These are my Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 11.
1. Oregon - Solid win over MD this week. Really, Oregon's only close game in Big Ten play was it's 1-point victory at home against Ohio St
2. Ohio St - good blowut win over Purdue. moving OSU back up to 2. OSU has looked much better since it struggled to beat Neb.
3. Indiana - struggled for first time this season against Mich, but key is Indiana survived and won and will be ready for its key showdown coming up at Ohio St.
4. Penn St - solid victory at home over Wash.
At this point, there is clear separation between the Top 4 and the Bottom 14, like a giant chasm. No team left seems to want that #5 spot. But I think I got a good candidate. Also there is a theory out there we should give extra credit for any bottom 14 team that has a road victory over any other bottom 14 team. Let's see if that works out.
5. UCLA - Big win at home against Iowa. After an 0-4 start in conference with loses to Ind, Ore, PSU and Minn, UCLA has won 3 in a row, including road wins at Rut and Neb.
6. Iowa - lost on the road to UCLA. Iowa has no home losses and also 1 road win at Minn.
7. Minnesota - lost on the road this week to Rutgers. Minn has won twice on the road at UCLA and at ILL. Minn has lost once at home to Iowa.
8. Wisconsin - had the week off - Wisc has 2 road wins, over Rut and NW. Wisc has 1 home loss, to PSU
9. Illinois - had the week off - ILL has one road win in OT at Neb, and one home loss to Minn.
10. Mich St - had the week off - MSU has a road win at MD and 2 home losses, to OSU and Ind.
11. Washington - Lost on road to PSU. Wash has no road wins and no home losses
12. Michigan - lost a close game on the road to Ind. Mich has no road wins and has lost at home once, to Oregon
13. USC - had the week off - USC has no road wins and has lost at home in OT to PSU
14. Nebraska - had the week off - Neb has 1 road win at Pur, and has lost at home in OT to ILL.
15. NW - NW has 2 road wins, over MD and over Pur in OT. NW has 2 home losses, to Ind and Wisc
16 Rutgers - won home game this week against Minn. - Rut has no road wins and has lost at home to Wisc and UCLA
17. MD - has no road wins and has lost at home to MSU and NW
18. Purdue - shutout at Ohio St this week -Pur has no road wins and has lost at home to Neb, Ore, and to NW in OT.