Big Ten game of the week

Last update: October 18, 2007 - 5:42 PM

Michigan State (5-2, 1-2)

at No. 1 Ohio State (7-0, 3-0)

2:30 p.m., Saturday, Ch. 5

Ohio State ranks second nationally in rushing defense at 62.9 yards per game and has allowed only one rushing touchdown. Michigan State ranks ninth nationally in rushing at 242.7 yards per game and has 20 rushing touchdowns. Spartans tailback Javon Ringer has averaged 177.7 rushing yards in three Big Ten games. This game matches teacher (Ohio State's Jim Tressel) vs. his pupil (Michigan State's Mark Dantonio).

Other Big Ten games

• Northwestern vs. E. Mich. at Detroit, 6 tonight, ESPNU

• Penn State at Indiana, 11 a.m. Saturday, ESPN

• NDSU at Gophers, 11 a.m., Big Ten Network

• N. Illinois at Wisconsin, 11 a.m., BTN (overflow channel)

• Iowa at Purdue, 11 a.m., ESPN2

• Michigan at Illinois, 7 p.m., Ch. 5

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