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medinabuckeye1 · « **on:** November 28, 2020, 07:32:46 PM »

Link to last week's rankings
Link to last week's rankings.

Votes through @TyphonInc , 13 voters:

Drop the high and low:

Graphic of rankings so far this year:

Vote distribution:

COTY/hot seat chart:

Schedule/performance chart:

LittlePig · « **Reply #1 on:** November 28, 2020, 09:40:34 PM »

The world is upside down.

1. OSU
Probably the best team in the league and may not be eligible for the CCG. But that might work out for OSU's playoff chances if they end up playing a higher ranked team in the 2nd place game.
2. Indy
Managed to get a decent victory in a weekend where most favorites did not play very well.
3. NW
Still has wins over Iowa, Purdue, Wiscy Neb, and MD
4. Iowa
Not a great showing against Nebby but got it done in the end
5. Wiscy
This may be too low but just don't have a lot of games to evaluate them
6. Purdue
Strange collapse against Rutgers. They still seem like a decent team
7. MD
8. Minny
9. ILL
10. Neb
11. PSU
12. Rut
13. MSU
14. Mich

Benthere2 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 28, 2020, 10:17:02 PM »

Ohio State- COVID can slow them down
Indiana- only loss to OSU
NW- still the best in the west gets a bye this week to rethink going for it on 4^th down’s
Iowa -will have a chance to prove it the next 2 weeks
Wisconsin- cant penalize them for not playing this last game has 2 tough games remaining
Maryland- starts to get fuzzy from here on out
MSU- the defense showed up, was it lack of practice or illness early on
Illinois- not their fault that they couldn’t play
Rutgers- ?
Purdue-?
Nebraska-?
PSU-??
Michigan-??
Minnesota- most likely will not play another game this year Due to COVID

Hawkinole · « **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2020, 11:07:24 PM »

Ohio St
Indiana
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Iowa
Maryland
Minnesota
Rutgers
Michigan State
Michigan
Purdue
Illinois
Nebraska
Penn State

Who knows what the future holds? I cannot figure out the recent past.

MaximumSam · « **Reply #4 on:** November 29, 2020, 07:52:39 AM »

Ersh. Just gonna go with my gut here

1. OSU: In the COVID spiral
2. Wisconsin: They got Northwestern'd, but I like their defense a lot. It's really a matter of me liking their defense better than I like Indiana's offense.
3. Indiana: Their defense carried the day against Maryland when their offense was somewhat sputtering. Very intrigued by their tilt against Wisconsin.
4. Northwestern: Play with fire on the offensive end, can only win so many games getting less than 300 yards of offense. But with wins over Iowa and Wisconsin, tough to rank them lower.
5. Iowa: A very sound team, too bad they dropped those early games.
6. Penn State: Screw it, why not
7. Maryland: Showed a little moxy on defense after getting out of COVID
8. Minnesota: If they can escape COVID, see if they can continue to improve
9. Rutgers: Play with a heck of a lot more moxy than they did the past few years
10. Purdue: Not sure what is causing them to tailspin
11. Michigan: Really not good at football
12. MSU: Just when you count them out...
13. Nebraska: Can't get over the hump
14. Illinois: Not pathetic, but so hard to rank these teams any more and so here they go

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2020, 11:01:50 AM »

My usual weekly ranking of B1G teams based on how they have performed relative to their opponents' other opponents.

Notes:

These are NOT my rankings, just for information.
These rankings are based solely on point differential except that all OT games are considered closer than all games decided in regulation. Ie, winning by 1 in regulation is considered a "bigger" win than winning by 8 in OT.
Ties are split. Ie, in the case of a tie for first/second each gets a 1.5.

Due to the varying number of opponents played:

For those teams that have played six games (IU, M, RU, PSU, NU, IA) their opponents are simply ranked 1-2-3-4-5-6.
For those teams that have played five games (MSU, MN, PU, IL, UNL) their opponents are ranked 1.5-2.5-3.5-4.5-5.5. This is the average of the ranking that each opponent would have if the team had played all six games.
For those teams that have played four games (tOSU, UMD) their opponents are ranked 2-3-4-5. Again, this is the average of the ranking that each opponent would have if the team had played all six games.
For the team that has played three games (UW), their opponents are ranked 2.5-3.5-4.5. Once again, this is the average of the ranking that each opponent would have if the team had played all six games.

