1. Michigan
2. Ohio State
3. Iowa
4. Wisconsin
5. Minnesota
6. Michigan State
7. Northwestern
8. Penn State
9. Illinois
10. Indiana
Purdue -- DNP
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I'd rather die of thirst than drink from the cup of mediocrity
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Andy's Big Ten Power Rankings
1. Iowa
2. Michigan
3. Ohio State
4. Michigan State
5. Minnesota
6. Wisconsin
7. Northwestern
8. Penn State
9. Illinois
10. Indiana
I just couldn't bring myself to rank Iowa any higher given the fact that they basically played a High School team -- although they clearly could be better than the 3 I have them at.
I'm gonna' include Purdue based on where they would be had they played last week.
1 Ohio State
2 Iowa
3 Purdue
4 Michigan
5 Michigan State
6 Wisconsin
7 Minnesota
8 Penn State
9 Northwestern
10 Illinois
11 Indiana
A lot of love for Michigan State!
States going to do well this year with Stanton and Caulcrick. If they can bring any kind of defense they'll be good.
I guess that's a big if...
I don't know if I'm giving too much love to MSU or not. Look at how pathetic the teams below them are.
6. Whisky-Average line at best, poor linebacks, and horrible secondary. They also have a one dimension offense w/ inconsistent recievers and horrible passers (MN anyone?)
7. Minnesota- An O-line that isn't as good as the ones on the recent past, poor QB play, and a D that looks slightly better than last year... so far.
8. PSU- Same offensive offense as last season, largely the same D, will get you largely the same results.
9. Norwestern- is well, Northwestern.
10. Illini- Disgustingly awful D, new QB, and strong running game.
11. Indy- A team that could barely slide by Central Michigan. Enough said.
Not disagreeing with MSU ranking too much. It seems to me that the 4 teams after the Big 3 or 4 (with Purdue), Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan State and Northwestern are pretty similar. They all will probably end up at or near 500 in the Big 10.
But I'm not sure that MS beating Kent convincingly is any more impressive than Minnesota or Northwestern's big wins. And Wisconsin actually beat a good team last weekend. While they certainly looked one dimensional and extremely weak on defense for a half, they did lose a ton of talent on D but still beat a team that many thought would upset them (in fact the line was only Wis by 2 1/2) by 14 points.
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