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The BSD Big Ten Power Rankings, Week 1

Can you taste the football? We can taste the football. And in our new series, we will rank the teams that play the football.

By Bill DiFilippo
Unsurprisingly, we think the Buckeyes are the best team in the Big Ten
Unsurprisingly, we think the Buckeyes are the best team in the Big Ten
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Power rankings are a fun thing, because they let people discuss football, and anything that lets people discuss football is good. Things of/related to Big Ten football are especially fun around these parts, because, well, we're a blog for a Big Ten school and dammit we want to talk about how Michigan may be brutal this year.

So, this is the first edition of the 2015 BSD Big Ten Power Rankings! Each week, myself, Nick and Matt will rank all 14 teams in the Big Ten from best to Illinois, and we promise that future weeks will be more fun. Starting next week, we'll include our thoughts as to why our rankings look a certain way, but to be 100 percent honest, nobody has any idea what the Big Ten will look like after Ohio State and Michigan State at the top. At least, not right now.

Once we get a better idea, we'll rank our teams and throw a few paragraphs in there, but for now, here's our best guess of what the Big Ten looks like heading into Week 1.

Bill

  1. Ohio State
  2. Michigan State
  3. Wisconsin
  4. Nebraska
  5. Penn State
  6. Minnesota
  7. Michigan
  8. Rutgers
  9. Iowa
  10. Northwestern
  11. Maryland
  12. Indiana
  13. Purdue
  14. Illinois

Matt

  1. Ohio State
  2. Michigan State
  3. Nebraska
  4. Minnesota
  5. Wisconsin
  6. Penn State
  7. Michigan
  8. Iowa
  9. Indiana
  10. Northwestern
  11. Rutgers
  12. Maryland
  13. Purdue
  14. Illinois

Nick

  1. Ohio State
  2. Michigan State
  3. Wisconsin
  4. Minnesota
  5. Nebraska
  6. Penn State
  7. Michigan
  8. Iowa
  9. Rutgers
  10. Northwestern
  11. Indiana
  12. Maryland
  13. Illinois
  14. Purdue

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