1a. Ohio State - Overcame adversity on the road without their coach. The D needs a LOT of work though.
1b. Penn State - About the only team firing on all cylinders yesterday, even if it was against Kent. Monster showdown in two weeks vs OSU.
3. Iowa - Undisputed state champions, and a win over what may well be the best team in the Mac.
4. Michigan - of the one loss teams, they probably have the "best loss" of the bunch to an undefeated ND.
5. Michigan St - While they didn't play yesterday, Arizona State did and lost to a mid major, knocking a little bit of shine off of Sparty's "forgivable loss."
6. Maryland - The Temple game was awful, but they still have a win over a Texas team that just smoked the defending Pac 12 Champs. While the BG game wasn't always pretty, at the end of the day it was a blowout win for the Terps.
7. Wisconsin - BYU has improved quite a bit, emulating Wisconsin by their own admission. Unlike Maryland, the Badgers don't have a marquee win to point to in order to offset their mid major loss.
8. Indiana - Undefeated with a win over Virginia is pretty good, when you compare it to what is going on with the teams ranked beneath them.
9. Minnesota - They haven't played anyone, but being undefeated against mid majors is a lot better than the alternative.
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10. Illinois - One epic 4th quarter meltdown away from being undefeated.
11. Nebraska - Thanking the Corn Gods for last weeks lightning storm saving them from having a loss to the Zips.
12. Northwestern - Circling the drain, but they still sit alone atop the B1G West standings.
13. Rutgers - they may be gawdawful, but they aren't winless.
14. Purdue - Not a bad showing against Mizzou, but at the end of the day they are the only winless team in the Big Ten. Neither Northwestern nor Eastern Michigan did them any favors. Those losses only got worse this week.