B1G Power Rankings, Week 3

[medinabuckeye1]

Link to previous rankings.  

Votes through SFBadger (14 voters):

Team/Poster	AVG	Rank	StdDev	Best	Worst	Range	LW AVG	LW Rank	Chg Avg	Chg Rank
tOSU	1.07	1	0.27	1	2	1	1.21	1	0.14	0
PSU	2.07	2	0.47	1	3	2	2.95	3	0.88	1
UW	4.36	3.5	1.50	2	7	5	1.95	2	(2.41)	-1.5
M	4.36	3.5	1.22	2	7	5	4.68	4	0.33	0.5
Iowa	4.64	5	1.45	3	7	4	5.58	6	0.94	1
MSU	5.14	6	1.41	3	8	5	5.37	5	0.23	-1
IU	6.93	7	1.33	4	9	5	8.79	8	1.86	1
MN	7.86	8	0.66	7	9	2	9.58	9	1.72	1
MD	9.14	9	1.51	6	12	6	6.74	7	(2.41)	-2
NU	10.64	10	1.01	9	12	3	9.89	11	(0.75)	1
UNL	11.07	11	1.07	9	12	3	9.58	10	(1.49)	-1
PU	11.57	12	1.45	9	14	5	12.26	12	0.69	0
ILL	12.21	13	1.31	10	13	3	13.21	14	1.00	1
RU	13.93	14	0.27	13	14	1	13.21	13	(0.72)	-1

Drop the high and low:

Team/Poster	AVG	Rank	StdDev	Best	Worst	Range	LW AVG	LW Rank	Chg Avg	Chg Rank
tOSU	1.00	1	-	1	1	0	1.12	1	0.12	0
PSU	2.08	2	0.29	2	3	1	2.94	3	0.86	1
UW	4.33	3.5	1.23	3	6	3	1.94	2	(2.39)	-1.5
M	4.33	3.5	0.78	3	6	3	4.65	4	0.31	0.5
Iowa	4.58	5	1.31	3	7	4	5.53	6	0.95	1
MSU	5.08	6	1.08	3	6	3	5.35	5	0.27	-1
IU	7.00	7	0.95	5	8	3	8.88	8	1.88	1
MN	7.83	8	0.58	7	9	2	9.59	9	1.75	1
MD	9.17	9	1.03	7	11	4	6.76	7	(2.40)	-2
NU	10.67	10	0.89	9	12	3	9.88	11	(0.78)	1
UNL	11.17	11	0.94	9	12	3	9.65	10	(1.52)	-1
PU	11.58	12	1.16	10	13	3	12.35	12	0.77	0
ILL	12.33	13	1.23	10	13	3	13.29	14	0.96	1
RU	14.00	14	-	14	14	0	13.24	13	(0.76)	-1

Various graphical representations:
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Schedule/performance chart:

