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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: Badger1969 on September 02, 2024, 09:35:44 AM
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Week 1 - I'm going to look at this first week from actual score results instead of projections. Since everyone but USC played buttercups, I'll take points for / against to determine the power ranking for everyone except USC.
1. USC
2 Purdue
3. Ohio State
4. Maryland
5. Illinois
6. Iowa
7. Rutgers
8. Nebraska
9. Washington
10. Indiana
11. Penn State
12. Michigan
13. Wisconsin
14. Oregon
15. Northwestern
16. Michigan State
17. UCLA
18. Minnesota
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1. PSU
2. OSU
3. USC
4. UM
5. Iowa
6. UNL
7. UDub
8. UO
9. RU
10. UW
11. UI
12. MSU
13. NU
14. IU
15. PU
16. UMd
17. UMTC
18. UCLA
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hah, UNL in the top 1/3rd
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My goal is to over-react every week to recent results but don't totally forget everything either. Unfortunately everybody played cupcakes except USC, PSU and Minn and there is not much to over-react to
1. Ohio St. - I am following my old rule that until OSU loses, they default to #1
2. USC - impressive come from behind win at LSU
3. Penn St - Solid win over P4 WV
4. Michigan - looked OK for first game
5. Oregon - did not look that great
6. Iowa - will get a better test next week against Iowa St.
7. Illinois - still my dark horse team
8. MD - scored 50 on bad UConn team
9. Rutgers - another potential dark horse
10. Nebraska - looked better than expected.
11. Washington - not much to go on yet
12. Wisconsin - struggled against MAC team
13. Purdue - may not be as bad as I first thought
14. Minnesota - Almost pulled it out against UNC.
15. Indiana - good first game
16. NW - has a history of starting slow each season
17. UCLA - pulled out a close one
18. Mich St - last place for now, but they probably will get better later in the season
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1. Penn State
2. USC
3. Ohio State
4. Iowa
5. Michigan
6. Maryland
7. Nebraska
8. Wisconsin
9. Illinois
10. Rutgers
11. Oregon
12. Washington
13. Purdue
14. Indiana
15. Michigan State
16. UCLA
17. Minnesota
18. Northwestern
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Big went 17-1 over the week end
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1 OSU
2 USC
3 PSU
4 Mich
5 Mary
6 Iowa
7 Oregon
8 Purdue
9 Wash
10 Indiana
11 Illinois
12 Rutgers
13 Wisc
14 Nebr
15 MSU
16 Northwestern
17 Minn
18 UCLA
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- I. USC
- II. Penn State
- III. Ohio State
- IV. Maryland
- V. Nebraska
- VI. Michigan
- VII. Iowa
- VIII. Washington
- IX. Wisconsin
- X. Oregon
- XI. Indiana
- XII. Illinois
- XIII. Rutgers
- XIV. Purdue
- XV. Minnesota
- XVI. Michigan State
- XVII. Northwestern
- XVIII. UCLA
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1. PSU – Has the QB and the manpower to win the Big Ten.
2. OSU – We learned nothing.
3. USC – A last second win over a blue blood
4. Iowa – It was an FCS blowout, but defense was strong, and offense came back
5. Nebraska – Cornhuskers are the real deal in 2024
6. Michigan – Fresno State is a better opponent than most might think.
7. Oregon –2nd most transfer portal players in nation; it's just a group of players; not a team.
8. Illinois – Shutout a good FCS team
9. Wisconsin – Struggling a bit at home against Western Michigan is not a good look.
10. Washington
11. Rutgers
12. Indiana
13. Maryland
14. Northwestern
15. Purdue
16. Michigan State
17. Minnesota
18. UCLA – Deserves the basement after Week #1
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Geez, adding four more teams makes this exercise so much more challenging. When we add more I'll probably just decline to participate.
1. Penn State
2. OSU
3. USC
4. Michigan
5. Iowa
6. Nebraska
7. Washington
8. Oregon
9. Rutgers
10. Wisconsin
11. Illinois
12. Indiana
13. Michigan State
14. Northwestern
15. Purdue
16. Maryland
17. UCLA
18. Minnesota
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- Ohio State: Offense started off a janky, but got better as the game went on. But they probably have the league's best defense, so they can afford a little jank.
