S&P+ Ratings this week:
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4. OSU (Rating percentile, 97.6% - Offense Rk, 3 / Defense Rk, 27 / Special Teams Rk, 54)
5. Michigan (96.8% - 25/2/8)
7. PSU (96.3% - 9/20/98)
13. Wisconsin (89.0% - 8/55/23)
26. Iowa (81.2% - 75/8/46)
31. MSU (77.2% - 62/24/37)
48. Purdue (65.6% - 23/81/87)
55. Indiana (59.7% - 81/38/64)
57. Minnesota (57.6% - 111/16/3)
58. Northwestern (56.8% - 97/31/114)
68. Maryland (45.8% - 85/57/15)
71. Nebraska (47.3% - 67/73/115)
100. Illinois (26.8% - 77/103/29)
119. Rutgers (8.2% - 123/86/9)
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Offense Only:
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1. OSU (3)
2. Wisconsin (8)
3. PSU (9)
4. Purdue (23)
5. Michigan (25)
6. MSU (62)
7. Nebraska (67)
8. Iowa (75)
9. Illinois (77)
10. Indiana (81)
11. Maryland (85)
12. Northwestern (97)
13. Minnesota (111)
14. Rutgers (123)
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Five teams in the Top 25 for offense now. The gap between #5 and #6, though, is massive.
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Defense Only:
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1. Michigan (2)
2. Iowa (8)
3. Minnesota (16)
4. PSU (20)
5. MSU (24)
6. OSU (27)
7. Northwestern (31)
8. Indiana (38)
9. Wisconsin (55)
10. Maryland (57)
11. Nebraska (73)
12. Purdue (81)
13. Rutgers (86)
14. Illinois (103)
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Conference defense took a hit this week with OSU and Indiana knocking each other out of the Top 25.
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Special Teams Only:
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1. Minnesota (3)
2. Rutgers (9)
3. Michigan (8)
4. Maryland (15)
5. Wisconsin (23)
6. Illinois (29)
7. MSU (37)
8. Iowa (46)
9. OSU (54)
10. Indiana (64)
11. Purdue (87)
12. PSU (98)
13. Northwestern (114)
14. Nebraska (115)