Big Ten Power Rankings

[Best Buckeye]

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Thanks to Bucky Katt and NFBuck for being new rankers

Power rankings for week three
IU 148
MS 144
WI 141
OSU 123
Ill 104
Pu 91
MN 76
Ia 58
Ps 39
Mi 35
Nw 21

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Comparison with week 2

IU 139
MSU 125
tOSU 115
Wiscy 110
Ill 89
Pur 83
Iowa 55
Minn 49
PSU 40
Mich 40
NW 19

[crazybuckfan40]

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[Buckeye Nut]

Originally Posted by Bernini

As far as OSU is concerned, you can't just cherry pick wins. The loss to TAMU, of that magnitude, counteracted the impressive win (also Columbia performance and Findlay).

So you're factoring in exhibition games to your power rankings? I hope you're smarter than that.

[Best Buckeye]

Wisc and Minn. both moved up in our rankings over the past week showing good gains with tOSU and Iowa giving way in our voters eyes. A win over NC would move us up a lot I'd bet.



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[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by Bernini

I had to place the Badgers atop my list (no homer) because I didn't see anywhere possible where I could go with that. Wisconsin was on the ropes at home against a mediocre SEC team in Georgia, but pulled away in the second half, winning by almost 20. I was tempted to return MSU to the top after their impressive loss (if there is such a thing) against UCLA. However, they follow that up with a barnburner against Oakland of Michigan, at home. Indiana loses to an unranked mid major, by 15, on a neutral court. OSU gets embarrassed on a neutral court. There is no elite team in this conference. And the bottom 4 is putrid. The hardest part was assembling the order of: Michigan, Iowa, PSU, and Northwestern. They've all been so putrid, I can't possibly discern one from the other. Purdue and Illinois are the teams of the week, but I had to keep things status quo until they prove more, because I saw a gap in preseason following the top 4. Both have more to prove.

so in your view right now you see three or four sets of teams and within those groupings they are interchangeable at this point? id agree with that.

[Bernini]

Originally Posted by Buckeye Nut

So you're factoring in exhibition games to your power rankings? I hope you're smarter than that.

And I would hope that you're more knowledgeable about the competitive nature of basketball players, or athletes in general, to acknowledge it should be at least a small factor. Pride should have kicked in at some point, not wanting to be the team who lost to D2 Findlay, whatever the circumstance. It would be different if the current squad was largely proven.....but they're not. It's a small factor for me with limited evidence certainly. By game 10 or so it will probably be thrown out the window.

[buckeyesin07]

Originally Posted by MaxBuck

We were exposed, big time. Lots more development needed on this team. The potential is certainly there, though, to be a really good team later in the season.

And we looked very good against Syracuse. Going to NYC and winning that game in the way we did was very impressive, IMO. Certainly more impressive than anything Wisconsin's done thus far.