{"id":426,"date":"2019-07-18T11:33:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T15:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/?p=426"},"modified":"2019-07-18T11:33:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T15:33:37","slug":"2019-big-ten-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/2019-big-ten-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Big Ten Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

East Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Place<\/td>Team<\/td>Win-Share (Conf)<\/td>Record (Conf)<\/td>Rating<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Michigan
Wolverines<\/td>		8.6 (5.8)<\/td>9-3 (7-2)<\/td>4.56<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Ohio St Buckeyes<\/td>9.7 (6.7)<\/td>10-2 (7-2)<\/td>4.78<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Penn St
Nittany Lions<\/td>		8.7 (5.9)<\/td>9-3 (6-3)<\/td>4.57<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Michigan St
Spartans<\/td>		8.6 (5.9)<\/td>9-3 (6-3)<\/td>4.55<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Maryland
Terrapins<\/td>		5.0 (2.4)<\/td>6-6 (4-5)<\/td>3.75<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Indiana Hoosiers<\/td>6.1 (3.4)<\/td>5-7 (2-7)<\/td>3.80<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Rutgers
Scarlet Knights<\/td>		4.2 (2.4)<\/td>4-8 (1-8)<\/td>3.50<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

West Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Place<\/td>Team<\/td>Win-Share (Conf)<\/td>Record (Conf)<\/td>Rating<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Wisconsin
Badgers<\/td>		7.7 (5.0)<\/td>9-3 (6-3)<\/td>4.35<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Purdue
Boilermakers<\/td>		6.6 (4.6)<\/td>8-4 (6-3)<\/td>4.03<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Iowa Hawkeyes<\/td>7.6 (5.1)<\/td>7-5 (5-4)<\/td>4.21<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Nebraska
Cornhuskers<\/td>		6.5 (4.3)<\/td>7-5 (4-5)<\/td>4.02<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Northwestern
Wildcats<\/td>		6.3 (4.1)<\/td>6-6 (4-5)<\/td>4.04<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Minnesota
Golden Gophers<\/td>		5.4 (3.4) <\/td>5-7 (3-6)<\/td>3.67<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Illinois
Fighting Illini<\/td>		5.6 (3.3)<\/td>5-7 (2-7)<\/td>3.70<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Championship Game<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Michigan over Wisconsin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

**Michigan and Wisconsin win tie-breaker by virtue of H2H over Ohio St and Purdue**<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After several years of falling short to Ohio St, Michigan finally beats them. However losing a few other games will keep them out of the playoffs, despite being Big Ten Champs (beating Wisconsin in Champ game). Think this is the year for Michigan, just not the year for the Big Ten. Ohio St drops another game (road games against Nebraska and Northwestern and games against Penn St, Wisconsin, and Michigan St. It’s not an easy schedule for first year coach Day. Purdue has a banner year, but is still a year away from really competing with the Big Boys consistently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No playoff berth for Big Ten this year, but Michigan makes it to Rose Bowl. Ohio St to the Cotton Bowl. Both top 10\/15 teams. Penn St, Michigan St, and Wisconsin as top 15\/20 teams and Purdue as a top 25 team. 10 bowl teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowl Projections<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Team<\/td>Bowl Projection<\/td><\/tr>
Michigan<\/td>Rose Bowl (NY6)<\/td><\/tr>
Ohio St<\/td>Cotton Bowl (NY6)<\/td><\/tr>
Penn St<\/td>Holiday Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Wisconsin<\/td>Citrus Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Michigan St<\/td>Outback Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Purdue<\/td>Tax Slayer Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Iowa<\/td>RedBox Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Nebraska<\/td>New Era Pinstripe Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Northwestern<\/td>QuickLane Bowl<\/td><\/tr>
Maryland<\/td>Armed Force Bowl<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

East Division Place Team Win-Share (Conf) Record (Conf) Rating 1 Michigan Wolverines 8.6 (5.8) 9-3 (7-2) 4.56 1 Ohio St Buckeyes 9.7 (6.7) 10-2 (7-2) 4.78 3 Penn St Nittany Lions 8.7 (5.9) 9-3 (6-3) 4.57 3 Michigan StSpartans 8.6 (5.9) 9-3 (6-3) 4.55 5 Maryland Terrapins 5.0 (2.4) 6-6 (4-5) 3.75 6 Indiana Hoosiers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[164,171,170,172,90,68,69,75,72,63,173,74,66,70,102,103,71,73],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplifiedfootball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}