Ohio State mows down Huskers to extend lead over Nittany Lions
As the Big 10 continues conference play, Sports Talk From Top To Bottom takes a look at the nation’s fourth best football conference, ranking its league members from top to bottom. We are using GamePlan Magazines power ranking system to come up with our standings. In some cases, a team’s opponent was not included in GamePlan’s power ranking system so we gave those programs a 110 power ranking each week in order to calculate the power ranking of those programs that are included in these standings.
Feel free to throw your thoughts in on these rankings. A team’s power ranking is a season-long accumulation of points, so these standings may change dramatically from week to week. On the first line next to ‘Big Ten Conference’ is the league’s collective won-loss record and the average power ranking of the school’s that compete for the conference. On the line next to each school is that school’s league record, overall record, power ranking and which division they reside in.
Enjoy!
Big Ten Conference 54-32 121.6
1. Ohio State 4-0 6-1 144 East
2. Penn State 3-0 6-0 136 East
3. Wisconsin 3-0 6-0 133 West
4. *Michigan 2-1 5-1 127 East
5. *Michigan State 3-0 5-1 122 East
6. Iowa 1-2 4-2 122 West
7. Purdue 1-2 3-3 121 West
8. Indiana 0-3 3-3 121 East
9. Northwestern 1-2 3-3 121 West
10. Minnesota 0-3 3-3 116 West
11. Nebraska 2-2 3-4 115 West
12. Maryland 1-2 3-3 113 East
13. Rutgers 1-2 2-4 108 East
14. Illinois 0-3 2-4 104 West
* I know many of you will bash us for placing Michigan ahead of Michigan State here. But remember these power rankings are calculations of everything that has played out to date this season – not just one game. As of now the system sees Michigan State’s win over Michigan as an upset. If the Spartans really are better than the Wolverines, it will eventually play out in these power rankings as the season goes on.
Next Week’s Big 10 Predictions
Penn State 35, Michigan 27
Wisconsin 35, Maryland 14
Michigan State 24, Indiana 23
Iowa 27, Northwestern 24
Purdue 31, Rutgers 20
Minnesota 27, Illinois 14
