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LittlePig

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Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« on: October 22, 2023, 03:45:18 AM »
1. Michigan. -  Totally dominant again
2. Ohio St -  I keep ignoring my number #1 rule - Always give Ohio St the benefit of the doubt,  but that's because normally they have one of the best offenses.  Time to give some credit to OSU's defense.
3.  Penn St - It's not over yet but PSU failed their first big test

Hmmmm.....

I must admit I am having fun trying to follow the strategy of Team A beat Team B and Team B beat Team C,  until it all falls apart,  especially in the Big Ten West, where everybody beats everybody. But I am going to try to keep it going another week anyway.  Which is why MD is still so low in my rankings.  But now I am getting to the point where I need to throw out some games in order for my rankings to make sense.  Like NW beating Minn.  Just need to ignore that one.

4.  Minn
5.  Neb
6.  IOWA
7.  Wisc
8.  Rut
9.  NW
10.  Purdue
11.  ILL
12.  MD
13.  MSU
14.  Ind
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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2023, 07:23:35 AM »
1. Ohio State
2. Michigan 
3. Penn State
4. Wisconsin 
5. Iowa
6. Rutgers
7. Maryland
8. Minnesota 
9. Purdue
10. Nebraska
11. Illinois
12. Indiana
13. Northwestern
14. Michigan State

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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2023, 07:32:40 AM »
1. Michigan -  OL has come along nicely the past few weeks as they got the starting 5 set with Henderson at LT and Barnhart back to RT and Myles Hinton to the bench. JJ has been forging a strong connection with speedster Roman Wilson who has emerged as the go to WR. TE room looks fantastic with Loveland & Barner. Defense is very deep and very talented. Front 7 is legit. And deep. Secondary is getting better as their two best players back there- FS Rod Moore and CB Will Johnson have gotten back into game shape after missing a lot of time to start the season. Saw a lot of run and some flashes this week from some big freshman CBs with big-time potential in 6'4" RS Frosh Amorion Walker and 6'3" true frosh DJ Waller. Eye test is telling me this is clearly the deepest, most talented, best team that Jeem has ever had in his tenure at Michigan. That won't mean anything if they can't cash it in with a B1G title and playoff trip. As good as their offense has been in B1G play, Donovan Edwards' lack of production continues to be a conundrum. If he can find his groove again this team can actually go to another level on offense- which is kinda scary. #7 needs to start playing like he did last year and asap.

2. Ohio State -  Offense has big-time talent at the skill positions and Kyle McCord continues to just win games, no one in the B1G has a better pair of wins right now than OSU with W's over ND & Penn State. Defense is legit and one of the tops in the country. Oh and Marvin Harrison Jr is the best player in the country imo- and I don't think that is particularly close or even up for debate. Ohio State remains the biggest threat to Michigan's bid for a three-peat in the B1G imo.

3.  Penn State - the offense is leaving a lot more questions than answers. they have a great 1-2 punch at RB but lack playmakers at WR/TE, the OL is pretty meh, and after watching Allar vs Ohio State- starting to have questions about him. That defense is legit though- super talented, athletic, and deep.

- GAP -

4.  Wisconsin
5.  Rutgers
6.  Minnesota
7.  Iowa
8.  Maryland
9.  Nebraska
10.  Illinois
11.  Purdue
12.  Northwestern
13.  MSU
14.  Indiana

this conference probably sucks complete asshole outside of the Big 3....
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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2023, 08:24:22 AM »
I'll give it another shot.

1. Michigan: Easily the most complete and best team.
2. Ohio State: Buddy, Tressel ball is back.
3. Penn State: Great defense, but Allar wasn't accurate enough for the offense to do anything
4. Rutgers: I mean, they are bowl eligible
5. Iowa: somehow lost an Iowa game
6. Wisconsin: Stole a win with their new QB
7. Maryland: Bye
8. Minnesota: Sheesh. Nice win though.
9. Illinois: Showing signs of life
10. Nebraska: Getting more solid, I suppose
11. Purdue: I guess
12. Northwestern: Blech
13. Michigan State: Good Lord
14. Indiana: Gross
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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2023, 08:54:36 AM »
1. Ohio State - best resume by far.
2. Michigan - Dominating teams they should.
3. Penn State - Not Big Game James.
4. Iowa - Letdown game.
4. Wisconsin - Could be just what they needed.
4. Minnesota - Same.
7. Rutgers - Making some noise over there.
7. Maryland - It's October now.
9. Nebraska - Maybe?
10. Illinois - Almost.
11. Purdue - Maybe?
12. Michigan State - Dumpster Fire.
13. Northwestern - Just plain bad.
14. Indiana - Garbage.
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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2023, 11:02:29 AM »
Last week in parenthesis, and no reason for a write up, the top 3 are good, the other 11 suck

