It was a wild week in not just the Big Ten, but in college football, as upsets galore took place. Which makes you wonder: how different would it be if those teams that went down in Week 2 had a different quarterback?
It wouldn’t change things in some cases, as Casey Thompson hasn’t exactly been the problem for Nebraska, for instance. But, a quality quarterback can make all the difference in most cases.
A few teams with QB battles appear to be settling in on their new leaders under center. Michigan is now starting J.J. McCarthy and Evan Simon is settling in for Rutgers. Drew Allar got to see increased playing time for Penn State in a blowout situation, so we included him here, though we’re paring down our rankings to those with more significant playing time.
That said, here is how advanced analytics site, PFF, has graded the Big Ten quarterbacks overall.