The No. 3 Oregon Ducks and the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes have a date on Saturday, Oct. 12, for the top spot in the Big Ten power rankings and perhaps even the whole country. Big Ten teams are littered across the AP Poll top 25. Six teams, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Oregon, No. 4 Penn State, No. 18 Indiana, No. 23 Illinois, and No. 24 Michigan, were all in the rankings heading into week seven of the college football season.

The Ohio State Buckeyes remain at No. 1 atop the Big Ten power rankings after yet another dominating performance in their 35-7 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Ohio State has outscored their opponents 234-30 and haven’t had to sweat for a second in their 5-0 start. Their first big test is coming up on Saturday, Oct. 12, vs. Oregon.

Next Game: Oct. 12 at No. 3 Oregon

The Ducks have started to hit their groove. Oregon beat up on a reeling Michigan State Spartans team 31-10 on Friday, Oct. 4, to improve their record to 5-0 and jump to No. 3 in the AP Poll.

This week, the winner of Ohio State vs. Oregon will take the No. 1 spot in the Big Ten power rankings and potentially the No. 1 spot in the country.

Next Game: Oct. 12 vs. No. 2 Ohio State

The Penn State Nittany Lions took care of UCLA 27-11 on Saturday, Oct. 5, to improve their mark on the season to 5-0. Penn State’s defense is humming, and that is why they are a legitimate Big Ten contender.

They are comfortable playing in low-scoring defensive battles. It will be interesting to see them when they take on a USC team trying to do the opposite on Saturday.

Next Game: Oct. 12 at USC

The undefeated Indiana Hoosiers move up to No. 4 on this week’s edition of the Big Ten power rankings. The Hoosiers picked up their Big Ten-leading sixth win in a 41-24 road win over Northwestern.

What more can be said about the 6-0 Hoosiers? First-year Indiana coach Curt Cignetti has transformed a program from 3-9 a year ago to a team that has already locked up a bowl game bid in the first week of October. Indiana will enjoy their bye week before they host Nebraska.

Next Game: Oct. 19 vs. Nebraska

Illinois took full advantage of their bye week and saw some of the top Big Ten teams above them suffer bad losses. For that, the Illini moved up to No. 5.

Next Game: Oct. 12 vs. Purdue

Nebraska won a low-scoring affair against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Saturday, Oct. 5, 14-7. The Huskers didn’t score a single point in the second half, but it didn’t matter. Their defense came up huge and forced two timely turnovers to pull out the win.

They have a bye week to rest up before traveling to Bloomington to play Indiana.

Next Game: Oct. 19 at No. 18 Indiana

Just as Michigan was finally reverting to its old form, they laid an egg against Washington. The Wolverines took a lead into the fourth quarter but were outscored 13-0 to end the game in a 27-17 road loss to the Huskies.

The schedule doesn’t get any easier for Michigan as they go to Illinois after their bye week on October 19. Additionally, Michigan has some questions at quarterback going forward.

Next Game: Oct. 19 at No. 23 Illinois

USC had one of their worst losses in recent memory against Minnesota, 24-17. The Trojans had the edge across the board regarding talent, but Minnesota bothered Trojans quarterback Miller Moss all day in the Gophers comeback win.

It appears that the Trojans’ kryptonite is a run-first team that wants to slow the game down. This was imminent in their loss to Michigan and again vs. Minnesota. They have to counter this somehow or they will lose again vs. Penn State.

Next Game: Oct. 12 vs. No. 4 Penn State

Rutgers had a disappointing loss at the hands of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Scarlet Knights were down 14-0 at the half but continued to battle in the second half. Their defense kept them in the game, but the offense was only able to put up 7 points in the 14-7 loss, their first of the season.

It wasn’t a disastrous loss by any means, so they only dropped one spot.

Next Game: Oct. 12 vs. Wisconsin

Minnesota is back in the top ten after their stunning 24-17 upset of USC. Minnesota has suffered three losses this season, but two of them were right at the buzzer. They lost to UNC on a missed field goal and lost to Michigan by three after the referees wiped away a Gopher recovery on the onside kick late in the game.

