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MarylandĪ somewhat rocky start for the Terps as they defeated Buffalo 31-10. I won’t penalize teams for a hard-fought loss.

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Were it not for their defensive backs constantly holding, OR if Jeff Brohm knew how to run the dang ball, it’s likely the Boilermakers get the win. If you ask me, Purdue should have won the game against Penn State. MinnesotaĪ very workmanlike performance for the Gophers as they defeated New Mexico State 38-0. Two safeties and a field goal was all Kirk Ferentz needed, not to mention a combined 936 YARDS OF PUNTING. The Hawkeyes beat South Dakota State 7-3. Speaking of doing your own thing, Iowa had itself a day. That’ll earn you some clout in my book, even if it looked like a sure loss about six different times in the fourth quarter. The Lions weren’t pretty in their game against Purdue, but they started the season on the road against a 9-win conference team and got the win. I’m sure Sparty will get things sorted out in the next few weeks, but it seemed like this batch of transfers might not be quite up to par like last year’s. Things look like they could be a bit bumpy for the Spartans, as MSU trundled along to a 35-13 win over Western Michigan. Stifling defense and tons of rushing, and there’s not much else to say about this one. Similar to OSU, Wisconsin did Wisconsin things to Illinois State, winning 38-0. McCarthy next week, before then perhaps deciding on a full-time starter by week 3? Seems weird, but you do you Jim! Next up, home vs. The great quarterback experiment continues for Jim Harbaugh as he says he’ll trot out J.J. The Wolverines flexed their muscle against Colorado State, earning a 51-7 win. The Buckeyes got a 21-10 win over the #5 ranked Irish, and have basically been handed the Big Ten Championship already. OSU did OSU things to Notre Dame, which essentially involves playing uninspiring football, but simply out-athleting and wearing down opposing teams.

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Week 1 is in the books with essentially a full slate of games played. As the author I get to follow the rules as closely or loosely as I want to, and if you don’t like the rankings, you’re wrong.

The approach to the rankings is not necessarily on the field results (though those do count, as an obvious, tangible data point), but more generally if the two teams played at a neutral site 100 times, which team would win 51 times (or more).Not body of work, not rankings in the polls, but simply how each team is playing at that point in the season. Teams are ranked by how they’re playing at that time.Hello there and welcome to the Big Ten Power Rankings! Each week we’ll rank how the teams across the conference are playing, in the hopes of seeing just who is a contender, and who is a pretender over the course of the season.