Results posted, votes through
@fezzador .
There was a lot of movement this week:
- MSU was up two, passing Iowa and PSU.
- NU was up two, passing Iowa and PSU.
- PU was up three, passing PSU, IA, and UW.
- PSU was down three, passed by MSU, NU, and PU.
- UW was unchanged but passed Iowa and got passed by PU.
- Iowa was down four, passed by MSU, NU, PU, and UW.
- UNL was up one, passing UMD.
- UMD was down one, passed by UNL.
- IL was up two, passing MN and IU.
- MN was down one, passed by IL.
- IU was down one, passed by IL.
Noncontiguous votes:
- LittlePig and @MaximumSam voted tOSU #5 and #6 respectively, everyone else had the Buckeyes second or third.
- Fezz voted MSU #6, nobody else had them below #4.
- @ELA voted Iowa #2, nobody else had them above #7.
The PU/MN game doesn't look as interesting now and Michigan/RU never did but the other 10 B1G teams all have games this weekend against teams that they are ranked at least relatively close to:
- #1 Michigan at #14 Rutgers
- #2 Ohio State at #3 Michigan State
- #4 Northwestern at #8 Iowa
- #5 Purdue at #12 Minnesota
- #7 Wisconsin at #6 Penn State
- #11 Illinois at #9 Nebraska
- #10 Maryland at #13 Indiana
This should be an exciting weekend especially when you consider that the better team is on the road for five of the seven games.
M/RU:
Nothing interesting here, it is the B1G's undisputed best against the B1G's undisputed worst.
tOSU/MSU:
At least for this week, this game will answer the question "who is the next best team after Michigan?" (at least unless MSU and NU both win).
NU/IA:
For all practical purposes this is the last chance for any team not named Northwestern to win the B1G-W.
PU/MN:
Purdue needs a win to stay on pace, MN needs a win to keep any remaining bowl hopes alive.
UW/PSU:
This will likely be a big factor in bowl positioning.
IL/UNL:
Which team can keep looking up?
UMD/IU:
In theory this should be an easy win for Maryland but the Terps' next B1G road win will be their first since winning in Minneapolis in September of last year.
