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ESPN releases Big Ten power rankings entering Week 2
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Outside of Northwestern and Rutgers, the Big Ten had a strong start to the 2016 college football season during the Week 1 opening weekend.
With an overall record of 12-2 including Wisconsin’s impressive win over No. 5 LSU — not to mention Ohio State and Michigan’s combined score of 140-13 over Bowling Green and Hawai’i, respectively — the conference moves forward with plenty of momentum.
ESPN staff writer Dan Murphy has put together his post-opener power rankings for the Big Ten. They’re hard to argue with:
1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. Wisconsin
4. Iowa
5. Michigan State
6. Nebraska
7. Minnesota
8. Penn State
9. Illinois
10. Indiana
11. Maryland
12. Northwestern
13. Purdue
14. Rutgers
Tyler has covered college football on a freelance basis since 2010. In addition to Saturday Football, his work has been featured on ESPN Radio, Bleacher Report, Yahoo! Sports, Cox Media Group, Athlon Sports, and more.