The game times and television assignments for next Saturday, Nov. 3, are now set and appear below:

Noon ET/11 a.m. CT
Michigan at Minnesota, BTN

3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT
Iowa at Indiana, BTN
Nebraska at Michigan State, ABC (regional), ESPN2 (outer market)
Illinois at Ohio State, ESPN
Penn State at Purdue, ESPNU

The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame named Nebraska's Rex Burkhead and Northwestern's Patrick Ward two of 15 recipients of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards. Burkhead and Ward were selected from a nationwide pool of 147 semifinalists from among all NCAA divisions and the NAIA. The two Big Ten student-athletes are now finalists for the 2012 William V. Campbell Trophy, which recognizes an individual as the absolute best scholar-athlete in the nation. The NFF's National Scholar-Athlete program, launched in 1959, is the first initiative in history to award scholar-athletes postgraduate scholarships for their combined athletic, academic and leadership abilities. Each finalist will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship at the 55th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on December 4 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City, and one of the 15 will be announced as the 23rd recipient of the Campbell Trophy. Michigan State's Kirk Cousins and Purdue's Joe Holland earned NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards last season. Two Big Ten standouts have won the Campbell Trophy - Ohio State's Bobby Hoying in 1995 and Craig Krenzel in 2003.

NaVorro Bowman, LB, San Francisco 49ers (Penn State) - Tallied seven tackles and one sack in San Francisco's 13-6 win over Seattle.

Tom Brady, QB, New England Patriots (Michigan) - Threw for 259 yards and two touchdowns on 26-of- 42 passing in New England's 29-26 win over the New York Jets.

Drew Brees, QB, New Orleans Saints (Purdue) - Threw for 377 yards and four touchdowns on 27-of-37 passing in New Orleans' 35-28 win over Tampa Bay.

Dallas Clark, TE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Iowa) - Caught five passes for 51 yards and a touchdown in the Bucs' 35-28 loss to the Saints.

Lavonte David, LB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Nebraska) - Racked up eight tackles, including two for loss, and one pass deflection in the Bucs' 35-28 loss to the Saints.

Owen Daniels, TE, Houston Texans (Wisconsin) - Caught seven passes for 59 yards and a touchdown in the Texans' 43-13 win over the Ravens.

Malcolm Jenkins, S, New Orleans Saints (Ohio State) - Recorded a team-leading nine tackles in the Saints' 35-28 win over the Bucs.

James Laurinaitis, LB, St. Louis Cardinals (Ohio State) - Had a team-high 14 tackles in the Rams' 30-20 loss to the Packers.

Whitney Mercilus, DE, Houston Texans (Illinois) - Notched three tackles, one sack, a pass deflection and forced a fumble in the Texans' 43-13 win over the Ravens.

Zoltan Mesko, P, New England Patriots (Michigan) - Averaged 44.8 yards per punt, placing four of his six punts inside the 20-yard line, including a long of 54 yards in the Patriots' 29-26 win over the Jets.

Rob Ninkovich, DE, New England Patriots (Purdue) - Recorded six tackles, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble in the Patriots' 29-26 win over the Jets.

Bernard Pollard, S, Baltimore Ravens (Purdue) - Totaled eight tackles in the Ravens' 43-13 loss to the Texans.

Paul Posluszny, LB, Jacksonville Jaguars (Penn State) - Notched seven tackles and two pass deflections in the Jaguars' 26-23 loss to the Raiders.

Antoine Winfield, Minnesota Vikings (Ohio State) - Registered a team-high 11 tackles and a sack in the Vikings' 21-14 win over the Cardinals.

 

Defensive tackle John Simon of Ohio State and linebackers Max Bullough of Michigan State and Chris Borland and Mike Taylor of Wisconsin were named quarterfinalists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which honors the student-athlete who has the biggest IMPACT on his team on and off the field. The Badgers joined LSU as the only schools with two quarterfinalists. Simon was named a Lott Trophy semifinalist last season along with Nebraska linebacker Lavonte David. Two Big Ten standouts have won the Lott Trophy since its creation in 2004 - Ohio State's James Laurinaitis in 2008 and Wisconsin's J.J. Watt in 2010.