  • OHIO STATE (2)
  • MICHIGAN (3)
  • PENN STATE (1)
  • IOWA (4)
  • WISCONSIN (5)
  • RUTGERS (6)
  • MARYLAND (7)
  • MINNESOTA (9)
  • NEBRASKA (8)
  • PURDUE (10)
  • ILLINOIS (11)
  • NORTHWESTERN (13)
  • MICHIGAN STATE (12)
  • INDIANA (14)
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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2023, 08:20:02 PM »
Quote from: Temp430 on October 22, 2023, 07:23:35 AM
1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
STOP IT!

1.Harbaugh
2.tOSU
3. PSU
4.Iowa
5.UW
6.Goophs
7.Knights
8.'Skers
9.Terps
10.Illini
11.Boilers
12.Spartans
13.Hoosiers
14.Wildcats


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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2023, 08:40:28 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on October 22, 2023, 08:54:36 AM
1. Ohio State - best resume by far.

Yes, but for a power ranking?  Gimme the team with the best QB.  That's the whore named Ann Arbor. 
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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2023, 11:36:06 PM »
Mich
Osu
Psu
Rutgers
maryland
Iowa
Minn
Nebr
Wisc
Purdue
Nwest
Ill
MSU
Indiana
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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2023, 11:25:36 AM »
I have half tempted to rank ttun, tOSU, Penn St and MD 1-4 and then the BIG W followed by Rutgers, MSU and IN. However, Rutgers is good enough to be placed higher. As for the B1G W, who knows? Throw names in a hat and start pulling them out. 


  • Michigan - Still don't know much about them other than they can blow out the teams that they should.  
  • Ohio State - McCord is still shaky as the signal caller and I hold my breath whenever he throws over the middle, but is helped by the talent around him. The Defense is legit. 
  • Penn State - I think that Allar will get better. It looks like the game has not slowed down for him yet. He is getting nervous and getting rid of the ball before his feet are set. The defense is very good but gave up some inside runs which kind surprised me. 
  • Maryland - Here by default right now as I cannot justify putting them behind . . 
  • Iowa - Still probably the team to beat as the Badgers get the pleasure of hosting the Buckeyes this weekend.
  • Wisconsin - A lot of concern that they HAD to come back against Bert's boys. But they came through when they needed to. 
  • Minnesota - Winning the way Iowa generally does by not scoring a TD.
  • Rutgers - Did what they needed to do. They are now going bowling. 
  • Nebraska - Better than losing to NW. 
  • Illinois - Gave he Badgers all they wanted. 
  • Purdue - Well timed bye week. 
  • Northwestern - Gave the Huskers a game. 
  • Michigan State - Fighting Indiana for the bottom.
  • Indiana - Tom Allan should get his resume in order. 

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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2023, 07:21:23 PM »
1.  '94 Penn St
2.  '97 Michigan
3.  '14 Ohio St
4.  '65 Michigan St
5.  '68 Ohio St
6.  '40 Minnesota
7.  '47 Michigan
8.  '73 Ohio St
9.  '02 Ohio St
10. '98 Ohio St
11. '66 Michigan St
12. '96 Ohio St
13. '05 Penn St
14. '79 Ohio St
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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2023, 09:44:26 PM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on October 22, 2023, 08:24:22 AM

2. Ohio State: Buddy, Tressel ball is back.

Wow, that’s such a spot on take. Watching the game I couldn’t believe how efficient the special teams play was with the punter and field goal kicker. Tressel was huge on that. I would say the only thing is Tressel had better running backs in his backfield.
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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2023, 08:30:19 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on October 23, 2023, 07:21:23 PM
1.  '94 Penn St
2.  '97 Michigan
3.  '14 Ohio St
4.  '65 Michigan St
missed a couple husker squads
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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2023, 08:41:22 AM »
They were XII/Big 8 and don't count.
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