There was not a whole lot of reason to make many changes to this week’s Big Ten football power rankings. Following the results of Week 9, no team did much to suggest they are that much more superior or inferior than their previous spot in the power rankings, but there was a small bit of movement.
At this point, the only way Ohio State or Michigan will fall off would be a massive upset before their anticipated showdown at the end of the regular season. But the way these two are playing, who stands much chance of scoring that wild upset? Looking around the conference, probably nobody.
That could eventually leave Illinois as the last hope to hand either one of those teams a loss in the Big Ten championship game as the Illini are setting up for a run to the West division crown in November. But Purdue still is looming with a head-to-head opportunity coming up soon.
Here is a look at this week’s Big Ten football power rankings following the results of Week 9.