Big Ten football power rankings after week 8: What’s for real, and what’s not?

After another week in the Big Ten, where does each team stand in our latest power rankings?

Another week of Big Ten football play is in the books, and while only ten of the fourteen teams were in action, we still saw a lot that’s had us re-think the power rankings for this week.

It’s beginning to look more and more like the king of the conference is still the king of the conference and that the biggest threat might be an old rival from up north. But where do the rest of the teams stand? Who is No. 1, and who can contend with the top dog of the league? Where have we seen improvement, and which teams are regressing?

Let’s get after it. Here are the latest Big Ten football power rankings after Week 8 of the college football season.