Tier 1: in a class of their own, National Title Contenders
Ohio St
Tier 2: competing for the division (or runner up in the East)
Iowa: seem to have a solid all around team this year
Minnesota: can the defense make strides to compete with Iowa?
Penn State: defense looked solid, or is WI offense that bad? PSU offense looks like they will be limited
Michigan: looked ok beating up on a poor WMU team however lost their best offensive threat (Ronnie Bell) likely for the season; offense looks limited again this year and defense was giving up chunk plays
Wisconsin: the offense looked atrocious, the defense is as good as always
Tier 3: solid bowl teams
Michigan St: could they be a surprise team? wouldn't be shocked to see them take out one of PSU or Michigan this year
Rutgers: they're going to play some teams tough this year based on style and make you earn it against them; similar to MSU, wouldn't be shocked to see them catch one of PSU or Michigan
Maryland: this team will likely be bipolar through the year as they have been
Indiana: I would imagine Iowa is going to make multiple teams look like that this year, but the scariest part for Indiana fans has to be how easy Iowa made it look. Penix doesn't look the same so far (not surprsing)
Purdue: win over Oregon State is a nice start; we'll see once the rubber hits the road
Tier 4: will have to scrap to try get bowl eligible
Northwestern: this could be one of those long years that Fitz has from time to time
Illinois: this was the step back that I'm guessing we all expected
Nebraska: this is a bad football team; will be shocked if Frost is back next year
