GH: Big Ten Power Rankings

[NoelarBear]

Big Ten Power Rankings - GopherHole.com

Where do the teams stand entering Week 11 of the season? Our own Noel Thompson gives us his Big Ten Power Rankings. 1. Ohio State (8-0, 5-0) Last Week’s Result: Ohio State 38, Penn State 14 Last Week’s Ranking: #1 2. Indiana (9-0, 6-0) Last Week’s Result: Indiana 55, Maryland 10 Last Week’s...

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Where do the teams stand entering Week 11 of the season?

Our own Noel Thompson gives us his Big Ten Power Rankings.

1. Ohio State (8-0, 5-0)
Last Week's Result: Ohio State 38, Penn State 14
Last Week's Ranking: #1

2. Indiana (9-0, 6-0)
Last Week's Result: Indiana 55, Maryland 10
Last Week's Ranking: #2

3. Oregon (7-1, 4-1)
Last Week's Result: Idle
Last Week's Ranking: #3

4. USC (6-2, 4-1)
Last Week's Result: USC 21, Nebraska 17
Last Week's Ranking: #4

5. Michigan (7-2, 5-1)
Last Week's Result: Michigan 21, Purdue 16
Last Week's Ranking: #5

6. Iowa (6-2, 4-1)
Last Week's Result: Idle
Last Week's Ranking: #6

7. Washington (6-2, 3-2)
Last Week's Result: Idle
Last Week's Ranking: #8

8. Illinois (6-3, 3-3)
Last Week's Result: Illinois 35, Rutgers 13
Last Week's Ranking: #9

9. Minnesota (6-3, 4-2)
Last Week's Result: Minnesota 23, Michigan State 20
Last Week's Ranking: #10

10. Nebraska (6-3, 3-3)
Last Week's Result: Nebraska 17, USC 21
Last Week's Ranking: #7

11. UCLA (3-5, 3-2)
Last Week's Result: Idle
Last Week's Ranking: #12

12. Northwestern (5-3, 3-2)
Last Week's Result: Idle
Last Week's Ranking: #13

13. Rutgers (4-5, 1-5)
Last Week's Result: Rutgers 13, Illinois 35
Last Week's Ranking: #11

14. Maryland (4-4, 1-4)
Last Week's Result: Maryland 10, Indiana 55
Last Week's Ranking: #14

15. Penn State (3-5, 0-5)
Last Week's Result: Penn State 14, Ohio State 38
Last Week's Ranking: #15

16. Purdue (2-7, 0-6)
Last Week's Result: Purdue 16, Michigan 21
Last Week's Ranking: #17

17. Michigan State (3-6, 0-6)
Last Week's Result: Michigan State 20, Minnesota 23
Last Week's Ranking: #16

18. Wisconsin (2-6, 0-5)
Last Week's Result: Idl3
Last Week's Ranking: #18

 

[MNVCGUY]

ummm....the posted text and the link don't quite matchup

 

[NoelarBear]

ummm....the posted text and the link don't quite matchup

Thanks for the catch!

Just fixed it

 

[Schnauzer]

Seems odd to put UCLA above the Nerds at this point.

 

[nitramnaed]

I guess no one asked ESPN?

ESPN ranks Big Ten Football teams from first to last after Week 10

.

www.on3.com

 

[USAF]

I guess no one asked ESPN?

ESPN ranks Big Ten Football teams from first to last after Week 10

.

www.on3.com

Wow.
That's gotta be AI. No actual human could rank them this poorly.

 

[nitramnaed]

Wow.
That's gotta be AI. No actual human could rank them this poorly.

besides all the other crazy stuff in this ranking. If it was AI, you would think that it could at least read through the Nebraska BS.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

I guess no one asked ESPN?

ESPN ranks Big Ten Football teams from first to last after Week 10

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www.on3.com

Seriously one of the worst rankings I've ever seen. Also, I'm sorry but ranking Michigan ahead of Iowa at this point is just based on reputation IMHO. Iowa is the only team to give Indiana a contest. Michigan just isn't impressive.

