Week 1 of the college football season took place this weekend, and most Big Ten programs welcomed out-of-conference opponents to begin preparation for conference play.
The Big Ten is talked about with the SEC as one of the future power conferences in the sport. However, not many Big Ten programs looked the part in Week 1. There was enough of a struggle with easily winnable games that I received a few texts Sunday night asking if anybody in the conference aside from Michigan was any good.
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That’s likely an overreaction. Most Big Ten teams found ways to pull away late (except Purdue). However, it’s safe to say it wasn’t the greatest week of Big Ten football.
So with that, here are our Big Ten Power Rankings after Week 1 of the season: