Can the Illini recover, or will USC announce itself as a serious Big Ten threat? In the evening, we'll be treated to a massive game at Penn State. The winner will take a significant step toward the CFP, along with securing a valuable tiebreaker for the conference race. Big 12: TCU at Arizona StateIowa State jumped out to a hot start, and Texas Tech recently bulked up the bandwagon. However, this is a not-so-sneaky, very important Big 12 affair happening on Friday at ASU.