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BuckyePlanet.com Big10 Power Rankings Week 2:
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#1 Ohio State (1) Solidified the #1 ranking in the Big 10, and America, with the win over Texas in Austin on Saturday night. The offense looks scary and the defense is showing rapid improvement.
#2 Michigan (2) Did what they were supposed to do with an inferior opponent. We will find out more about Michigan with it's upcoming battle with ND. If Michigan loses the Big 10 will look rather weak after the top spot.
#3 Iowa (3) Here for a couple of reasons. I do not put much stock into a game on the road with your best player, senior QB Drew Tate, not in the game. The Dline showed me something in overtime as well. Throw in that NO ONE else was very impressive and here we are.
#4 Wisconsin (7) Shows how weird, or bad, this weekend was. Wisconsin was the most impressive "winner" this weekend [not in the top two spots and that is 2-0] and therefore gets this spot. Oh, YES I think Penn State looked THAT bad.
#5 Penn State (4) Looked pretty bad against Notre Dame. The fanatics will point out that offensively they were right there, if not higher, than ND but I'm not buying it. Penn State was exposed but I expect steady improvement.
#6 Michigan State (8) Started slow again but turned it on in the second half. If they can put together a whole game they will rise in these rankings. Also, Pitt will be a good test/gauge of their ability this year.
#7 Minnesota (5) Crushed by a superior team on the road. I still feel like they are easily better than any team listed below them.
#8 Purdue (6) Here over Indiana ONLY based on the strength of Week 1 [which wasn't THAT great but better than Indiana. 2-0 is 2-0 I guess.
#9 Indiana (11) Crept out of the basement with an 1 point victory over Ball State. LOL. Goes to show how much I think of the bottom 2 at this moment in time. As I said above with Purdue....2-0 is 2-0 I guess.
#10 Northwestern (9) Handled by New Hampshire.......enough said.
#11 Illinois (10) Embarrassed the Big 10 with their display against Rutgers. Not that Indiana didn't but Illinois was on national television......
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