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Topic: B1G Power Rankings, week 11

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LittlePig

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Re: B1G Power Rankings, week 11
« Reply #42 on: November 18, 2022, 09:06:37 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on November 18, 2022, 08:52:44 AM
give it to Bret

still exceeded expectations
I did not think it was possible but it feels like not a single team improved by over 1 game from their record last year.
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, week 11
« Reply #43 on: November 18, 2022, 09:14:01 AM »
almost every team in the west is minus 1 from last season

that seems impossible
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, week 11
« Reply #44 on: November 18, 2022, 09:53:52 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on November 18, 2022, 09:14:01 AM
almost every team in the west is minus 1 from last season

that seems impossible
I think  I found the missing piece of the puzzle.  Last year PSU was only 4-5, and  was only 1-2 against the West.  This year PSU will probably finish 6-3 or 7-2, and was 3-0 against the West. 
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, week 11
« Reply #45 on: November 18, 2022, 10:16:40 AM »
perhaps Franklin should win the award
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, week 11
« Reply #46 on: November 18, 2022, 05:11:15 PM »

  • Michigan:  At this point the 1/2 discussion is pretty much moot since they meet in a little over a week.  That said, tOSU has better overall scores in common opponent games but I'm not sure how healthy tOSU is and M was better against the best common opponent.  
  • Ohio State:  If the RB's and JSN are all healthy they are probably #1.  
  • Penn State:  All alone here, not all that close to #1/2 but vastly superior to #4 and below.  
  • Iowa:  I really have no idea which team to put here.  It feels like #4 through #10 are all basically interchangeable and it is just a matter of which team has a slightly better day.  
  • Minnesota:  I mostly put the Gophers here because they play my #4 this week so it will straighten itself out.  
  • Illinois:  Obviously #4 two weeks ago.  
  • Purdue:  Still in the B1G-W race and they have the two worst teams in the league left so all they need is to win those and for Minnesota to be Iowa.  
  • Michigan State:  This may be too low.  
  • Maryland:  September Maryland would have clinched the West by now if they were in it.  
  • Wisconsin:  Nice wins over UMD and PU but blown out by IL and a two-score loss to Iowa.   
  • Nebraska:  Well, good luck with the new hire.  
  • Rutgers:  Schiano may get them competitive but he isn't there yet.   
  • Indiana:  The Hoosiers have fallen hard since they were competing with tOSU for the B1G-E title a few years ago.   
  • Northwestern:  There is an argument to move them up but I don't see it yet.  

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Re: B1G Power Rankings, week 11
« Reply #47 on: November 18, 2022, 05:24:40 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on November 18, 2022, 10:16:40 AM
perhaps Franklin should win the award
Given that COTY is basically the award for the coach of the team that most exceeded expectations, it has to be BERT.  If you look at our preseason rankings compared to current, it isn't close.  Illinois is almost 5 spots ahead of where they were preseason and next best is Maryland at 3 spots up. 

Nine teams are +/- 1.55 of where they started.  The aforementioned Illinois and Maryland are way ahead.  MSU (-3.27), NU (-3.64), and UW (-5.18) are way behind. 
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Re: B1G Power Rankings, week 11
« Reply #48 on: November 18, 2022, 06:13:07 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on November 18, 2022, 05:11:15 PM
  • Michigan:  At this point the 1/2 discussion is pretty much moot since they meet in a little over a week.  That said, tOSU has better overall scores in common opponent games but I'm not sure how healthy tOSU is and M was better against the best common opponent. 
  • Ohio State:  If the RB's and JSN are all healthy they are probably #1. 
  • Penn State:  All alone here, not all that close to #1/2 but vastly superior to #4 and below. 
  • Iowa:  I really have no idea which team to put here.  It feels like #4 through #10 are all basically interchangeable and it is just a matter of which team has a slightly better day. 
  • Minnesota:  I mostly put the Gophers here because they play my #4 this week so it will straighten itself out. 
  • Illinois:  Obviously #4 two weeks ago. 
  • Purdue:  Still in the B1G-W race and they have the two worst teams in the league left so all they need is to win those and for Minnesota to be Iowa. 
  • Michigan State:  This may be too low. 
  • Maryland:  September Maryland would have clinched the West by now if they were in it. 
  • Wisconsin:  Nice wins over UMD and PU but blown out by IL and a two-score loss to Iowa. 
  • Nebraska:  Well, good luck with the new hire. 
  • Rutgers:  Schiano may get them competitive but he isn't there yet. 
  • Indiana:  The Hoosiers have fallen hard since they were competing with tOSU for the B1G-E title a few years ago. 
  • Northwestern:  There is an argument to move them up but I don't see it yet. 


As a Buckeye fan I must agree about the health issues. 

At the beginning of the season all the hype was around there three headed Heisman potential monster. Stroud, Henderson, and Smith- Njigba.

if you had told me they would have been pretty much the whole year without two of those three, not to mention huge chunks of the season without the two starting corners, I would never guess they would get to the point they are now.
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