Week 5 of the college football season brought relief to fan bases that had waited a long time. Minnesota beat Michigan at home for the first time since 1977. Purdue won 24-17 at Illinois for its first Big Ten win in years, which was also Barry Odom's first power-conference victory. Northwestern, 23-39 since its 2020 Citrus Bowl season, opened its new home with a blowout of Penn State. On the other side, Mississippi State, Florida, UMass and Iowa took losses that changed the mood around their seasons, first-year Big Ten coaches other than UCLA's Bob Chesney had uneven starts, and injuries hit several young quarterbacks.