The Lott IMPACT Trophy is named after Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott. IMPACT is an acronym for Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity.  Semifinalists for the award will be announced Nov. 13 and four finalists Nov. 28.

Michigan's Denard Robinson and Ohio State's Braxton Miller were named semifinalists for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, presented annually to the nation's best college quarterback. Robinson is one of five standouts named an O'Brien Award semifinalist for the second straight year. Current Big Ten schools have produced six O'Brien Award winners, most recently when the Buckeyes' Troy Smith was honored in 2006.

Narrowed from all 124 starting quarterbacks from NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision schools, semifinalists were selected by the Davey O'Brien National Selection Committee, with the Fan Vote accounting for five percent of the total vote. The committee was asked to consider the following criteria: quarterback skills, athletic ability, academics, character, leadership and sportsmanship. Fans may now help determine which three quarterbacks will advance as finalists by voting as often as once daily at www.VoteOBrien.org. Fan voting will close at noon (CT) on Nov. 18. The three Davey O'Brien finalists will be announced on Monday, Nov. 19 and the 2012 Davey O'Brien winner will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards airing Thursday, Dec. 6 on ESPN.

The times and television assignments for Big Ten football games scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 3, are not yet finalized, as ABC/ESPN will exercise an allowable six-day selection process. Times and television will be determined no later than next Monday, Oct. 29. Three of the five games will appear on ABC (regional, with outer market distribution on ESPN or ESPN2), ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU and those games will be broadcast at 3:30 p.m. ET. BTN will broadcast the remaining two games at either Noon or 3:30 p.m. ET. Below is the list of games scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 3, at either Noon or 3:30 p.m. ET:

Iowa at Indiana, BTN
Michigan at Minnesota, TBD*
Nebraska at Michigan State, TBD*
Illinois at Ohio State, TBD*
Penn State at Purdue, TBD*

* BTN, ABC (regional, with outer market coverage on ESPN or ESPN2), ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU

Illinois' Jonathan Brown, Michigan State's Max Bullough and the Penn State duo of Gerald Hodges and Michael Mauti were named four of 12 semifinalists for the Butkus Award, given annually to the nation's top linebacker and named for Hall of Famer and Illini legend Dick Butkus. The Big Ten led all conferences with four semifinalists, while the Nittany Lions were the only team with multiple selections. Nine standouts from current Big Ten schools have claimed the Butkus Award, most recently when Ohio State's James Laurinaitis was honored in 2007.

Nebraska's Taylor Martinez was one of eight quarterbacks named "Stars of the Week" by the Manning Award, the only national quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its balloting. Martinez completed 27 of 39 passes for 342 yards and three touchdowns and added a rushing score at Northwestern. He led two scoring drives in the fourth quarter to rally Nebraska from a 12-point deficit for the 29-28 victory.

College football fans can now go to the Allstate Sugar Bowl Facebook page to vote for what they think was the best performance from this past weekend. When voting closes on Thursday at 11 a.m. CT, the top vote-getter will be announced as the Manning Award Player of the Week. Click on this link to vote.

Six Big Ten teams received votes in the latest Associated Press (AP), USA Today coaches or Harris Interactive polls, while two teams appeared among the top 25 of the latest Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings. Three Big Ten schools were ranked among the top 25 in at least one poll. Ohio State remained among the top 10 at No. 9 in the AP poll after improving to 8-0 with an overtime win against Purdue. Michigan moved up in each poll to be ranked No. 20 by the media, coaches and Harris voters and No. 22 in the BCS standings. Wisconsin returned to the top 25 after a three-week absence to be rated No. 25 in the USA Today poll and BCS standings while placing just outside of the top 25 in the AP and Harris rankings. Nebraska, Northwestern and Penn State also received votes in at least one poll.