2017 Big Ten Preview

 

Big Ten had an outstanding 2016 campaign. Perhaps a bit overrated based on bowl performances, but considering where they have been the last decade it was a win for this historic conference. This year we think you will still have 4 very good teams that are there at the end of the year, but we think the middle and bottom of the conference will be worse. Big Ten has sent a team to the playoffs every year. We don’t think this year will be any different with much of the same cast as last year competing for that spot. Michigan loses a lot but has recruited very well under Harbaugh. Penn St, Wisconsin, and Ohio St return a LOT of players from last years successful teams.

 

For each Conference we will have the Simplified Football predictions (record) with the Projected Win-Shares and rating of each team next to it. We will also have Bowl Projections for each conference.

 

Big Ten Predictions:

East

Team – Record (Conf)  /  Win-Shares (Conf)  /  Rating

  1. Ohio St – 11-1 (8-1)  /  10.06 (7.36)  /  4.93
  2. Penn St – 11-1 (8-1)  /  9.16 (6.49)  /  4.76
  3. Michigan – 10-2 (7-2)  /  8.43 (5.95)  /  4.45
  4. Maryland – 6-6 (4-5)  /  6.02 (4.17)  /  3.90
  5. Michigan St – 5-7 (3-6)  /  4.88 (3.18)  /  3.58
  6. Indiana – 4-8 (1-8)  /  4.91 (3.06)  /  3.78
  7. Rutgers – 3-9 (1-8)  /  4.47 (2.29)  /  3.06

West

Team – Record (Conf)  /  Win-Shares (Conf)  /  Rating

  1. Wisconsin – 10-2 (7-2)  /  8.38 (6.03)  /  4.59
  2. Northwestern – 9-3 (6-3)  /  7.33 (5.08)  /  4.20
  3. Nebraska – 7-5 (5-4)  /  6.44 (4.4)  /  3.87
  4. Iowa – 6-6 (4-5)  /  6.1 (4.02)  /  3.99
  5. Minnesota – 6-6 (4-5)  /  6.72 (4.5)  /  4.04
  6. Illinois – 5-7 (3-6)  /  4.95 (3.27)  /  3.36
  7. Purdue – 3-9 (2-7)  /  3.97 (2.97)  /  3.21

 

Wisconsin wins the West out-right and Ohio St gets revenge on Penn St winning the head to head and the tie-breaker.

 

Championship game – Ohio St beats Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship game. It will beat Wisconsin’s 5th Championship game in 7 years. Ohio St’s 3rd.

 

 

That makes 9 bowl teams for the Big Ten

Rose Bowl – Ohio St (Playoff)

Fiesta Bowl – Penn St

Peach Bowl – Michigan

Citrus Bowl – Wisconsin

Outback Bowl – Northwestern

Holiday Bowl – Nebraska

Pinstripe Bowl – Minnesota

Armed Forces Bowl – Maryland

Foster Farms – Iowa

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