Big Ten football 2026 preview: Indiana, Oregon, Ohio State on top as conference aims for ...

Six months from the 2026 season, clarity is coming to the Big Ten. The transfer portal has closed and rosters are largely set. Staff changes have been made, the conference schedule is complete, and a pecking order is beginning to form. We’ll address that matter below. For now, let’s briefly examine the clean sheets and hot seats. More than half the conference’s head coaches are either in their first year or facing termination if the season goes awry. The four newcomers are Michigan’s Kyle Whittingham, Michigan State’s Pat Fitzgerald, Penn State’s Matt Campbell and UCLA’s Bob Chesney — a vastly more accomplished collection, in our view, than the...