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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #42 on: August 20, 2021, 08:07:33 AM »
01.  Ohio State
02.  Wisconsin
03.  Penn State
04.  Indiana
05.  Michigan
06.  Minnesota
07.  Iowa
08.  Northwestern
09.  Nebraska
10.  Maryland
11.  Rutgers
12.  Michigan State
13.  Purdue
14.  Illinois
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #43 on: August 20, 2021, 09:50:34 AM »
Quote from: GopherRock on August 19, 2021, 04:45:14 PM
Yeah, I'm not worried about the offense.

It's the back 7 that was terrible in tight spots last year, and I've seen nothing to convince me they've improved. Winfield covered up a huge number of sins.

Ditto for the kicking game.
i think the DB's will be helped by a more functional front 7  all indications are that the 3 main transfer in's on the front D7 are playing well above expectations and will help the defense out a lot this season(time will tell) the DB's have had a strong Fall camp as well 
I just do not read 2020 like some are trying to make it out.  too many players out (practice by Zoom meetings)and we also had a little unrest in the Cities that affected the team (the team is stronger for it but it had an impact)
I hope I am right and the team is more competitive on the field.  teams thinking the 2020 team is the one playing in 2021 will be surprised
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #44 on: August 20, 2021, 01:02:30 PM »
I only have 10 voters so far . . . We usually have 2x that.  

Rankings so far:

  • 1.00 Ohio State
  • 3.10 Wisconsin
  • 3.20 Penn State
  • 4.10 Indiana
  • 4.60 Iowa
  • 6.60 Michigan
  • 7.90 Northwestern
  • 7.90 Minnesota
  • 9.60 Maryland
  • 10.0 Nebraska
  • 10.7 Rutgers
  • 10.8 Purdue
  • 12.3 Michigan State
  • 13.2 Illinois

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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #45 on: August 20, 2021, 01:41:21 PM »
1. Ohio State
2. Wisconsin
3. Indiana
4. Iowa
5. Penn State
6. Northwestern
7. Michigan
8. Maryland
9. Minnesota
10. Nebraska
11. Michigan State
12. Purdue
13. Rutgers
14. Illinois
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #46 on: August 20, 2021, 03:20:21 PM »
1) Ohio State
2) Wisconsin
3) Penn State
4) Michigan
5) Iowa
6) Indiana
7) Minnesota
8) Maryland
9) Nebraska
10) Rutgers
11) Northwestern
12) Purdue
13) Michigan State
14) Illinois
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #47 on: August 20, 2021, 04:58:44 PM »
Taking the 12 votes so far and dropping the high and low votes for each team, the average rankings are:

  • 1.00 Ohio State
  • 2.80 Wisconsin
  • 3.30 Penn State
  • 4.20 Indiana
  • 4.50 Iowa
  • 6.30 Michigan 
  • 7.60 Minnesota
  • 7.80 Northwestern
  • 9.30 Maryland
  • 9.80 Nebraska
  • 11.0 Purdue
  • 11.1 Rutgers - Purdue and Rutgers are SUPER close.  Rutgers is actually ahead 10.83 to 11.00 on raw votes but Purdue pulls ahead when the high and low are dropped.  
  • 12.2 Michigan State
  • 13.7 Illinois

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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #48 on: August 20, 2021, 05:13:12 PM »
Michigan State that low seems odd
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #49 on: August 21, 2021, 04:22:55 PM »


  • Ohio State
  • Penn State
  • Iowa
  • Wisconsin
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Nebraska
  • Rutgers
  10.   Northwestern
  11.   Purdue
  12. Illinois
  13.   Michigan State
  14.   Maryland



I don't really know much about the teams this year. We will learn a lot about Iowa in Weeks 1 and 2. Iowa plays two ranked teams right off the bat - Indiana, then Iowa State. I wouldn't be surprised if Iowa starts 0-2, but I am optimistic they won't. 

I expect better QB play this season for Iowa as Spencer Petras is a 2nd year starter, and he invested in a QB coach this summer who worked on his passing mechanics.



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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #50 on: August 22, 2021, 05:53:59 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on August 20, 2021, 01:02:30 PM
I only have 10 voters so far . . . We usually have 2x that.
I know I missed the pre-season rankings last year, its just easy to get distracted until your team actually plays a game, especially with a pandemic going on.  Plus as everybody mentioned, this year seems especially hard to rank any teams besides OSU.

The good news as far as power rankings go, week 1 will offer much more clarity than the typical week #1.

The winners and losers of Neb-ILL (week 0),  Indy-Iowa,  Wisc-PSU, NW-MSU, etc. will help sort things out after week 1.

Of course looking back to week 1 results last year produced some misleading results compared to the final power rankings.  Purdue, Michigan, Wisconsin looked good in week 1 then fell apart later.   Iowa lost its first 2 but won its last 6.  So I assume this year it will take a while to sort things out too.
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #51 on: August 23, 2021, 08:56:58 AM »

  • Ohio State
  • Michigan
  • Wisconsin
  • Penn State
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Minnesota
  • Nebraska
  • Maryland
  10.   Northwestern
  11.   Purdue
  12. Illinois
  13.   Michigan State
  14.   Rutger
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #52 on: August 25, 2021, 07:39:51 PM »
Results posted, votes through @Cincydawg , 14 voters.  

Unsurprisingly, there isn't much agreement.  All of us agree that tOSU is #1 and 10 of 14 of us agree that Illinois is #14.  After that, half of us agree that MSU is #13.  The other 11 teams we are all over the place on.  Some examples:

  • Four teams are receiving votes for #2 (UW-6, PSU-4, IU-2, M-2).  
  • No team has more than three votes for either #5 or #6 with six teams getting at least one vote for each.  

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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #53 on: August 25, 2021, 09:05:19 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 20, 2021, 05:13:12 PM
Michigan State that low seems odd
Dantonio was given way too long a leash based on prior development.  After the 2016 class proved full of knuckleheads, he was done pursuing top talent.  But because he was so good early on at finding/developing talent, he was given the benefit of the doubt.  It wasn't that though, his staff was just out there poaching legitimate MAC recruits.  Part of it was his own doing.  Kentucky, and to a lesser extent Cincinnati, began scooping a lot of the under the radar Ohio talent he built his program on.

Illinois has the worst roster in the Big Ten BY FAR, but anything from #9-#13 is defensible.

It's college football, surprised happen.  But any preseason rankings that doesn't have OSU #1 and Illinois #14 needs to be tossed
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #54 on: August 25, 2021, 10:24:27 PM »
1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Iowa
4. Wisconsin
5. Penn State
6. Michigan
7. Minnesota
8. Purdue
9. Maryland
10. Nebraska
11. Northwestern
12. Rutgers
13. Michigan State
14. Illinois
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, preseason
« Reply #55 on: August 25, 2021, 11:41:31 PM »
Quote from: hawkeyegold on August 25, 2021, 10:24:27 PM
1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Iowa
4. Wisconsin
5. Penn State
6. Michigan
7. Minnesota
8. Purdue
9. Maryland
10. Nebraska
11. Northwestern
12. Rutgers
13. Michigan State
14. Illinois
Welcome back!

I added these votes, it changes a few things:
  • Purdue is now #11 in both the raw and after dropping the high and low.  
  • The tie for #9/10 between UMD and UNL has been broken in favor of Maryland.  

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