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Who would be favored on a NF between OSU and Iowa or OSU and Wisconsin?

I think it would be OSU.

I think only UM would be favored against the field.

That's about how I see it, except I think there's some lingering helmet bias keeping UNL higher than they should be.  I'd put them in group 5 at best.

as a Husker fan, I see UNL at about the same level as Northwestern.  Blew a 4th quarter lead in Evanston and went to OT.
Not sure if the Huskers are up with the Terps and the Hoosiers, but I'm pretty sure they are better than the Gophers and the Illini.
I also think UNL is getting better each week

Last week in parenthesis...

• MICHIGAN (2) - at least #1 is easy this week
• IOWA (3) - nothing against Wisconsin, I just really think Iowa makes for the more interest CCG
• OHIO STATE (1) - we all felt that coming, we just couldn't totally buy in
• PENN STATE (4) - road wins are no joke, but the offense continues to leave something to be desired
• PURDUE (9) - pulling a typical Northwestern
• MICHIGAN STATE (5) - not even sure what options are left on offense at this point
• WISCONSIN (6) - let Illinois hang around for a second, then did what we assumed they'd do
• MARYLAND (7) - not sure what the issues are with the offense right now
• INDIANA (10) - dude, hang onto the football!
• NEBRASKA (12) - finally got just enough defense to let their offense do their thing
• NORTHWESTERN (8) - close win over Rutgers might be worse than a loss to any other team, including Illinois, for purposes of my rankings
• MINNESOTA (11) - are Gophers fans still buying into Fleck?
• ILLINOIS (13) - Lovie Smith's beard in the snow is worth hoping he continues coaching for a long time
• RUTGERS (14) - Northwestern isn't even good, and pulling off a win there might have been the most shocking Big Ten result I can ever recall

I posted results this morning through ELA (16 voters).  I have now added in @LetsGoPeay 's vote.  The only thing that changed is that Ohio State and Iowa are now tied for 2/3 in the raw chart but Ohio State still holds a VERY slim lead after dropping the high and low (because Ohio State's worst votes is for 6th and Iowa's is for 5th).  

I found the Iowa/Ohio State conundrum interesting.  There are now 17 voters:

• Neither Iowa nor Ohio State have any first place votes.  
• Ohio State has 8 second place votes, Iowa has 6.  
• Iowa has 6 third place votes, Ohio State has 2.  
• Ohio State has 5 fourth place votes, Iowa has 2.  
• Iowa has 3 fifth place votes, Ohio State has 1.  
• Ohio State has 1 sixth place vote, Iowa has none.  

Ohio State has more second place votes but they also have more fourth place and worse votes.  I think this illustrates that none of us really know what to do with the Buckeyes.  The people who saw the tOSU/PU game as just one of those things only dropped tOSU to #2.  The people who think it is a bigger structural problem with the Ohio State team dropped them accordingly.  We'll find out in the coming weeks.  

There was a lot of movement this week:

• Ohio State and Michigan traded #1 and #2 but the movement was bigger than that.  Ohio State went from substantially ahead of Michigan to substantially behind and essentially tied with Iowa for #3.  
• Penn State and Wisconsin traded #4 and #5.  
• Purdue was up three spots passing Maryland, Northwestern, and Michigan State.  
• Michigan State was down one, passed by Purdue.  
• Maryland was down two, passed by Purdue and Northwestern.  
• Indiana was up one, passing Minnesota.  
• Nebraska was up one, passing Minnesota.  
• Minnesota was down two, passed by Indiana and Nebraska.  

Looking ahead to this weekend's games:
#11 Nebraska has an OOC game against Bethune-Cookman (this replaces the cancelled Akron game).  #1 Michigan, #2 Ohio State, and #14 Rutgers are off this week.  

• #3 Iowa at #5 Penn State
• #4 Wisconsin at #8 Northwestern
• #6 Purdue at #7 Michigan State
• #13 Illinois at #9 Maryland
• #10 Indiana at #12 Minnesota

Penn State / Iowa:  This practically a B1GCG elimination game.  Penn State would already need a lot of help to get there but if they lose this it would become nearly impossible.  Iowa similarly would still have a mathematical chance but they would need a lot of help.  

Wisconsin / Northwestern:  Will the real Northwestern please stand up?  Their win in East Lansing is great and their win over Purdue looks better than ever and their close loss to Michigan is a strong result as well but this team also lost at home to Akron, got drilled by Dook, barely survived Nebraska and then, worst of all, barely survived Rutgers.  My take is that the good version of Northwestern wins this easily while the bad version gets run off the field.  

Purdue / Michigan State:  I think the big storyline here is whether or not Purdue can avoid the temptation to spend half the week celebrating their win over Ohio State.  Last year the week after Ohio State's bad loss to Iowa the Buckeyes dominated a solid Michigan State team while the Hawkeyes got pasted by Wisconsin.  

Illinois / Maryland:  If the Terps are going to go bowling they almost have to win this.  In theory they could go .500 against MSU, IU, tOSU, and PSU but I wouldn't bet on it.  The Illini's bowl hopes probably ride on this game as well.  

Indiana / Minnesota:  Indiana needs two more wins to go bowling and this almost has to be one of them.  The Gophers certainly didn't look like a bowl team in Lincoln and if they lose this you can stick a fork in them.  

Huh, I thought I had saw someone vote OSU at #13, but they must have changed it.

I was mostly curious just how much one vote could skew the average when you throw out the high and low.

Originally, Ty had, if I'm not mistaken.

Originally, Ty had, if I'm not mistaken.

Yah, I was pretty pissed off at the apparent quitting of my team. But I went back and followed my guideline of not moving a team up or down 3 spots in a week. 

...and if they can cling to that top spot the rest of the way, they'll be rewarded with the honor of getting pantsed by Bama, in a National Semifinal.