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tOSU

PSU

UW

M

Iowa

MSU

IU

MN

MD

NU

UNL

PU

ILL

RU

Team

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1

tOSU

n/a

9/29, H

miss

11/24, A

miss

11/10, H

10/6, A

10/13, A

11/17, H

miss

11/3, A

10/20, H

miss

L by 49, A

tOSU

1

2

PSU

9/29, A

n/a

11/10, A

11/3, H

10/27, A

10/13, A

10/20, H

miss

11/24, A

miss

miss

miss

9/21, H

11/17, H

PSU

2

3.5

UW

miss

11/10, H

n/a

10/13, H

9/22, H

miss

miss

11/24, A

miss

10/27, H

10/6, A

11/17, H

10/20, A

11/3, A

UW

3.5

3.5

M

11/24, H

11/3, A

10/13, A

n/a

miss

10/20, H

11/17, A

miss

10/6, A

9/29, H

9/22, A

miss

miss

11/10, H

M

3.5

5

Iowa

miss

10/27, H

9/22, A

miss

n/a

miss

10/13, H

10/6, H

10/20, A

11/10, A

11/23, A

11/3, H

11/17, H

miss

Iowa

5

6

MSU

11/10, A

10/13, H

miss

10/20, A

miss

n/a

9/22, H

miss

11/3, H

10/6, A

11/17, H

10/27, A

miss

11/24, A

MSU

6

7

IU

10/6, H

10/20, A

miss

11/17, H

10/13, A

9/22, H

n/a

10/26, H

11/10, A

miss

miss

11/24, A

miss

9/29, H

IU

7

8

MN

10/13, H

miss

11/24, H

miss

10/6, A

miss

10/26, A

n/a

9/22, H

11/17, A

10/20, H

11/10, A

11/3, H

miss

MN

8

9

MD

11/17, A

11/24, H

miss

10/6, H

10/20, H

11/3, A

11/10, H

9/22, A

n/a

miss

miss

miss

10/27, A

10/13, A

MD

9

10

NU

miss

miss

10/27, A

9/29, A

11/10, H

10/6, H

miss

11/17, A

miss

n/a

10/13, A

L by 4, H

9/21, H

10/20, H

NU

10

11

UNL

11/3, H

miss

10/6, H

9/22, H

11/23, H

11/17, A

miss

10/20, A

miss

10/13, H

n/a

9/29, A

11/10, A

miss

UNL

11

12

PU

10/20, A

miss

11/17, A

miss

11/3, A

10/27, H

11/24, H

11/10, H

miss

W by 4, A

9/29, H

n/a

10/13, H

miss

PU

12

13

ILL

miss

9/21, A

10/20, H

miss

11/17,A

miss

miss

11/3, A

10/27, H

11/24, H

11/10, H

10/13, A

n/a

10/6, H

ILL

13

14

RU

W by 49, H

11/17, A

11/3, H

11/10, A

miss

11/24, H

9/29, A

miss

10/13, H

10/20, A

miss

miss

10/6, A

n/a

RU

14

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UW

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[Hawkinole]

What a tough week. I'll get it started.

• Ohio State (1) (1) (4) Top of the class. Just enough defense. Plenty of offense.
• Penn State (3) (8) (5) Blew out a bottom feeder.
• Wisconsin (2) (2) (3) How could Wisconsin lose at home to BYU? Wisc. is better than this.
• Indiana (4) (4) (11) Undefeated Hoosiers slap in-state rival. Bigger fish invited to the fry next week.
• Iowa (5) (5) (6) Defeated UNI. Last week I posted, “But, where is the offense?” Iowa answered. But can they so answer next Saturday?
• Michigan State (6) (7) (1) Spent the week practicing for Indiana.
• Michigan (7) (9) (2) For a while, it was competitive, when it shouldn’t have been.
• Minnesota (8) (11) (9) Defeated a weak Redhawk team. No advancement.
• Maryland (9) (10) (14) I am not buying in yet. Texas defeated Tulsa by 1-TD. Maryland struggles with BG until the 4^th Qtr. Maryland thoroughly dominated, by a team that lost to Nova, and to Buffalo.
• Northwestern (10) (3) (8) I thought they would defeat my old classmate’s Akron team. They didn’t.
• Illinois (14) (14) (12) Still undefeated and saved the reputation of the lower division of the Big Ten with a win over a competitive FBS team.Almost defeated a competitive FBS team thusly not saving the reputation of the lower division of the Big Ten.
• Nebraska (11) (12) (10) I don’t know how you explain this. Bet Nebraska fans blame Reilly. What do you bet? Look inward my friends, not outward.
• Purdue (13) (6) (7) Ouch! Lost again.
• Rutgers (12) (13) (13) Last week’s blacktopping was expected. This second layer of hot asphalt was not. Down you go.

[Brutus Buckeye]

10. Illinois (14) (14) (12) Still undefeated and saved the reputation of the lower division of the Big Ten with a win over a competitive FBS team..

Illinois lost to SFU.

[Hawkinole]

Illinois lost to SFU.

Oops, I missed that; I was so gleeful they were ahead late. I'll reanalyze.

[TyphonInc]

Good

1. Penn State (+1) Beating up on punching bags like they are punching bags
2. Ohio State (+1) 2nd Half adjustments
3. Iowa (+1) Best in the state. Best in the West?


