INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Wisconsin enters the Paul Bunyan Axe game against Minnesota having won 26 of its 31 games played with a traveling trophy at stake. ... Penn State's Nick Singleton (863) and Kaytron Allen (748) are the first pair of FBS freshman running backs on the same team to have more than 700 yards rushing apiece since Buffalo's Jaret Patterson (1,013) and Kevin Marks (845) in 2018. ... Of the three Big Ten QBs with five 400-yard passing games since 2000, two are active — Ohio State's C.J. Stroud and Purdue's Aidan O'Connell. The third was the late Dwayne Haskins, who had all five of his in 2018 for Ohio State. ... Since 2018, Nebraska's .279 winning percentage in Big Ten games (12-31) is second-worst behind Rutgers' .136 (638). Ohio State is first at .950 (38-2).