The Big Ten Conference had an astonishing nine of its teams ranked in the Top 25 in the latest poll Monday.Naturally, the best ranked of them would immediately lose to an unranked opponent.Maryland's victory over sixth-ranked Wisconsin on Monday night — along with No.
21 Minnesota's rout of No. 17 Michigan State — sets the stage for what could be an epic start to the new year in the improbably deep Big Ten.
Tenth-ranked Iowa, fresh off its overtime loss to the Golden Gophers, takes on No. 19 Northwestern on Tuesday night while No.
14 Purdue hosts Rutgers. Nebraska heads to No. 25 Ohio State on Wednesday, and Minnesota faces the Badgers and No. 16 Michigan tries to remain unbeaten against the Terps on New Year's Eve.