• The 20th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge begins Monday with 14 games taking place through Wednesday. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise all 14 games of the event.
• Through the first three weeks of the season, the Big Ten and ACC have the top two win percentages and win totals among all Division I conferences. Big Ten teams have combined for a 67-13 record for an .838 win percentage while the ACC programs are 71-14 with an .835 win percentage. The Big Ten has five undefeated teams while the ACC has four unbeatens.
• Three Challenge match-ups pit ranked teams in the AP Poll with No. 4 Virginia battling No. 24 Maryland, No. 7 Michigan playing at No. 11 North Carolina and No. 15 Florida State hosting No. 19 Purdue. Also featured is a freshman showdown between Romeo Langford and Indiana and Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett and Cam Reddish and No. 3 Duke.
• Three of the games will have first-time Challenge matchups: Syracuse-Ohio State, Minnesota-Boston College and Pitt-Iowa.
• Several games are rematches from prior Challenges: Georgia Tech-Northwestern, Indiana-Duke and UNC-Michigan, who all met in last year’s Challenge; Nebraska-Clemson and Rutgers-Miami (Fla.) in 2016; Michigan State-Louisville and Illinois-Notre Dame (2015); Virginia Tech-Penn State and Virginia-Maryland (2014); NC State-Wisconsin (2010), and Purdue-Florida State, who haven’t met in this event since 2005.
• Seven Big Ten programs are ranked in the Top 25 in this week’s Associated Press Poll. With seven teams ranked in the AP Poll, it marks the first time the Big Ten has seven teams ranked in the poll since the Feb. 9, 1999 poll.
Monday, November 26
