Tiered power rankings B1G

[MaxyJR1]

1. OSU, MSU, WI
2. IA, NE, MN
3. MI, PSU
4. IU, NW,
5. IL, PUR

Iowa had to play the top three. If they beat NE soundly, the are clearly number 4. We caught some breaks this year. NE May beat us if Martinez does not play. They had a. Poor game plan for that game.

MN is solidly the middle of the pack in year 3 of the Kill program.

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

1. OSU, MSU, WI
2. IA, NE, MN
3. MI, PSU
4. IU, NW,
5. IL, PUR

Iowa had to play the top three. If they beat NE soundly, the are clearly number 4. We caught some breaks this year. NE May beat us if Martinez does not play. They had a. Poor game plan for that game.

MN is solidly the middle of the pack in year 3 of the Kill program.

I think Northwestern belongs in the bottom tier. I know they have played some close games, but the ability to close out a win in the fourth quarter is just as important as the ability to play well enough to be in a position to win, and Northwestern is now 0-7. I think a good general rule for these kind of tiers is that the top tier should be all of the undefeated teams and possibly any teams who have only lost to undefeated teams (which you have), and the bottom tier should be all of the winless teams as well as possibly any team who has only beaten the winless teams.