Four Big Ten teams are ranked in the latest USA TODAY Sports AFCA football coaches poll. It has been anything but a steady season for a conference that is considered among the best in college football.
The Big Ten has three programs among the top 12 teams in the poll. That is bested only by the SEC which has five teams among the top dozen teams in this week’s USA TODAY poll.
One team from each of the ACC, the Big 12 and the Pac-12 round out the conference representation among the top 12 teams in the country.
The poll is led by No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Alabama. Then comes two Big Ten programs.
Check out how the Big Ten did in this week’s USA TODAY Sports AFCA football coaches pollincluding the programs that received votes. Also included in is a current Pac-12 program that will be a Big Ten member soon.
No. 3 Ohio State (unchanged)
No. 4 Michigan (unchanged)
No. 12 Penn State (up three spots from last week)
No. 23 Minnesota (last week: unranked, up nine spots)
Michigan State (receiving votes; last week: No. 21)
Maryland (receiving votes; last week: receiving votes)
No. 6 USC (the future Big Ten member is up one spot from the previous week)
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