Big Ten Power Rankings

1. Ohio State- Ohio State nearly got ZOOK’d but Sweatervest realized that he was at a football game later on in the 2^nd half and quickly brought the game out of reach. Terrelle Pryor is PO’d that he isn’t able to utilize his god given talents, but hey, that’s what you get when you commit to the largest, smallest city in the Mid-West. Ohio State’s defense is too dominant to consider TOSU anything but #1 in the Big Ten until a loss comes their way.
2. Iowa- Yes, Iowa has a loss. No, it was not against a conference opponent. Kirk Ferentz and the Hawkeye’s loved ruining the lives of Penn State fans across the world as they beat down on Coach Joe Paterno and his band of players exponentially younger than him. Iowa and the Adrian Clayborn defense is too good to be true at this point as they have (aside from Arizona) have allowed 4.25 points per game. Even Ricky Stanzi can’t ruin that statistic.
3. Michigan State- The Dantonio-less Spartans beat a Wisconsin team to improve to 5-0. Despite having no “big name” players on their offense, Kirk Cousins continues to get it done for the East Lansigan’s. The defense it’s pretty damn stout, but that’s not the real reason why this team is 5-0 right now. They just know how to win.
4. Michigan- Denard Robinson. Without Nard-Dog, Michigan would be 3-2 right now. Robinson is the Heisman favorite at this point and deservedly so. The defense of Michigan is as leaky as my faucet (it’s pretty damn leaky) and their secondary isn’t actually a secondary. Many called it before the season; Michigan would have to win shootouts to win at all. No more pounding on the Verines though, they are 5-0 and deserve the high ranking at this point. The Big House better get rowdy for that BIG ONE against little bro.
5. Wisconsin- Scott Tolzien under whelms, but that’s expected from Wisconsin. I never believed they had a chance to win against Sparty once the second half came around. The Badger defense has a few problems but nothing a tune up game against Minnesota can’t fix. John Clay’s Heisman hopes aren’t where they were at the beginning of the season and nor should they be. Minnesota, Ohio State, and at Iowa. Godspeed, Wisconsin.
6. Penn State- Joe Pa and his rowdy (or lack thereof) bunch could only muster three points against a very good Iowa defense. The defense seems fine by me, but Evan Royster a Stephfon Green needs to prove their worth come this Saturday against Illinois.
7. Northwestern- I like Pat Fitzgerald, I really do, but he was lucky with that win against Minnesota. Dan Persa is becoming a very good replacement to an extremely good Mike Kafka this year. Northwestern is a very young team and learning how to win these tight games will only help them in the long run. 5-0 is very good, but I would like to see some more fight out of these Catz...
8. Indiana- the Hoosiers have a very good offensive attack. I learned this while watching the Michigan game. The defense is obviously an issue but Chappell and his gang could win a few games for IU. Getting three other wins looks like a tough road but I believe Lynch and his gang can get there.
9. Illinois- Zook and his bros. actually gave the Fighting faithful some hope against Ohio State, but there are still more steps to be taken. A bowl season may seem like a bit of a stretch with the schedule they have right now but stay Zook’d, Champaign.
10. Purdue- Robert Marve is out for the year, which really sucks. The defense is making some inroads to improvement but I don’t really like a Marve-less offense at this point. Hopefully the open week did them some good schematically because Northwestern is looking to avenge a near embarrassment.
11. Minnesota- Tim Brewster is long gone. He’s a lame duck coach at this point after the Gophers have lost to the likes of South Dakota and Northern Illinois. On top of that, Minnesota arguably has the toughest schedule in the Big Ten this year. The atrocious defense improving may be their only salvation.