2025 Week 7 Football Release
BIG TEN FOOTBALL RELEASE - WEEK 7 | STANDINGS | SCHEDULE | MEDIA GUIDE | WE GIVE BLOOD DRIVE
• Week seven of the 2025 college football season features all 18 schools in action as conference play continues. The conference slate kicks off when Rutgers travels to Washington in a Friday night showdown at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Two AP top 25 matchups headline Saturday’s action, starting with No. 1 Ohio State at No. 17 Illinois at noon ET, followed by No. 7 Indiana at No. 3 Oregon at 3:30 p.m. ET.
• Ten of the Big Ten’s 18 teams are mentioned in this week’s AP or US LBM Coaches Polls, announced on Sunday. The AP poll includes No. 1 Ohio State, No. 3 Oregon, No. 7 Indiana, No. 15 Michigan, and No. 17 Illinois with Penn State, Nebraska, USC and Washington receiving votes. At No. 1, Ohio State leads 10 Big Ten teams in the coaches’ poll (No. 2 Oregon, No. 7 Indiana, No. 15 Michigan, No. 17 Illinois, and No. 22 Penn State), Washington, USC, Nebraska, and Iowa also received recognition.
• Three Big Ten teams remain undefeated through six weeks of the 2025 season. Indiana, Ohio State, and Oregon rank among the 15 NCAA FBS teams sporting perfect records entering Week Seven.
• The Big Ten announced its Football Players of the Week, presented by IFS.ai on Monday, with UCLA’s Nico Iamaleava earning Offensive Player of the Week honors. Iamaleava lead UCLA to a 42-37 upset over then-No. 7 Penn State by accounting for five total touchdowns and 294 total yards of offense. He also set single-game career highs in rushing yards and touchdowns and tied a program record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback.
• Nebraska’s DeShon Singleton earned Defensive Player of the Week honors after becoming the first Husker to record a pair of interceptions in a game since 2023. Singleton also added six tackles in Nebraska’s win over Michigan State.
• Illinois’ David Olano claimed Special Teams Player of the Week after accounting for 19 points in the Fighting Illini’s win over Purdue. He boasted a perfect 5-for-5 outing on field goals and 4-for-4 on extra points, which leads the Big Ten in most field goals made in game by a Big Ten player this season.
• Ohio State’s Julian Sayin won his second Freshman of the Week award this year after leading the Buckeyes to a 42-3 win over Minnesota. He completed 23 of 27 passes for 326 yards and three touchdowns.
• UCLA became the fourth team since 1936 with a record of 0-4 or worse to beat an AP top 10 and the first since 1985. It marked the Bruins’ first win over an AP top-10 opponent since Sept. 24, 2010 when UCLA defeated No. 7 Texas on the road.
• Ahead of their matchup, Indiana and Oregon both boast a top ten scoring offense and defense. The Hoosiers rank fourth in scoring offense (47.8 points per game), while ranking sixth in scoring defense (47.8 points per game). The Ducks rank sixth nationally in scoring offense (46.8 points per game), while ranking 3rd in scoring defense (9.6 points per game).
• No. 1 Ohio State’s and No. 17 Illinois’ matchup marks the first time the two meet as ranked teams since 2001 when the No. 12 Fighting Illini defeated the No. 25 Buckeyes 34-22 in Champaign en route to the Big Ten title.
• Heading into Saturday, Illinois’ quarterback Luke Altmeyer is sixth in the nation in passing yards (1,573) and Ohio State is the nations top scoring defense (5.0 points per game).
• The Big Ten currently leads all other conferences with 15 blocked punts on the season. Five schools have recorded multiple blocked punts (Rutgers, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, and Penn State) and the conference has nine total that have recorded at least one.
• The Big Ten claimed back-to-back national titles for the first time since 1942 last season as Ohio State defeated Notre Dame, 34-23, in the 2024 College Football Playoff at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Buckeyes brought home their sixth national championship to the Horseshoe in Columbus and first since the inaugural CFP National Championship in the 2014-15 season.
• The 2025 Discover Big Ten Championship Game will be held on Saturday, December 6, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and will be broadcast by FOX. The winner will represent the conference as the Automatic Qualifier (AQ) to the College Football Playoff.
• Abbott and the Big Ten Conference are kicking off Season 2 of the We Give Blood drive. Students, fans, alumni and communities across the country are backing their favorite Big Ten schools by donating blood. Every donation can help save up to three lives - and bring your school one step closer to winning $1 million to advance student or community health. The top school will be announced at the 2025 Discover® Big Ten Football Championship Game on December 6, 2025.
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