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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: medinabuckeye1 on August 26, 2022, 02:46:03 PM
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I do NOT plan on doing an update after the two games involving three B1G teams thus weekend so please hold votes until results from Dublin and Urbana are available.
Sorry I didn't get this done earlier. Votes through @LetsGoPeay (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=7) , 14 voters:
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Drop the high and low vote for each team:
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I have determined over the years my pre-season power rankings always suck but I say screw it. I am doubling down on my failed methods of the past and doing it my same way again.
1. OSU - Rule#1 in power rankings. Always rank OSU #1 until they lose. Even if they lose early in OOC. Still.keep them #1.
2. Mich - I admit I have been hard on Harbaugh in my power rankings over the years but I have to give credit when it's due. The team last year finished strong for once after a string of seasons of fizzling out late in the season.
3. MSU - I don't really believe there was a big difference last year between MSU, Purdue, Iowa, Wisc or Minn. But MSU was the only team to beat Michigan. Tucker serms to do a good job finding the right transfers for his team.
4. Purdue - This is my sleeper team despite losing some WR's. Last year was 6-3 in conference with blowout wins over Iowa and MSU.
5. Iowa - last year's team is kind of looked at as a fluke. Iowa had an awful offense, but was winning with takeaways and special teams. Word out of camp is Iowa's defense is even better and Iowa's offense is even worse than last year. I predict a lot of 13-10 scores but Iowa will find a way to win most of those games.
6 - Minn - has been good enough to win the West but just can't get over that hump.
7. Wisc - after a 1-3 start, Wisc finished strong but laid an egg against Minn to blow the Big Ten West. Wisc is losing more players than other teams.
8. PSU - this is probably too low but PSU needs to prove to me they can step it up after a couple of mediocre seasons.
9. ILL - Illinois was kind of a jeckl and Hyde team last year. Decent 1 week. Awful the next. Can they play more consistent this year? At least they are good enough to blow out Wyoming.
10. NW. - giving NW a bump after knocking off Neb in Dublin. Plus this is an even numbered year (2022) and NW usually does good in even number years.
11. Neb. - same old problems for Neb - losing a game by 3 points after collapsing late in the game due to a special teams mistake. Neb needs to figure out how to finish games.
12. Rut - made some progress last year but needs to take the next step up.
13. MD - usually starts strong in OOC then falls apart in conference games.
14. Ind - Boy did they fall like a rock last year.
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OSU
UW
MSU
Iowa
UM
MN
PSU
PU
NU
IL
RU
MD
UNL
IU
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1) Ohio State
2) Michigan
3) Wisconsin
4) Penn State
5) Purdue
6) Michigan State
7) Iowa
8) Minnesota
9) Maryland
10) Nebraska - I still think they are a better team than Northwestern.
11) Illinois - Solid start. Starting to resemble the Bielema Wiscy teams
12) Northwestern - Better than expected, but still not sure this is a bowl team.
13) Rutgers
14) Indiana
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Don't follow my lead. This list is based on almost nothing. Preseason rankings are notoriously inaccurate.
- Ohio State
- Penn State
- Michigan
- Purdue
- Michigan State
- Wisconsin
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Northwestern
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Rutgers
- Indiana
- Maryland
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1 Ohio St
2 Michigan
3 Penn State
4 Michigan State
5 Wisconsin
6 Iowa
7 Minnesota
8 Purdue
9 Illinois
10 Northwestern
11 Nebraska
12 Maryland
13 Rutgers
14 Indiana
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1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. Wisconsin
4. Michigan State
5. Penn State
6. Iowa
7. Minnesota
8. Purdue
9. Illinois
10. Northwestern
11. Nebraska
12. Maryland
13. Rutgers
14. Indiana
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Is Northwestern #13 in your list?
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Is Northwestern #13 in your list?
Fixed it
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- OHIO STATE - Still the most talented roster
- MICHIGAN - Still the defending champ
- WISCONSIN - guessing the defense won't take a month to figure things out again this year
- MICHIGAN STATE - offensive line and cornerback health is make or break
- PENN STATE - I think we mostly know what a Sean Clifford team is
- IOWA - offense just had to be decent, and too often last year weren't, averaging 8.5 ppg in their 4 losses
- MINNESOTA - with Michigan's appearance last year, Minnesota is one of now only 4 teams from the 12 team era to never reach Indy
- PURDUE - as is Purdue
- NEBRASKA - call me crazy, but I think this team still has enough talent to overcome Frost's coaching
- MARYLAND - make or break season for Locksley
- INDIANA - is Indiana regretting that Tom Allen extension?
- ILLINOIS - new Barry Lunney offense looked good, but Illinois scored 30 and 30 in their first two games last year, against two teams better than Wyoming, and proceeded to only break 20 in regulation once in the next 8 games...against Charlotte
- NORTHWESTERN - defense looked still suspect, and I fail to believe Northwestern can win with offense
- RUTGERS - why not?
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WISCONSIN - guessing the defense won't take a month to figure things out again this year
Oh, the D was fine last season. They were not the problem. This was the problem:
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and this
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and this
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That is PSU, ND and UM. 7 picks - 3 for 6 points. Tack on 7 fumbles for good measure - 5 of which were lost. One was a scoop 6.
