It wasn’t expected to be an exciting week of college football, yet, it may have been the most exciting yet.
There were upsets galore across the sport, and the Big Ten wasn’t immune from having some exciting games with unexpected outcomes. Top of the line was Minnesota’s upset over USC, but Washington’s victory over Michigan football in the national championship rematch, and Nebraska handing Rutgers its first loss were among the exciting games. Ohio State rolled Iowa after a sluggish first half, Penn State downed UCLA, Indiana keeps winning (albeit against a bad Northwestern team), Wisconsin blew out Purdue, and Oregon handled MSU on Friday night.
Illinois and Maryland were idle.
With all of that said, here are our latest Big Ten power rankings following Week 6.
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Purdue Boilermakers
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Record: 1-4
Hi/Lo: 16/18
Change: –
Last game: Loss vs. Wisconsin, 6-52
Biggest win: vs. Indiana State, 49-0
This is a team consistently heading backward and it’s difficult to remember that the Boilermakers were the Big Ten West champions just a season and a half ago. This is easily the worst team in the conference and it stands to reason that it won’t win another game this year barring something jarring.
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Northwestern Wildcats
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Record: 2-3
Hi/Lo: 12/17
Change: –
Last game: Loss vs. Indiana, 24-41
Biggest win: vs. Miami (Ohio), 13-6
This was the feel-good story of the conference last year, but David Braun’s team is so far away from Curt Cignetti’s Indiana, it was apparent. Though QB Jack Lausch was decent the run game left a lot to be desired and the defense got shredded by the Hoosiers. There’s room for improvement this season as this doesn’t have to be a bottom of the barrel team, but right now it is.
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UCLA Bruins
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