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Raw vote result:

Drop the high and low:


Schedule/performance chart:


Various charts:

Are we just here to determine who Iowa should replace in the Big Ten East? That's about all that's up in the air

I bet Iowa now feels really cheated out of the opportunity to play Indiana in  champions week last year.  If Iowa beats Indiana like that last year,  the Hawkeyes probably would have been invited to a NY6 bowl.  Oh well,  2020 will always be the year full of what-ifs.

Let's be honest, it won't be until mid-season until we actually know who the good teams are.  Oh well,  let's give this a shot anyway.  Except for NW and Neb both dropping a lot, my teams did not move too much.

1. OSU
OSU did about what I expected with a brand new QB playing against a good Minnesota team.
2. Iowa
Iowa's offense still looks very average but that may be good enough because that Iowa defense looks awesome.
3. PSU
Going on the road and winning in Madison is still pretty hard to do.
4.  Wisc
Maybe this is too high.  Wiscy needs to figure it out because Iowa has now passed them as the new favorite to win the West.
5.  Indy
It looked like Indy was totally dominated by Iowa but I have a hunch if they played again the score would have been more like 17-13 like everybody expected.
6.  Minn
I thought Minny looked pretty good against OSU, although the defense clearly ran out of gas in the end.  A lot may depend on the health of Minny's RB going forward.
7.  Rut
Blew out an AAC Temple team
8.  MD
MD beat Big 12 team WV.
9.  Pur
Pur beat PAC-12 team Oregon St.
10.  MSU
MSU dominated  NW
11.  MICH
Maybe this is too low but I am still looking for that key win that says Mich is back after a bad season in 2020.
12.  NW
I think I got NW figured out.  Even numbered years good.  Odd numbered years bad.
13.  ILL
Still tempting to put ILL last but UTSA may soon be a top 25 team.
14.  Neb
Somebody has got to be last and Neb lost to the team I have ranked 13th.

1) Iowa - most complete team right now
2) Ohio State - most talent and potential, but not a finished product.
3) Penn State - as others have said, heroic defense and offense did enough
4) Wisconsin - caught some bad breaks after generally outplaying PSU.
5) Michigan - played to their talent for the first week and beat a game opponent
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Now it gets tricky
6) Indiana - I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that Iowa City is a tough place for your first game
7) Minnesota - I would have them 5th with Mo, but this may be too high without him.
8) Maryland - They've had nice wins over Texas x2 and Syracuse then flopped later in previous years.
9) Michigan State - Impressive game.  My eyes tell me they'll beat the U.
10) Purdue - Plummer looks improved.
11) Rutgers - Emphatic win
12) Northwestern - Hard to say if they are bad or if MSU is good.  Probably somewhere in the middle.
13) Illinois - UTSA is solid, but would they beat anyone else besides...
14) Nebraska - based on what we know now, but could move up later.

I made adjustments, but surprisingly, I was close in Week 0 to what I have in Week 1. Usually this first week requires large adjustments, for me.



My top 4 are the same. At 5 and 6, I switched Michigan and Indiana. Minnesota is still 7th. I shuffled the rest of the deck more thoroughly.

I messed up with Nebraska's placement. I will fix it next week.

1  OSU
2  Iowa
3  PSU
4  Wisconsin
5  Minnesota
6  Rutgers
7 Maryland
8  Purdue
9  Illinois
10 Michigan
11 Michigan State
12 Indinia
13  Nebraska
14  Northwestern