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What does everybody think?  

My rankings are in a post below

1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Oregon
4. USC
5. Michigan
6. Iowa
7. Washington
8. Illinois
9. Minnesota
10. Nebraska
11. Northwestern
12. Rutgers
13. Maryland
14. Penn State
15. UCLA
16. Wisconsin
17. Michigan State
18. Purdue

1)Hoosiers - A slow start gave way to an onslaught & IU rolled again on Saturday and now has an open date before playing Purdue. The Hoosiers most certainly punched their ticket to the CFP, regardless of what happens the rest of the season

2)Bucks - easy day at the office, another blowout but it came against a very shorthanded UCLA squad. The absence of wide receiver Carnell Tate and Jeremiah Smith (who played in the first half but was held out of the second) is concerning, considering those are the team's top targets on the outside. Win next week, and Ohio State is in the College Football Playoff no matter what else happens. 

3)Ducks - Dante Moore had a career night, completing a program record 90% of his passes while tight end Kenyon Sadiq had a career night in terms of catches (eight) and yards (96) while catching one of Moore's two touchdown passes. So still looking good and has what it takes to make a postseason run. But 1st it has to beat a talented USC team and also win at Washington in two weeks.

4)USC - backed into a corner they came out on top vs a tough Hawkeye team. They are still in position to get to Indy if the Hoosiers or my homies fall flat on their faces. Trojans have a tough out in Eugene next Saturday v Oregon awaits with heavy CFP implications. Win there and they prolly have a seat at the Big Boy Table.

5)M* - Weasels had a week off and produce sloppy play and turn overs and had to go down to final snap V a scrappy 'Cats team in Wrigley Field where the Cats evidently have NEVER won.They were a 2-point conversion short of O.T. Though it looked to be in doubt several times, Michigan did what they do and grinded out a win over Northwestern on the road. M* was clutch when it had to be & Fr. Andrew Marsh's 12 receptions and 189 yards were the most by a Michigan freshman since at least 1979,pretty impressive

6)Huskies - the Huskies are one of the best teams in the country when they play in Seattle, but very average and maybe even below average away from Home. Playing without star running back Jonah Coleman, who missed the game with an injury, the Huskies rolled right along against the Boilermakers.  Adam Mohammed scored a career-high three rushing touchdowns as UW beat Purdue 49-13 on Saturday night. Washington  is 7-3, besting its win total from last season while Purdue lost its ninth straight game.

7)Illinois - has losses to Ohio State, at Indiana, and at Washington tough sledding. This team is pretty good and has a chance to go to a very good bowl game. They beat the Terps at home 24-6. Michael Locksley has never had a winning record in the Big Ten in his seven years in charge of the Terps. Illinois: At Wisconsin on Saturday. Bielema was the Badgers' coach from 2006-12

8)Iowa - Iowa continues to play hard, only to come up just short. all of the Hawkeyes' losses have come by one score. Hawks blew a 11pt halftime lead in LA. No. 17 USC answered with 19 straight points to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive. The weather conditions heavily favored Iowa despite their game against USC being played in Los Angeles, as rain poured down onto the field. But the Hawkeyes couldn't take advantage, succumbing the lead in the fourth quarter and failing to put together a game-winning drive. Mark Gronowski threw a touchdown pass, made a TD run and caught a scoring pass during the first half, but his Hawkeyes 6-4 got shut out in the second half of another heartbreaking loss to a ranked team.

9) Gophers - they win the close games against average teams and get worked by the better ones in the BIG. They have a tall order V the Wildcats in Evanston next week ask M*. Minnesota 6-4 remained winless on the road this season. Gopher's coach P.J. Fleck said “The message was `Row on, man. Put your oar back in the water, and let's go” Ya very inspiring PJ

10) 'Skers - were off yesterday, heading to Happy Valley next Saturday.  With starting quarterback Dylan Raiola out for the season to injury, it may seem like all hope would be lost for Nebraska. That was the thinking until freshman backup TJ Lateef completed 13 of 15 passes for 205 yards and three scores last week against UCLA. The Nittany Lions seem to be getting traction recently, it'll be a very tough game for the 'Huskers. With the win V. MSU the Lions avoided their first seven-game losing streak in the same season since 1931

11)N'Western
12)Rutgers 
13)UCLA
14)Terps
15)Lions
16)Badgers
17)MSU
18)Boilers

Contenders:
1) Ohio State
2) Indiana
3) Oregon (but just barely)

Top 25-ish:
4) USC--good win over Iowa.
5) Iowa--let that one get away on the road.
6) Michigan--good at what they do, not good enough at enough things to be a complete team. And Northwestern is sneaky decent, but not sneaky good.

Not Ready for Prime Time:
7) Washington--beat down against a bad team. Yay.
8) Illinois--unimpressive win against a bad team. Yay.
9) Penn State--finally got a win--against a bad team. Yay.
10) Northwestern--took Michigan to the bell; as noted above, sneaky decent.
11) Nebraska--bye.

Really Not Very Good:
12) Minnesota--ouch.
13) UCLA--allowed some points in garbage time.
14) Rutgers--bye.
15) Maryland--that big win over Wisconsin was a long time ago.

Pur-Don't:
16) Wisconsin--put up a fight for a half.
17) Purdue--ouch.
18) Michigan State--Penn State was sure to beat someone.

@medinabuckeye1 's completely objective Power Rankings:

The rules:
Each team's opponents are ranked 1-7 (1-8 for PU and IU) by strength of performance against that team so for example, the eight teams that lost to Indiana are ranked:

• Penn State, lost by 3
• Iowa, lost by 5
• Oregon, lost by 10
• Wisconsin, lost by 24
• Michigan State, lost by 25
• Maryland, lost by 45
• UCLA, lost by 50
• Illinois, lost by 53

Similarly, the eight teams that beat Purdue are ranked:

• Washington, won by 36
• Ohio State, won by 24
• Northwestern, won by 19
• (tie, gets 4.5) USC, won by 16 in West Lafayette
• (tie, gets 4.5) Illinois, won by 16 in West Lafayette
• Minnesota, won by 7
• Michigan, won by 5
• Rutgers, won by 3

Note that ties are broken by HFA and that any game that goes to OT is considered closer than a game that ends in regulation (ie, winning by 1 in regulation is 'better' than winning by 8 in OT).  

Then I average each team's rankings and here is what I get:

• 1.571 Ohio State
• 1.625 Indiana
• 2.643 USC
• 2.857 Iowa
• 3.250 Washington
• 3.357 Oregon
• (tie) 3.429 Illinois
• (tie) 3.429 Penn State
• 4.143 Nebraska 
• 4.286 Northwestern
• 4.643 Michigan 
• 5.857 UCLA
• 5.000 Wisconsin
• 5.250 Purdue
• 5.375 Maryland
• 5.571 Minnesota
• (tie) 5.857 Michigan State
• (tie) 5.857 Rutgers

Afro & I would swap 9 & 10

ya well scoreboard says otherwise

1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. fOregon
4. USC
5. Iowa
6. Michigan
7. Washington
8. Illinois
9. Northwestern
10. Minnesota
11. Nebraska
12. Penn State
13. Rutgers
14. UCLA
15. Maryland
16. Wisconsin
17. Purdue
18. Michigan State