Each week, we try to make sense of the Big Ten and how the action on the field of play shifts the football power in the league. The West division has been anyone’s guess on a weekly basis, but Purdue and Illinois made an important move forward with both winning to stay at the top.
The East is another story. Michigan and Ohio State seem to have separated themselves, especially after the Wolverines’ dismantling of Penn State over the weekend while the Buckeyes sat idly by during a week when they are resting and recuperating.
It all sets up for a stretch run that should be about as entertaining as what we’ve seen in the Big Ten in a long, long time — one in which maybe the league can have two teams in the running for the College Football Playoff.
But enough about that, here’s a look at the power ranking of all fourteen teams in the league after Week 7. A week in which Michigan made a bold and resounding statement.