Torvik's rankings based on rosters are being updated in real time with all the changes so here are the B1G teams with their national ranks:
- 10 UCLA
- 11 Purdue
- 19 Michigan State
- 21 Indiana
- 23 USC
- 27 Michigan
- 31 Rutgers
- 32 Northwestern
- 33 Ohio State
- 36 Wisconsin
- 38 Nebraska
I don't know what to make of UCLA ranked THAT high –
10th? The Bruins are coming off an awful season (16-17) and yes their roster will be more experienced and stabilized, but not to a level warranting such high, Top 10 hopes. UCLA will be taking on a tougher schedule, and more notably, Mick Cronin will still be coaching.
To quote a fellow poster from my Arizona Wildcats message board:
“Mick Cronin is a grade A a55hole who constantly throws his players under the bus who runs an overly controlling defense-first system that doesn't work at the highest level. He isn't a good recruiter, evaluator, nor game coach -- who was never a good enough coach for a program like a UCLA and should never have been hired.” And I’m not sure why USC is ranked that high either, but their ranking at 23rd is more reasonable than UCLA’s, namely because they replaced Enfield, the most underachieving coach in the nation. USC hired Eric Musselman from Arkansas, who is a much better Xs/Os guy, gets more out of his rosters, and between his 9 years coaching at Nevada and Arkansas he has four deep tournament runs. Still, IMO, the Trojans are over-ranked.
