Picking Big Ten football matchups for Week 2 of 2025 season

On Friday morning, I put out my predictions for every Week 2 college football game involving a Big Ten team. While wise readers know that my opinions are the only ones that truly matter, there are some of you out there, believe it or not, who want to hear what other writers have to say.

Those in the latter category are in luck, because each week this season, we will be doing a predictions roundtable with College Wire writers from each of the Big Ten West Coast schools. Obviously, my picks will be the best, but let’s take a look at what each of us thinks will happen this weekend.

(Note: We will not be picking games vs. FCS opponents. Also, we forgot to include the Miami Ohio-Rutgers game in our roundtable this week.)

Adam Bradford, Trojans Wire

Maryland over Northern Illinois

Penn State over FIU

Illinois over Duke

Iowa State over Iowa

Oregon over Oklahoma State

Wisconsin over Middle Tennessee

Oklahoma over Michigan

Nebraska over Akron

USC over Georgia Southern

Michigan State over Boston College

UCLA over UNLV

Matt Zemek, Trojans Wire

Maryland

Penn State

Illinois

Iowa State

Oregon

Wisconsin

Oklahoma

Nebraska

USC

Michigan State

UNLV

Micah Huff, Trojans Wire

Maryland

Penn State

Duke

Iowa State

Oregon

Wisconsin

Michigan

Nebraska

USC

Michigan State

UNLV

Dylan McNeill, UCLA Wire

Maryland

Penn State

Illinois 

Iowa State

Oregon

Wisconsin

Michigan

Nebraska

USC

Michigan State

UCLA

Ryan Lorenz, UCLA Wire

Maryland

Penn State

Illinois 

Iowa

Oregon 

Wisconsin

Michigan

Nebraska

USC

Michigan State

UCLA

Don Smalley, Ducks Wire

Maryland

Penn State

Illinois

Iowa

Oregon

Wisconsin

Oklahoma

Nebraska

USC

Boston College

UCLA

Roman Tomashoff, Huskies Wire

Maryland

Penn State

Illinois

Iowa

Oregon

Wisconsin

Oklahoma

Nebraska

USC

Boston College

UNLV