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SFBadger96 · « **Reply #28 on:** September 10, 2018, 04:22:43 PM »

1) Ohio State: as expected, and until someone knocks them off.
2) Wisconsin: still not proving anything.
3) Penn State: that's a beating. And they are 2-0.
4) Michigan State: tough call between this and their sibling school. Tough road loss, but predictable with a late start time in a different time zone.
5) Michigan: arguably above the sibling school. A big win is a win, even against directional Michigan. And a Notre Dame loss might be better than an Arizona State loss (it also might not).
6) Iowa: 2-0, still Iowa.
7) Maryland: !?! 2-0 and have done as much as any program in the conference to date.
8) Nebraska: Colorado might be pretty good. But a loss is a loss, especially at home.
9) Minnesota: Fresno State probably isn't what Pat Hill made it, but still 2-0.
10) Indiana: 2-0 and beat a Power 5 team.
11) Illinois: 2-0 has to be worth something.
12) Northwestern: kicked around by Duke at home?
13) Rutgers: 1-1, and getting kicked around by Ohio State isn't surprising.
14) Purdue: Was willing to give the benefit of the doubt against Northwestern last week, but losing to directional Michigan and with Northwestern losing to Duke? Not good.

847badgerfan · « **Reply #29 on:** September 10, 2018, 04:54:52 PM »

Quote from: SFBadger96 on September 10, 2018, 04:22:43 PM

5) Michigan: arguably above the sibling school. A big win is a win, even against directional Michigan. And a Notre Dame loss might be better than an Arizona State loss (it also might not).

I was thinking about this, and as I was I couldn't help but remember how crappy ND looked against the State of Ball on Saturday. At this point we don't know Jack.

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #30 on:** September 10, 2018, 05:09:43 PM »

Quote from: 847badgerfan on September 10, 2018, 04:54:52 PM

I was thinking about this, and as I was I couldn't help but remember how crappy ND looked against the State of Ball on Saturday. At this point we don't know Jack.

I thought about that as well and I agree with your conclusion, we don't know jack. Notre Dame looking bad against Ball State could be because Notre Dame (and by extension Michigan) isn't any good or it could just be a "hangover" effect for the Irish coming off of a big win over a rival.
I think for the first four to five weeks at least that these rankings are in a state of flux because we really don't know all that much. Once you get close to half way into the season it is a lot easier to assess things like Michigan's close loss at ND, MSU's close loss at ASU, UMD's close win at Texas, etc.

ELA · « **Reply #31 on:** September 10, 2018, 05:19:16 PM »

Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on September 10, 2018, 05:09:43 PM

I think for the first four to five weeks at least that these rankings are in a state of flux because we really don't know all that much. Once you get close to half way into the season it is a lot easier to asses things like Michigan's close loss at ND, MSU's close loss at ASU, UMD's close win at Texas, etc.

We never struggle to be asses

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #32 on:** September 10, 2018, 05:38:17 PM »

Took less than 10 minutes to take advantage of my misspelling of assess.

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #33 on:** September 10, 2018, 09:24:55 PM »

Results posted, votes through SFBadger (16 votes).

FearlessF · « **Reply #34 on:** September 10, 2018, 09:37:00 PM »

Couldn't find my ranking from last week. Probably for the best

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

Benthere2 · « **Reply #35 on:** September 11, 2018, 07:10:49 AM »

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

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #36 on:** September 11, 2018, 07:16:09 AM »

I added Fearless' and Benthere's votes. The only significant change is that RU and ILL are now tied for 13th/14th.

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #37 on:** September 11, 2018, 07:38:09 AM »

I noticed something interesting about Wisconsin and Ohio State. As always, with teams from opposite divisions who do not play each other, they will have six common opponents (the three B1G-W teams that tOSU plays and the three B1G-E teams that UW plays). What I noticed is that due to scheduling they will not have ANY common opponents until November:

On November 3 they will get their first two common opponents: Wisconsin will host Rutgers whom tOSU already hosted and Ohio State will host Nebraska whom UW will host in early October.
On November 10 they will get their third common opponent: Wisconsin will travel to Penn State whom tOSU will visit in late September.
On November 17 they will get their fourth common opponent: Wisconsin will travel to Purdue whom tOSU will visit in October.
On November 24 they will get their fifth and sixth common opponents: Ohio State will host Michigan whom UW will visit in Octover and Wisconsin will host Minnesota whom tOSU will host in October.

It is going to be hard to rank the Buckeyes and Badgers relative to each other until mid-to-late November because we are not going to have any direct comparisons for a while.

TyphonInc · « **Reply #38 on:** September 11, 2018, 09:03:36 AM »

So looking at the charts, it's unanimous that OSU is #1, 'cept for that one @ss who has them at 3?

Anonymous Coward · « **Reply #39 on:** September 11, 2018, 10:24:11 AM »

1. OSU (1,1)
2. UW (2,4)

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3. PSU (7,6)
4. Michigan (4,3)
5. Iowa (5,5)
6. MSU (3,2)
7. Maryland (6,9)

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8. Northwestern (8,8)
9. Purdue (9,7)
10. Nebraska (10,10)
11. Indiana (11,11)
12. Minnesota (12,12)
13. Rutgers (13,13)
14. Illinois (14,14)

Brutus Buckeye · « **Reply #40 on:** September 11, 2018, 10:52:20 AM »

Next time Medina should ask us not to submit our vote until Monday afternoon.

That way they'd all be in by Monday morning.

FearlessF · « **Reply #41 on:** September 11, 2018, 11:53:56 AM »

Quote from: TyphonInc on September 11, 2018, 09:03:36 AM

So looking at the charts, it's unanimous that OSU is #1, 'cept for that one @ss who has them at 3?

2 of us have the Bucks at #2

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