Average of 1.63:

Ohio State: First of six against IU and RU (1.0), first of five against UNL (1.5), third of six against PSU (3.0).

Average of 2.33:

Iowa: First of six against PSU (1.0), First of five against MN and MSU (1.5), second of six against NU (2.0), third of five against UNL (3.5), fourth of five against PU (4.5).

Average of 2.50:

Wisconsin: First of six against M (1.0), First of five against IL (1.5), fifth of six against NU (5).

Average of 2.75:

Indiana: First of four against tOSU (2.0), second of six against M and RU (2.0), second of five against MSU (2.5), second of four against UMD (3.0), fifth of six against PSU (5.0).

Average of 3.08:

Northwestern: First of four against UMD (2.0), tied for 1/2 of five against PU (2.0), second of six against IA (2.0), first of three against UW (2.5), fourth of five against UNL (4.5), fifth of five against MSU (5.5).

Average of 3.40:

Purdue: First of six against IA (1.0), third of six against NU (3.0), third of five against IL (3.5), fourth of five against MN (4.5), fifth of six against RU (5.0).

Average of 3.75:

Maryland: Second of six against PSU (2.0), tied for 3/4 of six against IU, third of five against MN, fourth of five against MN (4.5).
Rutgers: Tied for 1/2 of five against PU (2.0), third of five against MSU (3.5), tied for 3/4 of six against IU (3.5), third of four against tOSU (4.0), fourth of five against IL (4.5), fifth of six against M (5.0).

Average of 3.92:

Penn State: Second of six against IU (2.0), second of four against tOSU (3.0), third of six against M (3.0), fifth of six against Iowa (5.0), fourth of four against UMD (5.0), fifth of six against UNL (5.5).

Average of 4.0:

Minnesota: Second of five against UNL (2.5), third of five against PU (3.5), fourth of six against IA (4.0), third of four against UMD (4.0), sixth of six against M (6.0).

Average of 4.10:

Illinois: Second of five against UNL (2.5), third of six against RU (3.0), tied for 2/3 of three against UW (4.0), fifth of five against PU and MN.

Average of 4.30:

Nebraska: Third of six against Iowa (3.0), fourth of six against NU and PSU (4.0), fourth of four against tOSU (5.0), fifth of five against IL (5.5).

Average of 4.33:

Michigan: Second of five against MN (2.5), fourth of six against RU (4.0), tied for 2/3 of three against UW (4.0), fourth of five against MSU (4.5), fifth of six against IU (5.0), sixth of six against PSU (6.0).

Average of 4.60:

Michigan State: First of six against NU (1.0), fourth of six against M (4.0), sixth of six against IU, IA, and RU (6.0).

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 30, 2020, 11:04:32 AM »

So if we simply went by relative performance against opponents it would be:

1.63 Ohio State
2.33 Iowa
2.50 Wisconsin
2.75 Indiana
3.08 Northwestern
3.40 Purdue
3.75 Maryland
3.75 Rutgers
3.92 Penn State
4.00 Minnesota
4.10 Illinois
4.30 Nebraska
4.33 Michigan
4.60 Michigan State

Cincydawg · « **Reply #7 on:** November 30, 2020, 11:17:26 AM »

Think how easy Ohio State and Clemson have it, unlike Alabama who has to face powerhouse opponents like Auburn and LSU and Ole Miss and Tennessee each year.

HawkFrenzy · « **Reply #8 on:** November 30, 2020, 12:15:18 PM »

I didn't get a chance to watch any games this week so going completely off of scores/summaries. I also do not think anyone is really all that impressive this year because it seems every week most of the conference is either causing eyebrows to raise or heads lowered with disappointment.

