

Jake Moody made a go-ahead, 35-yard field goal with nine seconds left to give No. 3 Michigan a 19-17 win over Illinois.

A 5-1 start has netted No. 24 Illinois three Big Ten midseason awards from The Associated Press.

Georgia has taken back the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll from Alabama.

Wisconsin has fired head coach Paul Chryst after a 2-3 start to his eighth season leading his alma mater.

New Illinois coach Bret Bielema took the first step last week toward restoring relevance to a tired football program by beating favored Nebraska in an early Big Ten conference matchup.

Fans headed back into stadiums for the start of college football season.

Bielema is returning to the Big Ten and his home state to coach Illinois. Illinois hired the former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach, hoping he can turn around a program with nine straight losing seasons. Illinois said Bielema will receive a six-year contract with an annual salary starting at $4.2 million, and begin work immediately. He became the third coach in NCAA history to win 12 games in his rookie season when Wisconsin went 12-1 in 2006. In January, the New York Giants and new head coach Joe Judge hired Bielema as outside linebackers coach and senior assistant.