Do not be surprised if Iowa upsets the Ducks this weekend.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Seriously one of the worst rankings I've ever seen. Also, I'm sorry but ranking Michigan ahead of Iowa at this point is just based on reputation IMHO. Iowa is the only team to give Indiana a contest. Michigan just isn't impressive.

Do not be surprised if Iowa upsets the Ducks this weekend.

So it looks like the rankings were based on ESPN's FPI metric which somehow still has PSU as #7 I guess. If their metric is that messed up they should probably do some tweaking about how it is calculated.

Also....first line of the Indiana writeup..... "The Hoosiers are a wagon." WTF does that even mean? Agree with those that think this has to be AI with very little proofreading from an actual human being.

 

[LeftofThaDial]

So it looks like the rankings were based on ESPN's FPI metric which somehow still has PSU as #7 I guess. If their metric is that messed up they should probably do some tweaking about how it is calculated.

Also....first line of the Indiana writeup..... "The Hoosiers are a wagon." WTF does that even mean? Agree with those that think this has to be AI with very little proofreading from an actual human being.

Wagon is hockey slang for a dominant team, I have no clue how it came about.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Wagon is hockey slang for a dominant team, I have no clue how it came about.

Thanks.....that would lend even more to this being AI as I have never heard a football team be referred to as a "Wagon" before.

 

[MaxyJR1]

Who you taking H2H in SEC and B1G challenge at this point? Just took them straight as listed in standing with no tiebreakers.

Texas A&M	Indiana
Alabama	tOSU
Georgia	Michigan
Ole Miss	Oregon
Texas	Iowa
Oklahoma	USC
Vanderbilt	Minnesota
Tennessee	Northwestern
Missouri	Washington
LSU	UCLA
Florida	Illinois
Mississippi State	Nebraska
Kentucky	Maryland
Auburn	Rutgers
South Carolina	Penn State
Arkansas	Wisconsin

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Who you taking H2H in SEC and B1G challenge at this point? Just took them straight as listed in standing with no tiebreakers.

Texas A&M	Indiana
Alabama	tOSU
Georgia	Michigan
Ole Miss	Oregon
Texas	Iowa
Oklahoma	USC
Vanderbilt	Minnesota
Tennessee	Northwestern
Missouri	Washington
LSU	UCLA
Florida	Illinois
Mississippi State	Nebraska
Kentucky	Maryland
Auburn	Rutgers
South Carolina	Penn State
Arkansas	Wisconsin

SEC

 

[goonin_golden_gophers]

Big Ten Power Rankings - GopherHole.com

Where do the teams stand entering Week 11 of the season? Our own Noel Thompson gives us his Big Ten Power Rankings. 1. Ohio State (8-0, 5-0) Last Week’s Result: Ohio State 38, Penn State 14 Last Week’s Ranking: #1 2. Indiana (9-0, 6-0) Last Week’s Result: Indiana 55, Maryland 10 Last Week’s...

gopherhole.com

Where do the teams stand entering Week 11 of the season?

Our own Noel Thompson gives us his Big Ten Power Rankings.

