BRET BIELEMA

Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell has informed his team that he is leaving the school, paving the way for him to become the next head coach at Wisconsin.

Jake Moody made a go-ahead, 35-yard field goal with nine seconds left to give No. 3 Michigan a 19-17 win over Illinois.

A 5-1 start has netted No. 24 Illinois three Big Ten midseason awards from The Associated Press.

Georgia has taken back the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll from Alabama.

Wisconsin has fired head coach Paul Chryst after a 2-3 start to his eighth season leading his alma mater.

Bielema is returning to the Big Ten and his home state to coach Illinois. Illinois hired the former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach, hoping he can turn around a program with nine straight losing seasons. Illinois said Bielema will receive a six-year contract with an annual salary starting at $4.2 million, and begin work immediately. He became the third coach in NCAA history to win 12 games in his rookie season when Wisconsin went 12-1 in 2006. In January, the New York Giants and new head coach Joe Judge hired Bielema as outside linebackers coach and senior assistant.