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1. Michigan - gotta go with the champ till given a reason to drop them
2. Ohio State - lots of talent, can this born on 3rd base coach bring them home?
3. Penn State - solid team
4. Wisconsin - I wanna pick someone different in the west, but don't know who is better?
5. Michigan State - I think they are a half step lower than the big 3 in the east, but totally expect them to upset one of the teams above them.
6. Iowa - lines look good on paper.
7. Northwestern - way to rub salt in the wound wildcats.
7. Minnesota
8. Purdue
9. Illinois
11. Maryland
12. Indiana
13. Rutgers
14. Nebraska - dead man walking
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1. OSU
2. Michigan
3. Wisconsin
4. Iowa
5. MSU
6. Minnesota
7. PSU
8. Purdue
9. Northwestern
10. Maryland
11. Illinois
12. Indiana
13. Rutgers
14. Nebraska
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- Ohio State
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Penn State
- Michigan State
- Iowa
- Purdue
- Minnesota
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Northwestern
- Maryland
- Rutgers
- Nebraska
#1 and #2 seem fairly obvious to me with (so far) only one typically pessimistic Buckeye not voting for tOSU at #1 and a solid majority having Michigan at #2.
Honestly #3 through #8 all have questions and I have no doubt that at least one will separate from that pack in a good way while another does so in a bad way. Even my #9 through #13 each have some possibility of being much better than I have them ranked.
As far as Nebraska is concerned, I could be wrong. Maybe Northwestern is somehow going to continue their odd recent history of being flat awful in odd-numbered years and winning their division in even-numbered years and a close loss to them isn't all that bad but I strongly doubt it. Frost appears to be done and this appears to be a lost season for the Cornhuskers which could quickly unravel as everyone (players and coaches) starts worrying more about their personal exit strategies than about any team goals.
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not even going to attempt to rank Michigan. Need to see that defense first after all them losses to grad/NFL and which QB will actually get the starting job.
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OSU
UW
MSU
Iowa
UM
MN
PSU
PU
NU
IL
RU
MD
UNL
IU
Please use the numbered list format, it makes it much easier to input into my spreadsheet.
FWIW:
When I enter this into my spreadsheet I typically go down my spreadsheet, see the team name, then look a the voter's post and enter their vote for that team. I can't do that when your list isn't numbered so I have to do it the other way around and start at the top "1" for the first team you listed, then go find the second team you listed, "2" for them, etc. It takes a lot longer that way. Also, I have a built-in double-check function. 1+2+...13+14=105 so the spreadsheet is set up to add up each voter's 14 votes and check that the sum is 105. That is how I catch instances of people skipping a number or whatever (see @TyphonInc (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=8) )
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1. Michigan - gotta go with the champ till given a reason to drop them
You are the only one so far who believes this. Everyone else has looked at their losses compared to Ohio State's and come to the conclusion that tOSU should be #1.
7. Northwestern - way to rub salt in the wound wildcats.
7. Minnesota
8. Purdue
9. Illinois
11. Maryland
You have two #7's and no #10. For the time being I am assuming this portion of your rankings should read:
- #7 NU
- #8 MN
- #9 PU
- #10 IL
- #11 UMD
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based on my idiots predictions, i guess i have...
- osu
- mich
- psu
- iowa
- wisc
- msu
- neb
- purdue
- minn
- ind
- nw
- maryland
- illini
- rutgers
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- Ohio State - Most talented team. If the Defense is any better than last year and the offense at least is as good, they may meet their team goals. We shall see.
- Michigan - I debated putting them here with all of the players that they lost from last year. Also, the old saying that if you have 2 QB's, you don't have any. However, with their first 3 games on the schedule, I think this is just an audition so that may not be an issue.
- Penn State - I think someone else eluded to the fact that Sean Clifford is still the QB and we know what that looks like. They did get some pretty good recruits that may help the offense and you know the defense will be tough.
- Wisconsin - Hard to rank this team. If they find a QB, they will be a hard team to beat.
- Michigan State - Debated putting them ahead of Wisconsin, but I just don't have faith in them yet.
- Minnesota - Going out on a limb here. Most experienced QB in the B1G and got their RB back. If he is healthy, they could challenge for the title in the West.
- Iowa - If they ever find an offense, they will win a lot of games. Just not sure they will be competent on O.
- Purdue - They showed signs of life last year. Can they do it again?
- Maryland - The should be able to make a bowl this year.
- Illinois - Still not sold on this team.
- Northwestern - Did NW win or did Neb just give it away?
- Nebraska - Are they ready to mail it in already?
- Indiana - I don't see them competing for much this year.
- Rutgers - Perhaps they can finish out of the basement this year again.
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Zero logic or research involved in this. Probably a fair bit of optimism/homerism involved though.
1. Ohio State
2. Wisconsin
3. Penn State
4. Michigan
5. Iowa
6. Michigan State
7. Minnesota
8. Purdue
9. Northwestern
10. Nebraska
11. Indiana
12. Illinois
13. Maryland
14. Rutgers
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Results posted.