1. Ohio State (8-0, 5-0)
Last Week's Result: Ohio State 38, Penn State 14
Last Week's Ranking: #1

2. Indiana (9-0, 6-0)
Last Week's Result: Indiana 55, Maryland 10
Last Week's Ranking: #2

3. Oregon (7-1, 4-1)
Last Week's Result: Idle
Last Week's Ranking: #3

4. USC (6-2, 4-1)
Last Week's Result: USC 21, Nebraska 17
Last Week's Ranking: #4

5. Michigan (7-2, 5-1)
Last Week's Result: Michigan 21, Purdue 16
Last Week's Ranking: #5

6. Iowa (6-2, 4-1)
Last Week's Result: Idle
Last Week's Ranking: #6

7. Washington (6-2, 3-2)
Last Week's Result: Idle
Last Week's Ranking: #8

8. Illinois (6-3, 3-3)
Last Week's Result: Illinois 35, Rutgers 13
Last Week's Ranking: #9

9. Minnesota (6-3, 4-2)
Last Week's Result: Minnesota 23, Michigan State 20
Last Week's Ranking: #10

10. Nebraska (6-3, 3-3)
Last Week's Result: Nebraska 17, USC 21
Last Week's Ranking: #7

11. UCLA (3-5, 3-2)
Last Week's Result: Idle
Last Week's Ranking: #12

12. Northwestern (5-3, 3-2)
Last Week's Result: Idle
Last Week's Ranking: #13

13. Rutgers (4-5, 1-5)
Last Week's Result: Rutgers 13, Illinois 35
Last Week's Ranking: #11

14. Maryland (4-4, 1-4)
Last Week's Result: Maryland 10, Indiana 55
Last Week's Ranking: #14

15. Penn State (3-5, 0-5)
Last Week's Result: Penn State 14, Ohio State 38
Last Week's Ranking: #15

16. Purdue (2-7, 0-6)
Last Week's Result: Purdue 16, Michigan 21
Last Week's Ranking: #17

17. Michigan State (3-6, 0-6)
Last Week's Result: Michigan State 20, Minnesota 23
Last Week's Ranking: #16

18. Wisconsin (2-6, 0-5)
Last Week's Result: Idl3
Last Week's Ranking: #18

Why wouldn't Iowa be ranked higher than Michigan?

 

[MNVCGUY]

Who you taking H2H in SEC and B1G challenge at this point? Just took them straight as listed in standing with no tiebreakers.

Texas A&M	Indiana
Alabama	tOSU
Georgia	Michigan
Ole Miss	Oregon
Texas	Iowa
Oklahoma	USC
Vanderbilt	Minnesota
Tennessee	Northwestern
Missouri	Washington
LSU	UCLA
Florida	Illinois
Mississippi State	Nebraska
Kentucky	Maryland
Auburn	Rutgers
South Carolina	Penn State
Arkansas	Wisconsin

Haven't seen enough of the SEC teams to make picks in all the matchups but would be cool if the conference did something like this each year. Never happen but would make for some really fun matchups.

 

[ergopher]

Who you taking H2H in SEC and B1G challenge at this point? Just took them straight as listed in standing with no tiebreakers.

Texas A&M	Indiana
Alabama	tOSU
Georgia	Michigan
Ole Miss	Oregon
Texas	Iowa
Oklahoma	USC
Vanderbilt	Minnesota
Tennessee	Northwestern
Missouri	Washington
LSU	UCLA
Florida	Illinois
Mississippi State	Nebraska
Kentucky	Maryland
Auburn	Rutgers
South Carolina	Penn State
Arkansas	Wisconsin

In my opinion, at a neutral site:

Texas A&M vs Indiana: Indiana in a close game
Alabama vs tOSU: tOSU by about 10
Georgia vs Michigan: Georgia by about 10
Ole Miss vs Oregon: Ole Miss in a close game
Texas vs Iowa: Iowa in a close game
Oklahoma vs USC: USC in a close game
Vandy vs Minnesota: Vandy by about 14
Tennessee vs Northwestern: Tennessee by about 10
Mizzou vs Washington: Washington in a close game
LSU vs UCLA: LSU in a close game
Miss St vs Nebraska: Nebraska in a close game
Kentucky vs Maryland: Kentucky in a close game
Auburn vs Rutgers: Rutgers in a close game
South Carolina vs Penn State: Penn State in a close game
Arkansas vs Wisconsin: Arkansas in a blowout

That's 8 wins apiece. I feel like the best Big Ten teams are better than the best SEC teams, but the top of the SEC's middle tier is much much better than the top of the Big Ten's. That being said, beyond that after the Tennessee/Northwestern spot I think both conferences are very comparable except that the Big Ten has some truly awful football teams at the very bottom (including Purdue and Sparty that aren't here) filling out the bottom.