The crowded club of College Football Playoff contenders atop the Big Ten will keep the conference at the center of the conversation until the end of the regular season. After a revealing Saturday, clarity is starting to come to the Big Ten, and with it the race for the national semifinals. The early slate of games included No. 7 Michigan State’s thrilling 37-33 win against No. 6 Michigan and No. 10 Iowa getting blasted by Wisconsin, which held the Hawkeyes to just 156 yards of offense in the 27-7 win. That lopsided loss knocks Iowa out of the playoff race and even sends the Hawkeyes out of the driver’s seat in the Big Ten West. Iowa’s razor-thin margin for error, evident even when winning six straight to open the year, has been erased by consistently putrid play on offense. First place in the division now belongs to Minnesota, which has…
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