2025 Week 2 Football Release

• All 18 teams will be in action this week, highlighted by a top-20 matchup on Saturday between No. 15 Michigan at No. 18 Oklahoma. The complete Week 2 schedule is to the right. 

• The Big Ten combined to go 16-2 in Week 1 contests, highlighted by Ohio State defeating No. 1 Texas, 14-7. The Buckeyes have now won six straight games against AP top-five teams, tying the longest streak in Big Ten history and becoming just the seventh FBS team all-time to have a streak of that length. It was their first regular season win against the AP No. 1 team since 1985.

• The Big Ten announced its first Big Ten Football Players of the Week, presented by IFS.ai on Monday. USC’s Jayden Maiava and Washington’s Jonah Coleman were named Co-Offensive Players of the Week. 

• Maiava went 15-of-18 (.833) with a pair of touchdowns for 295 yards with a long of 73 yards to lead the Trojans to a 73-13 victory over Missouri State to open the 2025 season. Coleman led Washington to a 38-21 win over Colorado State, rushing for 177 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries. He also scored on the game’s opening drive, a 26-yard run, and scored the game’s final touchdown, from three yards out in the fourth quarter. 

• Wisconsin’s Preston Zachman claimed Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording a pair of interceptions in Wisconsin’s 17-0 win over Miami (OH). The safety also recorded a pair of solo tackles, helping the Badger defense hold Miami (OH) to only 117 total yards and an 0-for-9 clip on third down, marking the Badgers’ first shutout since the 2022 opener.

• Illinois’ Hank Beatty captured Special Teams Player of the Week accolades after breaking the Illini’s 102-year-old single-game punt return yardage record, totaling 133 yards on four punt returns to break Red Grange’s record set in 1923 (125 yards). Highlighting Beatty’s punt returns was a 69-yard touchdown in the third quarter, Illinois’ first punt return touchdown since 2013. 

• Maryland’s Malik Washington completed 27 of 43 passes for 258 yards, three touchdown and zero interceptions in his first career game en route to Freshman of the Week honors. Washington’s three touchdown passes were the most in a true freshman’s debut in the Big Ten since 2009 (Michigan’s Tate Forcier), the most by a true freshman in a Power Conference since 2018 (Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence) and the most by a true freshman in a debut against an FBS school since UCLA’s Josh Rosen in 2015. 

• In his 27th season in Iowa City, Kirk Ferentz won his 205th game, which ties Woody Hayes for the most by a Big Ten head coach. Last season, he joined the former Buckeye legend as the only Big Ten coaches to win 200 games. The Hawkeyes defeated Albany, 34-7, making the Great Danes the 63rd different program Ferentz has beaten as the Hawkeyes head man.

• The Big Ten claimed back-to-back national championship 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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