Big 10 Power Rankings...

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WindsorHawk

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These pretty much change every week...and in unexpected places IMO.

1 - Michigan State
2 - Iowa
3 - Michigan
4 - Wisconsin
5 - Ohio State
6 - Minnesota
7 - Purdue
8 - Indiana
9 - Northwestern
10 - Illinois
11 - Nebraska
12 - Penn State
 
1 - MSU
2 - Iowa
3 - Michigan
4 - Wisconsin
5 - Minny
6 - OSU
7 - Indiana
8 - Purdue
9 - Illinois
10 - Northwestern
11 - Penn State (They will get over the hump sometime. They can't be that close every game and not close one out)
12 - Nebraska

I can see a major shake up in the next two weeks. I think OSU will be able to come back up the rankings, but currently I have them in the middle of the pack. I think there are about 4 teams that are still trying to figure out their identity and a few top teams that have shown that they are pretty one dimensional.
 
1. MSU - they are undefeated and playing through injuries. Until someone knocks them off they are #1.
2. Michigan - undefeated also in B1G play. They get an edge over Iowa since they won at Wisconsin.
3. Iowa - moving up and looking good, can they replay that game at Wisconsin?
4. Wisconsin - starting to slip, they had me fooled thinking they were best in the B1G.
5. Minnesota - only losses are to the top 3, will move up with a win against Wisconsin.
6. Ohio State - I think they will struggle at Nebraska tomorrow.
7. Purdue - on a 3 game winning streak including a win at Illinois.
8. Indiana - how do you go from knocking off Wisconsin to losing to Northwestern on your home court?
9. Northwestern - because I felt I had to since they beat Illinois. I was tempted to rank them ahead of Indiana.
10. Illinois - hard to believe they were ranked just 1 week ago.
11. Nebraska and Penn State - they are bound to knock someone off.
 
I give Iowa the edge because we beat Ohio State and almost beat Wisconsin and Michigan should have lost to Nebraska. If Michigan doesn't lose this week I will move them up to 2nd...ahead of Iowa. If Iowa doesn't lose this week I will move them up to 1st...ahead of Michigan State.
 
I am getting the feeling that IL and IN are going to be non factors in the race. You can't lose to bad teams like they did and contend. Put them with PSU, NW, Neb. Purdue, I don't think, will factor in as they have played puffballs lately and have hard games coming up. Minnesota's ceiling is 5th, maybe 4th. OSU is 1 or 2 more losses away from falling out of contention - if they pick it up they may still be there. That leaves Michigan, MSU, Iowa, and WI. Its on.
 
Until we've had the chance to play the top two teams in the conference, standings wise, it's pretty tough to gauge where we're at at this point. You almost have to put the teams in "tiers" at this point until everyone has had a chance to play everyone else. At this point, this is what I think....

Top Tier:
MSU
Mich
Iowa
Wisky

2nd tier
OSU
Minny
Indiana

Bottom Tier
Everyone else
 
SpiderRico said:
Until we've had the chance to play the top two teams in the conference, standings wise, it's pretty tough to gauge where we're at at this point. You almost have to put the teams in "tiers" at this point until everyone has had a chance to play everyone else. At this point, this is what I think....

Top Tier:
MSU
Mich
Iowa
Wisky

2nd tier
OSU
Minny
Indiana

Bottom Tier
Everyone else
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I think you could whittle that down to 6 teams. I have a hard time considering Indiana a top team after losing to Northwestern at home. Wisconsin might be in that 2nd tier as well, so for me make it 3 and 3 and put Indiana in with the everyone else.
 
SpiderRico said:
Um, last I looked, MSU and Michigan were the top two teams in the conference, so not sure what you're getting at here...
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I'm saying Iowa and Michigan State are the 2 best teams IMO. It wasn't an attack...sorry you took it that way. Michigan should have lost at Nebraska. Iowa could have won at Wisconsin. If Michigan is still in the top 4 in the conference after their February schedule I will be very surprised.
 
WindsorHawk said:
I'm saying Iowa and Michigan State are the 2 best teams IMO. It wasn't an attack...sorry you took it that way. Michigan should have lost at Nebraska. Iowa could have won at Wisconsin. If Michigan is still in the top 4 in the conference after their February schedule I will be very surprised.
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Should have an should have but didn't. Heck Iowa should of beat Nova and ISU, too, and be ranked in the top 4 nationally but didn't. Until someone beats UM or MSU they are top 2. We'll see in about a week where everyone stands after the top 3 all play each other.
 
WindsorHawk said:
I'm saying Iowa and Michigan State are the 2 best teams IMO. It wasn't an attack...sorry you took it that way. Michigan should have lost at Nebraska. Iowa could have won at Wisconsin. If Michigan is still in the top 4 in the conference after their February schedule I will be very surprised.
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Didn't take it as an attack at all. Just wasn't sure what you were getting at since Michigan and MSU were the top 2 teams in the league, currently undefeated.

We had a tough time with Nebraska at home. Lost on the road at Wisconsin. Michigan beat Wisconsin on the road AND beat Minny on the road. I think both of those wins are better than our win at OSU and beating Minny at home. The good thing is we'll see in 2 short days just how these two teams stack up.
 
There are a lot of arguments to be made at this point in the season. I agree with Spider that I would put Michigan ahead of Iowa right now because of the Minn/Wisc road wins but that could change pretty quickly.

I think it would be interesting to see peoples final B1G conf projections. That's a little more challenging.
 
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