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Five B1G teams make Fox Sports’ post-spring top 25
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It’s the first week of May, but all signs point to four B1G teams starting the season ranked in the top 25.
Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin — barring a significant injury — all appear to be those teams.
Fox Sports’ Stewart Mandel threw another B1G team into the mix. He put Nebraska at No. 23 in his post-spring top 25, which gave the B1G a total of five teams.
Why Nebraska? Mandel wrote that Nebraska “should be in capable hands” with Tanner Lee as the starter, and that Stanley Morgan Jr. and De’Mornay Pierson-El will provide two steady targets.
As for the rest of the B1G, there were no real stunners. Mandel had Ohio State at No. 2 behind Alabama, Penn State at No. 4, Wisconsin at No. 13 and Michigan at No. 16.
Here’s what his top 25 looked like:
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- USC
- Penn State
- Clemson
- Washington
- Florida State
- Oklahoma
- Auburn
- Oklahoma State
- Stanford
- Georgia
- Wisconsin
- Kansas State
- West Virginia
- Michigan
- Florida
- Louisville
- Miami (FL)
- LSU
- Washington State
- USF
- Nebraska
- NC State
- Mississippi State
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.