*****Official B1G In Season Thread*****
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Northwestern maybe, they are terrible. But NW also beat Rutgers who pummeled Indiana. I know Transitive property isn’t a thing in sports but I do think IU was truly that bad this season. Also, Nebraska would MURDER Indiana.
Illinois won’t win. I’m not even sure how many guys are going to dress. Hearing at least 5 guys out.
End of season rankings for each division:
2014:
East
Ohio St. #1
Michigan St. #5
West
Wisconsin #14
2015:
East
Ohio St. #4
Michigan St. #6
Michigan #12
West
Iowa #9
Wisconsin #21
Northwestern #23
2016:
East
Ohio State #6
Penn St. #7
Michigan #10
West
Wisconsin #9
2017:
Ohio St. #5
Penn St. #8
Michigan St. #15
West
Wisconsin #7
Northwestern #17
2018:
East
Ohio St. #3
Michigan #14
Penn St. #17
West
Northwestern #21
Wisconsin #23
2019:
East
Ohio St. #3
Penn St. #9
Michigan #18
West
Minnesota #10
Wisconsin #11
Iowa #15
2020:
East
Ohio St. #2
Indiana #12
West
Northwestern #10
Iowa #16
2021 (not final)
East
Ohio St. #2
Michigan #5
Michigan St. #12
West
Wisconsin #14
Iowa #16
Top 10 team teams in that span
East: 14
West 5
Top 10 teams in that span even if you take out Ohio St.
East: 6
West: 5
Since division realignment in 2014, the East Division has won all 7 Big Ten championships. That has been won by 3 different teams and Michigan could make that 4 this year.
Call it what you want but I think the imbalance at top is pretty clear.
If I heard correctly, and I don’t care enough to check, they beat zero currently ranked teams.
MSU didn't do well in the games it played against the west. Double digit loss to Purdue and eeked out a win against an awful Nebraska team. UM has improved to be on the level of OSU this year (same tier as Wisconsin normally), but nobody else in the east is scary. PSU is a shell of what it was a decade ago, and MSU feasted on a pretty easy schedule...their only "good" win was over UM.
If UM can lose to MSU this year's they can lose to Iowa. Not saying they will, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen.
MSU has a handful of nice wins.
Miami
Western Kentucky (slight favorite to win CUSA)
Penn State
Maryland
Michigan (heavy favorite to win Big Ten)
Garbage teams include Nebraska, Indiana, Northwestern, Rutgers had an okay season by their standards, and Youngstown State.
Not too bad. How can anyone rip that schedule in an era of playing like 3 garbage non con teams and half a conference that won’t go bowling? Everyone ends up with like 5-7 games against non bowl eligible teams. Just look at the SEC and their D1AA opponents in November. 5-2 against bowl eligible teams and 5-0 vs non bowl eligible teams. Great season.
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Honestly thats where all those teams built their brands.
Michigan/Ohio State
Penn State/ND independent
USC
Alabama and the SEC
FSU/Miami
Why wreck the thing that built your program?
You know who else played Nebraska and Penn State close? Michigan and Ohio State. They were 2 close games for those schools and 2 close games for us.
Boy if that isn't the truth. Michigan is thumping their chest about beating a team that quit and was not mentally prepared, lol
He still has concussion symptoms I’d imagine. Is there something else going on that triggered this comment? I’m genuinely asking, haven’t followed his status closely, just know he had been dealing with a concussion.
Purdue moves up to number 2 and Duke is 1. Must be because no one respects Purdue @NC_Trojan10
Whichever AP voter left Gonzaga at 1 should probably have their credentials revoked
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I didn't care at all about the bucket game. We've known for weeks it would be a blowout. You were the only one convinced it would be close or a trap game for some reason.
Compared to the 52 who didn't? Congrats on achieving your highest ranking of all time though. Huge accomplishment.
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