USC fans have never been more interested in Big Ten media days than they are this year. Yes, they will be far more interested in Big Ten media days next year, when the Trojans officially join the conference and play a league schedule in the Midwestern United States, but this year is the lead-in to 2024.
Trojans Wire begins its coverage of Big Ten media days by looking at the preseason media poll for the conference.
Our friends at Wolverines Wire collected the information. Editor Isaiah Hole offered this note:
“The last time Michigan football was picked to win the Big Ten, it was 2019. However, it did not go so well for the Wolverines, who were trotting out an injured Shea Patterson at quarterback after he suffered a torn oblique on his first snap, and with a defense that was starting to lose its luster. The maize and blue are hoping not to repeat history.
“The history that the Wolverines are hoping to repeat is to win a third-straight Big Ten championship, which is what the media is predicting via the annual Cleveland.com poll.”
Here is the Big Ten East Division preseason media poll order of finish. It’s the last year in which the Big Ten will use divisions. None will exist when USC joins next year: