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Half of the B1G is ranked in ESPN’s updated way-too-early Top 25

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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With the recruiting period over and transfer players beginning to name their destinations, ESPN has updated its way-too-early top 25 poll.

Half of the B1G earned a spot in the latest rankings, as seven teams made the cut. In the original way-too-early poll, six teams from the conference landed in the top 25. Iowa was the one team to go from unranked into the top 25.

Ohio State fell one spot, coming in at No. 5 after being ranked No. 4 initially. Michigan (No. 9) and Penn State (No. 16) each moved up one spot, while Nebraska, Northwestern and Wisconsin all stayed in the same spot.

Here’s a look at ESPN’s updated way-too-early poll for 2019:

  1. Clemson
  2. Alabama
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Georgia
  5. Ohio State
  6. Notre Dame
  7. Texas
  8. Florida
  9. Michigan
  10. Oregon
  11. Texas A&M
  12. LSU
  13. Washington State
  14. UCF
  15. Syracuse
  16. Penn State
  17. Washington
  18. Utah
  19. Northwestern
  20. Stanford
  21. Wisconsin
  22. Iowa
  23. Auburn
  24. Nebraska
  25. Army
Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB