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Topic: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1

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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #14 on: August 31, 2026, 08:59:42 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on August 31, 2026, 05:43:42 PM
I have no idea who is on what team anymore, including many on my own.

Can't do this one now. Maybe I'll start in October.
everyone should wait until late October
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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2026, 12:54:53 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 31, 2026, 08:59:42 PM
everyone should wait until late October
Yep, but this is fun.

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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2026, 07:17:55 AM »
agreed
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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2026, 09:00:28 AM »
Quote from: GopherRock on August 31, 2026, 06:46:21 PM
Want to elaborate?

Unless he resigns, his seat is ice cold. And the last coach to go from here to somewhere that meant anything was Lou Holtz, and that move happened when I was still in diapers.
If they finish #17, where I had them
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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2026, 09:19:49 AM »
you're obviously a much better prognosticator than I, but that would seem unlikely

I could see #15 as a bottom for the boat rower
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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2026, 09:21:54 AM »
1. Oregon
2. Ohio State
3. Indiana
4. Michigan
5. USC
6. Washington
7. Iowa
8. Penn State
9. Nebraska
10. Illinois
11. Maryland
12. Wisconsin
13. Rutgers
14. Michigan State
15. Minnesota
16. UCLA
17. Northwestern
18. Purdue
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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #20 on: September 01, 2026, 09:39:24 AM »
I'll get around to scribbling a list but the Hoosiers are believed to have helped themselves the most in the portal along with Texas and LSU. Plus being the reigning CFB Champs they're going number 1. And evidently PSU did well also along with a weaker schedule they could be in the discussion at the end of the season

On the national scene supposedly in the portal LSU added the no.1 O-lineman in the country and the no.1 QB available along with the no. 1 pass rusher in the country and I hate Lane Kiffin and that punchable face. So I'm getting a Ouija board,some garlic, a crucifix and contacting Pedro Cerrano  so both Jobu and Joey Freshwater can both bark at the moon
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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #21 on: September 01, 2026, 11:07:18 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on August 31, 2026, 05:43:42 PM
I have no idea who is on what team anymore, including many on my own.

Can't do this one now. Maybe I'll start in October.
I have to confess I enjoy guessing at the power rankings more in the early weeks simply because there is so little info to base them on, which can lead to some interesting rankings.

By November everybody is pretty much agreeing with each other.   Or at least by then you know the top 2 or 3 teams.

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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #22 on: September 01, 2026, 11:25:52 AM »
Iowa State went 5-4 in the Big 12 last year. Penn State might be a little overrated in this thing. 
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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2026, 11:38:38 AM »
Quote from: ManHawk on September 01, 2026, 11:07:18 AM
I have to confess I enjoy guessing at the power rankings more in the early weeks simply because there is so little info to base them on, which can lead to some interesting rankings.

By November everybody is pretty much agreeing with each other.  Or at least by then you know the top 2 or 3 teams.


I feel like my estimation is about the same as the national writers, and less biased than the beat writers. I'm comfortable with it. (And I know it's not worth the 1s and 0s its written in.)
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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #24 on: September 01, 2026, 11:40:14 AM »
  • Oregon
  • Ohio State
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Iowa
  • Washington
  • USC
  • Illinois
  • Penn State
  • Nebraska
  • Minnesota
  • UCLA
  • Wisconsin
  • Maryland
  • Northwestern
  • Rutgers
  • Michigan State
  • Purdue


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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2026, 11:41:09 AM »
Hell yeah, LGP. Let's go, Clarksville!
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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #26 on: September 01, 2026, 11:44:14 AM »

Quote from: SFBadger96 on September 01, 2026, 11:41:09 AM
Hell yeah, LGP. Let's go, Clarksville!
Clarksvegas in the fall is beautiful. The light of the Atlantic Sun shineth upon Wilma Rudolph Boulevard. 
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Re: Big Ten 2026 Power Rankings before Week 1
« Reply #27 on: September 01, 2026, 11:47:05 AM »
I liked Clarksville most of the year. Occasionally got a little too hot, and sometimes too cold. The tornados in 1999 were a bit of a drag. But I enjoyed my time there.

Happy to see that the Blackhorse Pub is still there. I took a bunch of photos of the railroad bridge near Crossland when I was in my film photography stage. I love a good bridge over a river.
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