Minnesota could very well be 5-1. Plus, they got one of the best wins of the weekend, earning a spot on here.

Next Game: Oct. 12 at UCLA

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The East Palestine train derailment and styrene leak near Cincinnati happened within Ohio.

Now, an Ohio teen has admitted to cutting off a tanker semi-truck in central Illinois that overturned and killed five people from a chemical spill caused by the crash.

Here’s what we know.

Ohio teen admits triggering crash; resulting chemical spill killed five people

A report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows that the 2023 tanker truck collision released hazardous chemicals that prompted evacuations in Teutopolis, Illinois. The truck carried around 7,500 gallons of anhydrous ammonia. More than half of the toxic chemical from inside the tank leaked out. Of the five who died from the exposure, three were members of a family that included an adult and two children under 12-years-old.

The 17-year-old Ohio girl—whose name was concealed since she was a minor—admitted that she passed the truck when driving a minivan. “Oh, (expletive). Yeah. Oh, my goodness. Yep, totally my bad. Wow. Holy (expletive),” she said during an Oct. 2023 Illinois State Police interview, the Associated Press reports.

Inside the minivan were the Ohio teen, her mother and her brother headed to St. Louis. She admitted fault for the accident and estimated she was driving about 90 mph to make sure she had enough clearance to pass the truck. The posted speed limit on US-40 was 55 mph, according to the NTSB.

“It was totally my fault,” she said to NTSB investigators. “I’ve honestly in the past had times when I just don’t use good judgment in judging, like, distances and whether I have enough time for something.”

Throughout the interview, the teen maintained that she had no idea the crash happened until they were preparing to return home. “Nobody said, ‘Oh, the guy behind you drove off the road.’ That would’ve been a huge deal for everybody. We would’ve been like, ‘Oh, (expletive), I just caused something really bad to happen.’”

According to the NTSB, the tanker truck driver attempted to avoid a collision but skidded off the road and ultimately struck a utility trailer, where the hitch punctured the tank and released the anhydrous ammonia, a known lung-damaging agent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A person accused of being armed and heading toward an Ohio high school Saturday night was fatally shot by officers.

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Around 9:11 p.m. Saturday, Medina County Sheriff’s deputies were assisting Wadsworth Police Department and Wayne County Sheriff’s Office with a suicidal 44-year-old man who was believed to be armed and threatening suicide by cop, CBS affiliate WOIO reported.

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Officers believed the man was heading to Wadsworth High School. The high school was placed on lockdown during the school’s homecoming as a precaution.

Janice Martin, whose daughter Maggie Martin is a senior at Wadsworth High, told WOIO that they received a phone call from her daughter before receiving a call from the school.

“She said I’m not happy because they put us in lockdown. It scared me because lockdown means there’s something really bad happening,” Martin said.

Maggie admitted she was a little nervous and started pacing as she called one of her friends.

“We were just being told we were in a soft lockdown, and they wouldn’t tell us what it was about,” Maggie said. “Some teachers came over to the group I was in and said it’s not a threat to the actual high school. It’s just a situation outside. But that didn’t make me feel any better.”

Wadsworth City School District Superintendent Andy Hill said in a message to parents that the individual was not a student of the district and was an adult.

Around 10:08 a.m. officers spotted the suspect’s car on Silver Creek Road in Wadsworth Twp and initiated a traffic stop.

After the officers stopped the car, the suspect got out with a suspected firearm, according to a release obtained by WOIO.

Medina County Sheriff deputies “engaged the suspect and fired their service weapon.” Officers and EMS administered life-saving measures but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Hill said the students and adults at the dance did an “outstanding job” following directions to ensure safety.

“Finally, I would like to thank the Wadsworth Police Department and the Medina County Sheriff’s Office for their quick response last night to enact plans to keep everyone at the high school safe. We appreciate their efforts to prioritize the safety of those in our high school while they actively dealt with the situation off of our campus,” Hill said.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation was called to investigate the officer-involved shooting.

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