Why can’t you just be normal-dot-meme. Such was the case for the Big Ten in Week 12.
Only one game went as expected: Penn State annihilated Rutgers. But Michigan required practically a walk-off field goal against Illinois to remain undefeated. Ohio State was up only six with literal seconds on the clock. Purdue barely took down Northwestern. Iowa gained the inside track in the West after edging Minnesota. Indiana upset Michigan State, and Wisconsin narrowly took down Nebraska.
PREVIOUSLY: Big Ten power rankings after Week 11
Will there be a new No. 1 or will it remain status quo? As far as the middle and bottom-of-the-pack, there are some wild changes to our latest Big Ten power rankings given the crazy week that was. Here they are: