The 2021 Big Ten football journey is nearly complete. After a lot of back and forth and ups and downs, we finally head into the final week of the season with some clarity. In the East, Ohio State and Michigan will do battle next week with the winner headed to Indy for the Big Ten Championship game.
In the West, Wisconsin and Iowa are still co-leaders, but the Badgers have a leg up and figure to meet the winner of “The Game” between the Buckeyes and Wolverines unless Minnesota has something to say about it next week. The Hawkeyes hope the Golden Gophers can speak loudly so they can hop on the plane and head east themselves.
Each week, we look back to determine which teams in the Big Ten are playing the best and rank them from worst to first. It’s a little easier now with almost a full slate of games, so here we go with our Big Ten football power rankings after Week 12, with a big week set ahead of us.