Bad

4. Wisconsin (-3) Gaglianone hits that 63 out of 79 times.

5. Michigan (--) beating hapless opponents with regularity 
6. Michigan State (--) bye week, no news is good news



8. Minnesota (+1) - 3-0 row row row the boat

9. Indiana (+1) - looked good

7. Maryland (-2) serious yuck

10. Nebraska (--) - entertaining loss
11. Northwestern (--) - zips zipped by in the 2nd half
12. Purdue (--) - not a good start to the year
13. Illinois (--) - 4th quarter implosion
14. Rutgers (--) - Worse L of the lot

[LittlePig]

What a disaster for the Big Ten this week.  Its reputation is shot.  Losing 7 non-conference games, 5 against non-P5 teams.  Has the Big Ten ever had a worse day?  At least OSU won.

1.  OSU
Didn't look the greatest but got the job done against a tough opponent,  not at home and without its head coach.

2.  PSU
PSU did what it had to do to survive against App St and has been dominating ever since.

3. Wisc
Going to give Wisc a mulligan but the whole idea that Wisc may be an elite team is gone.  If they redeem themselves next week by winning at Iowa, then all will be forgiven. But If they lay another egg 2 weeks in a row,  THEN they will drop big time.

4.  MSU
Gave MSU a pass last week for its loss in the desert and see no reason to change that.

5.  Iowa
Iowa's defense may be great but the offense still needs to prove itself, even though the offense had a good game against FCS UNI.  The real test will be next week against Wisc.

6. Mich
Mich's loss to Notre Dame looks worse each week.

7.  Indy
Could Indy possibly be one of the better teams in the Big Ten?

8.  Minn
3-0 is 3-0 baby!

After #8,  I feel like ranking them all at #14,  but oh well, I got to pick somebody.

9. Purdue
How can I put an 0-3 team at #9?  Well they were 3 close losses.  I think they can get it fixed.

10.  MD
Well, they did at least beat Tex.   Not sure what happened this week.

12.  NW
They did beat Purdue, but team seems to be in free fall right now.

12.  Neb
Not going to be a quick turn around for Frost and company.

13.  ILL
Despite a decent game against USF,  still not convinced they can be competitive each week.

14.  Rut
What a dumpster fire.  Again!  I am ready to sign the petition to kick them out of the Big Ten.

[MaximumSam]

1. OSU: Not a dominant effort, especially on defense, but they went away from home, faced some adversity, and won a game against a pretty good team.  Plus standards are low.

2. Penn State: Looked dominant, finally.  Regardless of the competition, they looked like the PU of last year.  

3. Michigan: Not exactly a dominant effort, but a win is a win these days.  

4. Wisconsin: Yersh.  Couldn't ever get going against BYU, and looking mortal enough that Iowa could jump up and get them.

5. Michigan State: Getting things sorted out.

6. Iowa: Is it a top six instead of a top 5?

7. Indiana: Actually kind of good?

8. Minnesota:  Competent outfit.

9. Northwestern: I guess?

10. Purdue: Sure

11. Nebraska: Why not

12. Maryland: Right on

13. Illinois: Out of the basement

14. Rutgers: Amazing loss

[Temp430]

1. Ohio State
2. Wisconsin
3. Penn State
4. Michigan
5. Indiana
6. Michigan State
7. Iowa
8. Minnesota
9. Northwestern
10. Purdue
11. Maryland
12. Nebraska
13. Illinois
14. Rutgers
14. Illinois

[medinabuckeye1]

This is how each of the 12 B1G teams that played FBS competition did relative to the spread (from the Stupid Upset Picks thread):

• +18 Penn State:  Favored by 35, won by 53
• +13.5 Indiana:  Favored by 14.5, won by 28
• +8.5 Minnesota:  Favored by 14.5, won by 23
• +4 Illinois:  Disfavored by 10, lost by 6
• +4 Purdue:  Disfavored by 7, lost by 3
• -1 Ohio State:  Favored by 13, won by 12
• -10 Michigan:  Favored by 35, won by 25
• -16.5 Nebraska:  Favored by 11.5, lost by 5
• -24 Wisconsin:  Favored by 21, lost by 3
• -26 Northwestern:  Favored by 21, lost by 5
• -37 Maryland:  Favored by 16, lost by 21
• -38 Rutgers:  Disfavored by 3, lost by 41

So basically my thinking is that:

• Penn State, Indiana, and Minnesota should move up a bit.  
• Illinois, Purdue, and Ohio State should stay about where they are.  
• Michigan and Nebraska should move down a bit.  
• Wisconsin, Northwestern, Maryland, and Rutgers should tumble.  

