Another week of Big Ten football is in the books, and Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State continue to look like the top teams in the league and in the country. Those three teams have been on top of our weekly power rankings since the beginning of the season, just in a different order, and it’s no surprise that all three are still hanging around the top.
Aside from that, Iowa looked very strong against a Wisconsin team with a win that gives the Hawkeyes the inside track to Indy in the West division, Maryland had a surprisingly bad showing against Illinois, and almost everything else went according to script. Rutgers beat Michigan State and some others took a week off.
All of it has led to a little change in our Big Ten power rankings. Here’s how we see things after the midpoint of the season post Week 7.