And welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast here on CBS Sports.

Fired up to get you set for the week ahead in the Big Ten.

And we have got to start with what is looking like one of the most exciting conference races in all of college football.

You can count them up there.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine teams with one loss or less in conference play. You got some heavy hitters up there

number two three and four in the rankings. You've got Cinderella stories like

Indiana look great great start for Illinois as well.

And now we got to figure out who's going to make it to Indianapolis.

Please to welcome Danny Canel, but Elliot, Tom F Fernelli I'm Chip Patterson all right so you saw it right there

Danny when you start to look at this this big 10 title picture you've got the teams that we knew were going to be there you've got your Ohio State

You've got Oregon which of course just got the win against the buck guys Penn State which awaits a visit from Ohio State here coming up in week 10.

Then you've got an Indiana team that's one of the great stories of the season.

They are undefeated.

And then you've got Iowa, which is already taking a loss to Ohio State

but does not have any games left that look particularly daunting for the Hawkeyes.

As you start to put this thing together, Danny, how, where do you think the Big Ten title race will hinge or pivot coming down the second half of the season?

Shock to anybody that I do think it's a three team race as much as I like Indiana and what they've done

you know you're kind of waiting for them waiting for them to slip up and maybe it's this weekend they have a challenge this weekend that I know we're going to talk about but the three team race I think is interesting because I think a lot of people think it's a two team race but I thought what Penn State did going to USC having the win on the road was really impressive. I thought it was a big step forward for Drew

Aller who really stepped up in that stage and I actually was kind of encouraged that he was able, like taking risks and throwing ball down the field even though he did have three interceptions.

Either you can clean those up. And then most importantly, the fact that they play Ohio State at home and I know Ohio State has absolutely owned them recently and they haven't beat them in quite some time, but I do think Penn State is still very much in this race.

So I think it's a three team race.

I'd love to see the Cinderella story of Indiana continue.

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