Over the weekend Michigan's win in West Lafayette and Ohio State's home win over Maryland were both upsets per the tiers so here are the updated projected final standings/BTT seeds and matchups:
- 16-4/26-5 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
- 11-9/21-10 Ohio State
- 11-9/20-11 Michigan
- 10-10/20-11 Indiana
- 9-11/18-13 Rutgers
- 9-11/16-15 Purdue
- 8-12/14-16 Minnesota
- 3-17/8-23 Nebraska
- 1-19/6-24 Northwestern
The tiebreakers are:
For the tie for 2nd/3rd between IL and PSU at 13-7:
- The tiebreaker is H2H, they only played once, in State College, and Illinois won.
For the three-way tie for 4th/5th/6th at 12-8, the first tiebreaker is H2H2H:
- 2-1 MSU: No game in Iowa City
- 1-1 Iowa: No game in Madison, does not host MSU
- 1-2 Wisconsin: Does not host Iowa
For the tie for 7th/8th between tOSU and M at 11-9:
- The tiebreaker is H2H, they have played once in Ann Arbor and Ohio State won. Ohio State is projected to sweep the series with a win at home next week.
For the tie for 10th/11th at 9-11 the first tiebreaker is H2H:
- They play twice, RU won in Picastaway and PU is projected to win in West Lafayette.
The second tiebreaker is record against the best team(s) in the league, then the next, etc.
- Both are projected to go 0-season against Maryland
- PU is projected to go 0-season against IL and PSU while RU is projected to go 2-2.
Thus, the BTT match-ups in Indianapolis would be:
Wednesday, March 11, 2020:
- #11 Purdue vs #14 Northwestern, 930 on BTN
- #12 Minnesota vs #13 Nebraska, 6 on BTN
Thursday, March 12, 2020:
- #5 Iowa vs MN/UNL, 230 on BTN
- #6 Wisconsin vs PU/NU, 9 on BTN
- #7 Ohio State vs #10 Rutgers, 630 on BTN
- #8 Michigan vs #9 Indiana, noon on BTN
Friday, March 13, 2020:
- #1 Maryland vs M/IU, noon on BTN
- #2 Illinois vs tOSU/RU, 630 on BTN
- #3 Penn State vs UW/PU/NU, 9 on BTN
- #4 Michigan State vs IA/MN/UNL, 230 on BTN
Saturday, March 14, 2020:
- UMD/M/IU vs MSU/IA/MN/UNL, 1 on CBS
- IL/tOSU/RU vs PSU/UW/PU/NU, 330 on CBS
Sunday, March 15, 2020:
- UMD/M/IU/MSN/IA/MN/UNL vs IL/tOSU/RU/PSU/UW/PU/NU, 330 on CBS