Since 2011, Cleveland.com has released their annual preseason Big Ten football poll. Ohio State was unanimously voted as the Big Ten conference champions for the third straight year. It is the first time since 2015 there was a unanimous winner. The Buckeyes have now been selected as overall conference winners for the third straight year and seventh year total.
Cleveland.com Big Ten voters have correctly selected the conference champion three times during the polls 12 year history – 2017, 2018, and 2020. The voters include “beat writers from 13 of 14 Big Ten teams and some who cover the entire league or have a national perspective.”
Ohio State is obviously the winner in the East. Over in the west, Wisconsin took 31 of 36 first place votes. Let’s look at where Rutgers and the rest of the Big Ten fell in the rankings.
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