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The 2025 college football season continues to near. With the start of May, spring practice sessions and transfer portal movement are mostly complete. The summer recruiting rush is just around the corner,

With May having arrived and the class of 2026 recruiting cycle set to lead the college football headlines, here is where every Big Ten team stands in 247Sports' team composite. USC Trojans (23 commits, 13 blue-chip (one five-star), No. 1 national ranking)

FanDuel Sportsbook favors the Ohio State Buckeyes to win the Big Ten conference following their 2024 championship campaign. The two participants in last year’s conference title game, Penn State and Oregon, are close by to make up the only three programs with odds under +300.

Ohio State opens its national championship defense with an almost completely new starting lineup, and Oregon finds itself in a very similar boat with regard to its search for a second-straight Big Ten title. They might both have to get through Penn State, though, which loaded up on veteran talent this offseason.

The ranking of the best coaches in the Big Ten starts with an obvious choice at No.1 but there's plenty of difficult decisions to make on the list.

A big part of spring football is identifying players on the verge of making breakthroughs. Among Big Ten players on the cusp are Illinois tight end Cole Rusk, Indiana receiver Omar Cooper Jr., Iowa receiver Jacob Gill,