Official preparation for the 2024 Big Ten football season begins next month as programs across the country open spring practice.
This year in the Big Ten will be unlike any we’ve previously seen. There are four new additions, obviously, but there are also traditional stalwarts looking to evolve with the direction of the sport.
Looking ahead to the season, we’ve already ranked all 18 programs in the Big Ten, ranked all 18 head coaches, predicted each Big Ten team’s 2024 record and checked in on the Las Vegas win totals for each team in the conference.
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Now we look at where the conference stands at the quarterback position. First, here is our quarterback ranking list entering last season. Northwestern’s Brendan Sullivan and Rutgers’ Gavin Wimsatt exceeded expectations, while Iowa’s Cade McNamara and Nebraska’s Jeff Sims were injured and terrible, respectively. Other than that, the rankings were pretty spot-on.
But 2023 only included 14 Big Ten teams, plus several quarterbacks we had history with. 2024 is anybody’s guess. The 18-team conference has everything from highly touted young quarterbacks with no experience to some five-year veterans looking for a final chance.
This year was much harder to predict. That said, here are our initial Big Ten quarterback rankings entering 2024: