No surprises last night so our updated projections heading into the last full weekend in February are:
- 17-3/27-4 Maryland
- 13-7/21-10 Illinois
- 13-7/23-8 Penn State
- 12-8/20-11 Michigan State
- 12-8/21-10 Iowa
- 12-8/19-12 Wisconsin
- 10-10/20-11 Ohio State
- 10-10/17-14 Purdue
- 10-10/19-12 Michigan
- 10-10/20-11 Indiana
- 9-11/18-13 Rutgers
- 8-12/14-16 Minnesota
- 3-17/8-23 Nebraska
- 1-19/6-24 Northwestern
The tiebreakers are:
For the two-way tie at 13-7 for 2nd/3rd:
- Illinois wins based on their 1-0 record against Penn State. The teams only play once this year, in State College, and Illinois won.
For the three-way tie at 12-8 for 4th/5th/6th:
The first tiebreaker is H2H2H:
- 2-1 MSU (no game in Iowa City)
- 1-1 IA (no game in Madison, does not host MSU)
- 1-2 UW (does not host IA)
For the four-way tie at 10-10 for 7th/8th/9th/10th:
The first tiebreaker is H2H2H2H:
- 4-1 tOSU (no game in West Lafayette, won in Ann Arbor)
- 3-2 PU (does not host tOSU, won in Bloomington)
- 2-3 M (no game in Bloomington, lost at home to tOSU)
- 1-4 IU (does not host M, lost at home to PU)
Thus, the BTT match-ups in Indianapolis would be:
Wednesday, March 11, 2020:
- #11 Rutgers vs #14 Northwestern, 930pm, BTN
- #12 Minnesota vs #13 Nebraska, 6pm, BTN
Thursday, March 12, 2020:
- #5 Iowa vs MN/UNL, 230pm, BTN
- #6 Wisconsin vs RU/NU, 9pm, BTN
- #7 Ohio State vs #10 Indiana, 630pm, BTN
- #8 Purdue vs #9 Michigan, noon, BTN
Friday, March 13, 2020:
- #1 Maryland vs PU/M, noon, BTN
- #2 Illinois vs tOSU/IU, 630pm, BTN
- #3 Penn State vs UW/RU/NU, 9pm, BTN
- #4 Michigan State vs IA/MN/UNL, 230pm, BTN
Saturday, March 14, 2020:
- UMD/PU/M vs MSU/IA/MN/UNL, 1pm, CBS
- IL/tOSU/IU vs PSU/UW/RU/NU, 330pm, CBS
Sunday, March 15, 2020:
- UMD/PU/M/MSU/IA/MN/UNL vs IL/tOSU/IU/PSU/UW/RU/NU, 330pm, CBS
A couple of notes:
- As usual, please note that this is all VERY fluid due to there being so many teams projected to finish so close together.
- Teams are going to start clinching seeds very soon. Maryland can clinch the #1 seed as early as next week (with wins @tOSU and @MN and a PSU loss either @IU or vRU).