Welcome in to another episode of the PFF College Football Show, Max Chadwick alongside Dalton Wasserman here.

We did the SEC preview already.

Now it's time to preview every single big 10 team heading into the 2025 season. Dolan is the biggest conference in America. 18 total

teams. It's going to be a long show today, but I can't wait to break it all down.

The biggest conference, some of the biggest programs, some of the biggest names, some of the best players in the country.

Look, there's a lot of good teams out of the 18. You got four playoff teams out of this conference last year,

and there's multiple teams even outside of that range from the dark horses are to challenge their traditional powers. Absolutely. Yeah, the reigning national champion, Ohio State is in this

conference. You've got a final four team in Penn State in this conference. A team that's the number

one team in the country basically all year in Oregon in this conference. It is a loaded, loaded

conference. We wanted to remind you guys to all of the stats that we break down here on this show

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college football too all right dollen let's start off this Big Ten preview with the first school in alphabetical order.

And you and I were joking beforehand, kind of crazy, the first school in alphabetical order.

And the biggest conference in America is an I school.

But the Illinois fighting a line eye is our first school right here.

One of the bigger surprises in college football last year, finishing 10 and 3 and number 16 in the final AP poll.

That doubled their win total from the previous season, and it was their best final ranking

in 23 years in the final AP poll. Not only that, it also matched the program record for most wins

in a season as well.

And the fighting line I brought back a lot of players from that 2024 squad.

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