My rankings:

• Ohio State:  There is an argument for Penn State but nobody really claimed the top spot.  
• Penn State:  No other claimants.  
• Michigan State:  Because no news this week was WAY better than the bad news we got about most teams.  
• Michigan:  It is hard to move them down because nobody behind them looked very good but that ND loss keeps looking worse and worse.  
• Wisconsin:  This is a complete guess because I have no idea how to view their home loss to BYU.  
• Indiana:  The Hoosiers are 3-0!
• Iowa:  A 24 point win over an FCS team isn't really impressive but they were up 38-0 before calling off the dogs.  
• Minnesota:  Rowing that boat!
• Nebraska:  I hate the fact that I am moving Nebraska UP for losing at home to Troy but that is how bad the picks are down here.  
• Maryland:  Temple came into that game 0-2 with losses to Villanova and Buffalo.  
• Northwestern:  They really should move down for that mess but they beat PU and still look better than IL and RU.  
• Purdue:  No real change.  
• Illinois:  Rutgers' awful performance doesn't make Illinois good.  
• Rutgers:  Back in the basement after getting blown out by Kansas.  

[Brutus Buckeye]

1a. Ohio State - Overcame adversity on the road without their coach. The D needs a LOT of work though.

1b. Penn State - About the only team firing on all cylinders yesterday, even if it was against Kent. Monster showdown in two weeks vs OSU. 

3. Iowa - Undisputed state champions, and a win over what may well be the best team in the Mac. 

4. Michigan - of the one loss teams, they probably have the "best loss" of the bunch to an undefeated ND. 

5. Michigan St - While they didn't play yesterday, Arizona State did and lost to a mid major, knocking a little bit of shine off of Sparty's "forgivable loss."

6. Maryland - The Temple game was awful, but they still have a win over a Texas team that just smoked the defending Pac 12 Champs. While the BG game wasn't always pretty, at the end of the day it was a blowout win for the Terps.

7. Wisconsin - BYU has improved quite a bit, emulating Wisconsin by their own admission. Unlike Maryland, the Badgers don't have a marquee win to point to in order to offset their mid major loss.

8. Indiana - Undefeated with a win over Virginia is pretty good, when you compare it to what is going on with the teams ranked beneath them.

9. Minnesota - They haven't played anyone, but being undefeated against mid majors is a lot better than the alternative. 

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10. Illinois - One epic 4th quarter meltdown away from being undefeated. 

11. Nebraska - Thanking the Corn Gods for last weeks lightning storm saving them from having a loss to the Zips. 

12. Northwestern - Circling the drain, but they still sit alone atop the B1G West standings. 

13. Rutgers - they may be gawdawful, but they aren't winless. 

14. Purdue - Not a bad showing against Mizzou, but at the end of the day they are the only winless team in the Big Ten. Neither Northwestern nor Eastern Michigan did them any favors. Those losses only got worse this week. 

[847badgerfan]

1. Ohio State
2. Penn State
3. Iowa
4. Michigan State
5. Michigan
6. Wisconsin
7. Indiana
8. Maryland
9. Minnesota
10. Northwestern
11. Purdue
12. Nebraska
13. Illinois
14. Rutgers

[mcwterps1]

Coaching situation should have been settled by now. Findings were to be yesterday.

Now, do the kids already know, but it hasn't been made public? Maybe. 

The university, I'm sure, wants to get rid of Durkin due to the threats of the McNair family, but the outside investigation is coming up with no fault of Durkin for this whole thing (the death and "toxic" claim), so they'd have to pay out full to DJ. 

The players committed to DJ. Yesterday may be a sign of things to come shortly. 

I believe the wheels are off, and the season is lost. 

Talent and experience is definitely there, but the leadership is not.

[bayareabadger]

1. Ohio State
2. Penn State

3 ... a majestic morass 

[bayareabadger]

I read this as a 24-0 win not being impressive after being up 38-0, and could only think "That does sound like Iowa"