- Oregon: The score was close, but the box score wasn't. Didn't see this game so not sure what to make of it.
- Penn State: The offense looked dynamic, but they did against WVU last year too
- Michigan: Offense hasn't arrived, but the defense can carry them.
- USC: Still uncertain of what to make of them (and LSU), but a good solid win and the defense wasn't putrid. An improvement!
- Iowa: Still played defense and now scored a few points. Good ol' Iowa
- Nebraska: Maybe? They looked the part and if they can play sound defense will make a statement Saturday
- Washington: Tough to say much about them
- Wisconsin: Lackluster, but winning. The Tress/Fickell specialty?
- Purdue: Part of group I'm just throwing in a hopper
- Illinois: Same hopper
- Maryland: Yep
- MSU: Same
- Indiana: Uh huh
- Rutgers: Yeah them too
- Minnesota: Included
- Northwestern: Feels like they will look terrible and still win games
- UCLA: Bad
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1. PSU
2. OSU
3. USC
4. UM
5. Iowa
6. UNL
7. UDub
8. UO
9. RU
10. UW
11. UI
12. MSU
13. NU
14. IU
15. PU
16. UMd
17. UMTC
18. UCLA
This is a pretty good ranking. I'm not sure I would change anything here.
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Oregon was getting pushed around by Idaho in the trenches. That's not a great sign, heading into the Big Ten.
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Last week in parentheses...
- PENN STATE (3) - not many teams nationally can claim a true road P4 win already
- OHIO STATE (2) - slow start, figured it out
- USC (5) - do they actually have a defense?
- MICHIGAN (4) - do they have ANY offense?
- OREGON (1) - OL looks rough, could undermine everything
- WASHINGTON (6) - OL looked surprisingly good
- IOWA (8) - so it really was as easy as de-Ferentzing the sideline?
- NEBRASKA (10) - offense looks leaps and bounds better
- WISCONSIN (7) - Tyler Van Dyke doesn't look to be any different that who he was at Miami last year
- RUTGERS (11) - just Howard, but the offense looks legit
- MARYLAND (13) - defense was expected to be pretty good, offense looks ahead of schedule
- UCLA (9) - everyone from here down looked as blah as expected, so I'm just going to keep them in their prior order
- MINNESOTA (12) -
- ILLINOIS (14) -
- PURDUE (15) -
- NORTHWESTERN (16) -
- MICHIGAN STATE (17) -
- INDIANA (18) -
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Massey composite rankings (43 computers)
- Georgia (1)
- Alabama (5)
- Texas (6)
- MICHIGAN (4)
- OHIO STATE (2)
- PENN STATE (7)
- OREGON (3)
- Notre Dame (8)
- Ole Miss (9)
- Oklahoma (12)
- Missouri (13)
- Tennessee (17)
- Kansas State (14)
- WASHINGTON (16)
- USC (20)
- LSU (10)
- Oklahoma State (21)
- Utah (18)
- Louisville (23)
- Miami (-)
- IOWA (25)
- Arizona (22)
- Clemson (15)
- Kansas (-)
- Kentucky (24)
- 28. Maryland (35)
- 35. Wisconsin (34)
- 42. UCLA (41)
- 46. Nebraska (57)
- 51. Northwestern (55)
- 52. Rutgers (53)
- 56. Illinois (63)
- 64. Purdue (66)
- 70. Minnesota (58)
- 77. Michigan State (79)
- 79. Indiana (88)
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43 computers????
geez
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43 computers????
geez
Yeah, I get the feeling a lot of the computer rankings at least partly incorporate the results from the end of last season, at least for the first couple weeks of this seasons rankings, which could help explain why Michigan and Washington are still ranked so high in the computer rankings.
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Yeah, I get the feeling a lot of the computer rankings at least partly incorporate the results from the end of last season, at least for the first couple weeks of this seasons rankings, which could help explain why Michigan and Washington are still ranked so high in the computer rankings.
Correct. But if you dont, the results are nonsensical. Go look at ESPNs SOR, which doesnt