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Interesting enough,  my top 5 did not change this week.

1.  Oregon - Solid cross country win against Michigan.  Ore has looked great since its 1-point win over OSU.

2. Indiana - After trailing for the first time this season,  Indiana scores 47 straight points against MSU.  Previous 56-7 win over Nebraska still sticks out as the measure of how good this team can be.

3. Ohio St - pulls out tough win in happy Valley.  OSU looks much better one week after barely beating Nebraska.

4.  Penn St - Offense struggles against OSU.  Previous wins over ILL, USC and Wisc not looking as impressive after this week.

5.  Iowa - has scored 40+ points in 3 home blowout wins against Wash, NW and Wisc.  Iowa's new running QB Brendan Sullivan has totally changed Iowa's offense. 

6.  Minnesota. -  impressive road victory at Illinois.  Minn has won 4 straight games after an 0-2 start in the conference.  Minn makes a big jump up in my power rankings.

7.  Illinois -  has lost to Ore,  PSU and Minn.  ILL has beat Mich,  Neb in OT, and Pur in OT.  OT wins count for less when I do my power rankings.

8.  Washington -  has lost to Ind, Rut, Iowa,  all on the road.  Wash has beat Mich, NW and now USC, all at home.

9.  Michigan - has beat USC, Minn and MSU at home.  Lost to Ore at home and lost to Wash and ILL on the road.

10.  Michigan St - MSU is a dangerous team when they don't turn the ball over and only a danger to themselves when they do.  MSU has lost to OSU, Ore, Ind and Mich.  MSU has beat MD and Iowa.

11.  USC -  has beat Wisc and Rut at home,  lost to PSU in OT at home.  USC has lost to Mich,  Minn, MD and Wash on the road.

12.  UCLA -  is UCLA suddenly a decent team?  UCLA grabs surprise win on the road at Neb.  UCLA has lost to Ind, Ore, PSU and Minn.  UCLA has beat Rut and Neb.

13  Wisconsin -  biggest dropper in my power rankings.  Wisc has beat Pur, NW and Rut.  Wisc has lost to PSU, Iowa and USC.

14.  Nebraska -  has beat Pur and Rut. Lost to ILL in OT.  Lost to Ind,  OSU and UCLA.

15.  NW -  needs OT to beat Pur a week after getting blown out by Iowa.  NW still has blowout  win over MD

16.  Rutgers - has 1 win,  over Wash

17.  MD  -has 1 win,  over USC

18.  Purdue - winless but 2 of the losses are in OT.

1) Ducks took it to M
2)Hoosiers another solid performance putting up 47 on the road
3)tOSU,IF the Buckeyes can stay/play that focused they might climb back into the mix
4)PSU - lost at home a game they had to have
5)Iowa - ground out an impressive vs the once stout badgers
6)Goophs beat the fading Berts
7)Illini I guess
8)Huskies - beat USC which doesn't mean what it use to
9)M
10)USC - I guess
The rest - fuggedaboutit

How can Michigan, USC, Washington and Wisconsin all be middle of the road Big Ten teams at the same time?

They had to get out of the way for the new powerhouse in the conference.

Hard at the top this week.

1) Ohio State: neutral field against Oregon, I'm still saying the Buckeyes. High quality win in a tough environment.
2) Oregon: went a long way on the road and dominated a probably solid, definitely talented team.
3) Indiana: WTH. I'm so confused, but also so there for the Hoosiers. Big game with Michigan coming to town, could set up an epic clash in Columbus. How weird is this!?!
4) Penn State: same as it ever was against Ohio State.
5) Iowa: best of the also rans, by a decent margin.
...
Now what?

6) Minnesota: I hate this, but beat USC, beat Illinois in C-U, and took Michigan to the bell in the Big House.
7) Michigan: on talent and legacy. I would take them over anyone below.
8) Wisconsin: but this ain't saying much. Probably need to beat Nebraska to go bowling. Need to use the bye week to get better.
9) Illinois: the shine is coming off.
10) Michigan State: losing to IU apparently isn't a terrible thing.
11) Washington: got the W.
12) USC: lost on the road to a team in the same general neighborhood of talent/record.
13) UCLA: looks like the Bruins will finish stronger than they started. Might just be a function of strength of schedule.
14) Nebraska: pushed around at home by a struggling team traveling from the west coast.
15) Northwestern: didn't look especially good against Purdue, but the next two teams below had the week off.
16) Rutgers: probably enjoyed having the week off.
17) Maryland: same.
18) Purdue: just keeps on losing.

What is really weird is that Indiana has managed to play two-thirds of their league schedule and these are their opponents so far:

• 3-3 Washington, home
• 2-4 Nebraska, home
• 2-4 Michigan State, away
• 2-4 Northwestern, away
• 2-4 UCLA, away
• 1-4 Maryland, home

This week they get Michigan so that should change things except that Michigan is 3-3 and the Hoosiers get them at home so maybe not.  

Next week the Hoosiers have the week off so if they manage to beat the Wolverines they will likely go into the final two weeks of the season having not yet played a team that is above .500 in the league.  That is NUTS!  

Updated SOR/SP+ CFP bracket

• #12 Boise State at #5 Texas; winner vs. #4 BYU
• #11 Texas A&M at #6 OHIO STATE; winner vs. #3 Miami
• #10 Alabama at #7 PENN STATE; winner vs. #2 OREGON
• #9 Tennessee at #8 INDIANA; winner vs. #1 Georgia