ESPN predicts all 18 Big Ten football teams' win-loss records in 2026
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In total, there are three Big Ten football teams projected to win at least 10 games in 2026.
ESPN recently projected all 18 Big Ten teams' win-loss records, and no team is projected to finish with fewer than four wins this season.
That's great news for a few struggling programs, but there are still plenty of those. That said, seven teams are on the verge of not qualifying for a bowl game.
In order to come up with these projections, ESPN accounts for results to date and FPI-based projections for remaining scheduled games (and potential conference championship games).
NOTE: Each win-loss record may not sum to a whole number because of differing number of games played in each simulation.
Big Ten football projected win-loss records in 2026, according to ESPN
- Ohio State Buckeyes: 10.2-2.4
- Oregon Ducks: 10.2-2.3
- Indiana Hoosiers: 10.1-2.3
- Penn State Nittany Lions: 9.0-3.2
- USC Trojans: 8.2-3.9
- Michigan Wolverines: 7.8-4.3
- Iowa Hawkeyes: 7.6-4.4
- Washington Huskies: 7.0-5.0
- Nebraska Cornhuskers: 6.7-5.3
- Illinois Fighting Illini: 6.7-5.3
- Wisconsin Badgers: 6.5-5.5
- Maryland Terrapins: 5.4-6.6
- Minnesota Golden Gophers: 5.3-6.7
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights: 5.1-6.9
- UCLA Bruins: 5.1-6.9
- Northwestern Wildcats: 4.9-7.1
- Michigan State Spartans: 4.6-7.4
- Purdue Boilermakers: 4.3-7.7
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