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Big Ten’s 50 Most Important People: 50-26 rankings with Ryan Day, Bret Bielema, Luke Wafle & more
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Who are the Top 50 most important, impactful, consequential people for the 2026 Big Ten football season?
On Northern Aggression, Bill Landis, Matt Fortuna and Doug Lesmerises put together the list, and this episode unveils the first 25 players and coaches affecting Big Ten ball this fall.
From quarterbacks to coordinators, from freshmen to head coaches, from receivers to a stadium and a recruit, check out the start of the list and the explanations from Bill, Matt and Doug on the first 25.
Every Big Ten program is represented in the Top 50, with two more episodes ahead to get to No. 1.
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1 hour 29 minutes.