And then there were two – weeks left in the Big Ten football regular season, that is.

For the third time in four weeks, all the favorites won in the league, but it didn't come easily. Northwestern nearly spoiled that when it rallied to take a fourth-quarter lead against Michigan football in Chicago, only for Sherrone Moore's team to kick a walk-off field goal into the Wrigley Field bleachers.

This week, there's a Big Ten championship elimination game: Oregon and USC both have a chance to make the league title game but only if they win out and Indiana or Ohio State flop in the final weeks. Still, the winner between the Ducks and Trojans has a solid College Football Playoff case, so long as they don't fall in the season finale (against Washington or UCLA, respectively).

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