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• Ohio State
• Wisconsin 

Not sure after that.

Ohio State
Indiana
holy crap now what

1. Ohio State: Not a complete ass kicking of Penn State, but close enough.  Answered a couple questions, too.  Master Teague had over 1000 yards rushing, and the defensive line just crushed it up front.  They did let up a few plays on the back end, notably to Jahan Dotson. They also looked a little lost defending RPO's.  Still, much better that than having no pass rush or not being able to run the ball. 

2. Wisconsin: In COVID timeout, but we still remember them being good against Illinois.

3. Penn State: Man it's getting rough out here.  I had them above Indiana last week, and they weren't particularly competitive against OSU.  And they are 0-2.  But I'm not sold on the Hoosiers or anyone else in the B1G this year, so here we are.  Found something in Jahan Dotson - expect them to go to him a lot this year. 

4. Michigan: Man I guess. The defense was unexpectedly bad against MSU, giving up 449 yards, and had all sorts of trouble defending on the back end.  The offense wasn't bad, and they moved the ball.  Keeping them here mostly based on talent and the fact that Don Brown usually gets the defense worked out.  

5. Indiana: The Windiana train keeps on rolling.  2-0 and first place in the B1G.  But man, they don't look right.  Less than 350 yards of offense against Rutgers, after looking uninspiring on offense last week too.

6. Northwestern: First place in the West.  Won a total rock fight against Iowa despite down 17-0.  Not a terrible chance they win the West, either.  Their defense is legit and if they hadn't been so horrid last year scoring I would probably move them up.

7. Purdue: Also in first place in the West.  Didn't see any of their game but not exactly inspiring that they were outgained by the Illini - who were missing their quarterback.  Still, undefeated is undefeated.

8. Iowa: Poor dang Iowa. 

9. Michigan State: Heck of a win, enough to get out of the dumps of the conference.  Still, they look kind of limited and I'm not sure they chuck it and hope offense will work against everyone else.  But at least they look capable of getting a few wins.

10. Nebraska: COVID timeout, not their fault edition

11. Rutgers: Hey, why not.  Gave the Hoosiers a fight at least.

12. Maryland: Shocking display of offense

13. Illinois: Somewhat competent looking

14. Minnesota: Pretty sure a few guys from this board could field a better defense 

OSU- still on top and have the most to lose if COVID hits their team.  also has the most depth to handle a COVID outbreak
Purdue- they are sneaky tough and will put up points
Indiana- will be a tough out barring health
Northwestern-Pat has them rolling and look to have the best practices for COVID (smart)
PSU- two loses to teams above them
Nebraska- cant fault them for wanting to play and held close to OSU
Rutgers- sparky bunch of guys heading in right direction
Wisconsin- great if they hadn't got COVID but they did so rest of year is unknown
MSU- beat a Michigan team that only beat a hapless Gopher team
Michigan- tough not to be able to beat MSU or OSU if you are Michigan 
Iowa- they will get right the next two weeks
Maryland- taking the worst defensive team to OT is not much to get excited for
Illinois- playing short for COVID showed a lot of class
Minnesota- razor thin depth gets depleted with Opt outs and COVID hitting ST is one thing but that defense is not even close to a big ten caliber- lets hope they get some luck form the 14th 2020 curse 

1 Ohio St
2 Wisconsin
3 Penn St
4 Indiana
5 Northwestern
6 Purdue
7 Michigan St
9 Rutgers
10 Michigan
11 Nebraska
12 Iowa
13 Maryland
14 Illinois


what a mess

I assume your #8 is NOT Minnesota. At least I hope not. They are 14 on my list now, which is below:

1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Northwestern
4. Penn State
5. Wisconsin
6. Purdue
7. Iowa
8. Rutgers
9. Michigan State
10. Michigan
11. Nebraska
12. Illinois
13. Maryland
14. Minnesota

I assume your #8 is NOT Minnesota. At least I hope not. They are 14 on my list now, which is below:

dern it


gollderned mess

1) Ohio State: because Ohio State.

...

Who the heck knows!?!

Feel like I have to work from the bottom on this:

14) Minnesota: lost to Maryland, and it turns out getting smoked by Michigan may have been worse than we thought.
13) Illinois: two games, two losses, and Purdue pretty well kicked it around, as did Wisconsin.
12) Rutgers: I know, it beat MSU, and Indiana is ranked and all, but one shouldn't get throttled by the Hooisers. It just isn't done.
11)  Maryland: because if Minnesota is actually the worst team in the league, taking it to OT for the win doesn't move you up that far.
10) Nebraska: bye
9) Wisconsin: DQ'd, and with more than a quarter of the scholarship athletes (including all(?) of the quarterbacks) and half of the coaches quarantined, how can this team be ranked higher?
8) Iowa: I'm still not convinced Purdue is that good.
7) Michigan? This feels really, really off. But it doesn't look like Minnesota is any good, and last week MSU lost to Rutgers. Rutgers!! Rivalry, blah, blah, blah--this doesn't look good...or right.
6) Michigan State: beating Michigan can't erase losing to Rutgers.
5) Purdue: 2-0 is 2-0.
4) Northwestern: ditto, but is Iowa any good (pretty sure Maryland isn't)?
3) Indiana: 2-0 with one win that looks pretty good.
2) Penn State: at 0-2!?! That's insane. Yeah, but I though PSU was better than Indiana last week (in the sense of if they play each other ten times, I think PSU does better than breaking even), and losing to Ohio State in a somewhat competitive manner doesn't mean PSU sucks, it means OSU is better than everyone else, and not by just a little.

I feel like this is the 2020 of power rankings.