1. Ohio St
2. Oregon - called off the dogs after going up 34-0 @NW.
3. Penn St -Big game coming in week5 hosting Oregon
4. Illinois - Plays at Ind in week4
5. Indiana - good tests coming in next 3 games. Hosting ILL, @Iowa, @Ore
6. Michigan - upcoming schedule does not look too bad. Mich avoids playing Ore, PSU, ILL, Ind, Iowa this year. But then again, who knows who is good right now?
7. USC - looked decent in cross-country trip to Purdue. Maybe USC should play all its Big Ten road games in September.
8. Iowa - Kirk Ferentz gets the record for Big Ten wins against UMAss? Yes, its a record that includes all his non-conference wins at Iowa.
9. Nebraska
10. Washington
11. Minnesota - demoting the gophers but not too much. Big Ten schools historically do bad in non-conference west coast late night games
12 Wisconsin - lost at Bama. Not going to demote a team for that.
13. Rutgers
14. Purdue
15. Maryland
16. Michigan St
17. Northwestern - despite being dominated by Oregon, I think there are signs NW may get better
18. UCLA - starts season 0-3 losing to Utah, UNLV and New Mexico! UCLA is also the bottom team in the MWC power rankings