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1.  Ohio St - The difference between Ohio St and Indiana is literally one foot.  But credit goes to OSU, who got the job done in win at Indiana

2.  Indiana - magical run finally ends as Ind can't pull out one more dramatic come from behind win in the last 2 minutes.  Ind loses to Ohio St at home.

3.  UCLA - defense shines in tough game without the starting QB, beating Wisc at home.

Ugh-  there is a big logjam at #4.  Could be any of 7 teams you could choose from  The middle could take some time to sort out.

4.  Oregon -  pulls out tough victory at home over Neb with the backup QB, no the backup backup QB, no, actually back to the original backup QB.  Oregon has also beat USC and lost to UCLA.

5.  Nebraska. - loses 2 games in row to Ind and Ore blowing leads in 4Q in both games.

6.  Iowa - has beat Mich and Wash and has lost to Ohio St

7.  Northwestern - escapes with 3-point win at Mich St.

8.  Wisconsin - loses on road to UCLA

9.  USC -  has beat Rut, Wash and Penn St and has lost to Oregon.

10.  Minneosta -  has beat Mich and Wash and lost to Purdue

11.  Washington -  maybe saves its season by beating Purdue on the road.

12.  Purdue - loses at home to Wash after beating Minn and ILL in previous games

13.  Michigan -  benches its million dollar QB in 2H and wins at home over Penn St

14.  Penn St -  loses to Mich on the road.  Now 0-4 in conference 

15. Illinois - has  loss to Purdue and Beat MSU by 1 in OT

16.  Mich St -  has come close to winning twice now against ILL in OT and in last second loss to NW.

17.  Rutgers -  congrats.  Rutgers is no longer the worst team in the conference. Coming from behind to win at MD

18.  Maryland.  - blows 10-point half time lead and loses to Rut at home.    I would say the clock is now ticking on when Locksley will be fired as head coach. 

If the old divisions still existed in Big Ten

Big Ten East
Ohio St 4-0
IND 3-1
MICH 1-2
Rut 1-2
Penn St 0-4
Mich St 0-4
MD 0-4
Overall 9-17

Big Ten West
Iowa 2-1
Minn 2-1
NW 2-1
Wisc 2-1
Neb 2-2
Pur 2-2
ILL 1-2
Overall 13-10

Pac
UCLA 4-0
USC 3-1
Ore 2-1
Wash 1-3
Overall 10-5

It kinda looks like the old Pac-12 schools are dominating right now despite Washington having a down year.

Did Penn State Nebraska themselves by firing Franklin?

I don't think its that bad.  Its more like Wisconsin firing Paul Chryst and hiring Luke Fickel.  Wisc quickly bottomed out,  but now has quickly bounced back.  Penn St will probably do the same.

I think I might take the week off. Grandkids are in town and I really only got to watch the later games since the got here at 1PM Saturday.

I do know OSU is at the top, and Maryland is at the bottom. Wisconsin is somewhere in the middle.

5) USC - Didn't lose or play for that matter,headed to madison for what should be a P.O.d Badger team

I am still not convinced that USC is any better than Wiscy in the power rankings,   but if USC can travel to Madison and pull off the W,  then of course I will concede I was wrong .

 Wisc quickly bottomed out,  but now has quickly bounced back. 

Has it? I don't think so. If Wisconsin goes 7-5, or 8-4 with the win over Minnesota to end the season, they will be a big step behind where the Badgers were from 2010-2020. It isn't a comeback yet.

I am still not convinced that USC is any better than Wiscy in the power rankings,  but if USC can travel to Madison and pull off the W,  then of course I will concede I was wrong .

USC is hard for me to figure right now. I'm also very curious about this game. With a win, Wisconsin could still finish 9-3, but I think 7-5 is more likely. A loss at either Maryland or Purdue should lead to an immediate change at the top. At 7-5 Fickell should still be gone. At 8-4, assuming a win over Minnesota, that's just enough for the Badgers to be considered ok. Not "back," but marginally ok.