1. tOSU - I've already decided to not penalize anyone because of a forced bye week. Still waiting for them to put a whole game together.

2. Indiana - Nice rebound after coming up just short in their comeback against tOSU.

3. Northwestern - Trailed nearly the entire game but really who goes ahead of them? They would win this FG shootout 9 out of 10 times, too bad the one that counts is the other one.

4. Wisconsin - I won't penalize anyone for the forced games off but when does it become too much?

5. Iowa - Coming together as a team and they have officially matched tOSU's current season win streak.

From here it could go in any order but do to the rules of the thread, have to put someone in each position.

6. Minnesota - Really by default because there are too many variables this year

7. Maryland - At least they don't have a losing record

8. Rutgers - They probably aren't this high but I think they are playing with more emotion and drive than anyone in the league.

9. Purdue - Looked strong early in the season then what happened?

10. Illinois - Still had a massive two game win streak before the cancelation.

11. MSU - best record of the rest and probably the most impressive win of the bottom half

12. PSU - Finally got their win over an impressive...

13. Michigan - One close game on the season and that was a loss to MSU. Remember the Rich Rod days?

14. Nebraska - Let's all clap for their performance so far.

LetsGoPeay · « **Reply #9 on:** November 30, 2020, 12:27:45 PM »

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

ELA · « **Reply #10 on:** November 30, 2020, 12:41:34 PM »

I don't think I remembered to do a set last week. Based on the Composite Massey rankings, there are really 4 tiers. So I used those, and then ranked within the tiers as best I could:

1- OSU
2 - Indiana, Wisconsin, Northwester, Iowa
3 - Minnesota, Maryland, MSU, Purdue, Michigan, PSU
4 - Nebraska, Rutgers, Illinois

OHIO STATE - will the committee put a 5-0 Ohio State in?
INDIANA - granted we'll see what they are without Penix. They looked plenty fine without him over the final 20 minutes Saturday
IOWA - closer than I would have liked, but I think they'd be undefeated with a restart
WISCONSIN - how the hell did they lose to Northwestern?
NORTHWESTERN - based on results, I guess, but you simply can't fully rely on your defense being 100% lockdown every week
MARYLAND - not good enough to fail to finish drives as consistently as they did Saturday
MICHIGAN STATE - who knows, two top 15 wins, a bad loss loss, two blowout losses
PENN STATE - looked like a team having a disappointing season, who still had fight
MICHIGAN - they did not
MINNESOTA - having your best player opt out, opt back in, then opt back out once things weren't going well is not a great look
PURDUE - in fairness, if you just keep guessing they aren't going QB draw up the middle, eventually you'll be right...right?
ILLINOIS - I'm not sure I believe this, but they beat both of the other basement teams
RUTGERS - got a W, but if that's what you are going to rely on, not sure it's generally going to work
NEBRASKA - feels wrong, but whatever, Illinois housed them, so here we are

Benthere2 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 30, 2020, 12:48:45 PM »

Indiana lost their QB
Wisconsin should be well rested
Heard Michigan might be next with COVID
wonder if OSU can stave off the spread of the virus to resume this week

season of COVIDshittery

FearlessF · « **Reply #12 on:** November 30, 2020, 01:18:12 PM »

So if we simply went by relative performance against opponents it would be:

I like it.............

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

betarhoalphadelta · « **Reply #13 on:** November 30, 2020, 02:07:41 PM »

Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on November 30, 2020, 11:01:50 AM

Average of 3.40:
Purdue: First of six against IA (1.0), third of six against NU (3.0), third of five against IL (3.5), fourth of five against MN (4.5), fifth of six against RU (5.0).

What's more interesting to me as a Purdue fan is the trend line...

Their 5 games in order:

1 --> 3.5 --> 3.0 --> 4.5 --> 5.0

Is that meaningful that they're getting worse relative to rest-of-conference performances as the season goes on? Is there a simple explanation for it such as perhaps MN/RU having a more difficult slate than IA/NU?

I don't know, but it does seem like there's a trend here, and it's not a good one.

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