The Big Ten season starts this week, before the New Year again. I still can’t get used to league games before the new year, but I guess it’s a permanent thing.
Standings
Once again, the Big Ten looks tough. As of this week, 4 of the 12 teams in the Big Ten are ranked: (#3) Ohio State, (#4) Wisconsin, (#5) Michigan State, and (#22) Iowa.
Here are the current Big Ten standings, after almost all the non-conference games have been played:
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Team (AP Rank) |
Big Ten |
Overall |
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Wins |
Losses |
Percent |
Wins |
Losses |
Percent |
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| Ohio State (#3) |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
13 |
0 |
1.000 |
| Wisconsin (#4) |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
13 |
0 |
1.000 |
| Michigan State (#5) |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
11 |
1 |
0.917 |
| Illinois |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
11 |
2 |
0.846 |
| Iowa (#22) |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
11 |
2 |
0.846 |
| Minnesota |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
11 |
2 |
0.846 |
| Indiana |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
10 |
3 |
0.769 |
| Purdue |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
10 |
3 |
0.769 |
| Penn State |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
9 |
4 |
0.692 |
| Michigan |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
8 |
4 |
0.667 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
8 |
4 |
0.667 |
| Northwestern |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
7 |
6 |
0.538 |
One Big Ten team still has one non-conference game left to play. On 02/01/2014, Michigan State plays at Georgetown.
The Upcoming Week
Here are the games scheduled for the upcoming week (Week #1):
Tuesday (12/31/2013)
Ohio State at Purdue
Indiana at Illinois
Michigan State at Penn State
Nebraska at Iowa
Thursday (01/02/2014)
Wisconsin at Northwestern
Michigan at Minnesota
Saturday (01/04/2014)
Nebraska at Ohio State
Michigan State at Indiana
Penn State at Illinois
Sunday (01/05/2014)
Northwestern at Michigan
Purdue at Minnesota
Iowa at Wisconsin
There’s only one big game this week: Iowa at Wisconsin on Sunday. Let’s see if Iowa is for real. The Michigan State game at Indiana on Saturday is also kind of big, but Indiana may not be a contender this season.
Full Schedule
Here’s the entire Big Ten schedule, with the teams in alphabetical order. I’ll include this table every week, with the wins and losses filled in:
| Team |
Record |
Wins | Losses | Remaining Games |
| Illinois |
Total: 0-0 |
Indiana (H) Penn State (H) Wisconsin (A) Northwestern (A) Purdue (H) Michigan State (H) Ohio State (A) Indiana (A) Iowa (H) Wisconsin (H) Penn State (A) Nebraska (A) Ohio State (H) Minnesota (A) Nebraska (H) Michigan State (A) Michigan (H) Iowa (A) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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| Indiana |
Total: 0-0 |
Illinois (A) Michigan State (H) Penn State (A) Wisconsin (H) Northwestern (H) Michigan State (A) Illinois (H) Nebraska (A) Michigan (H) Minnesota (A) Penn State (H) Purdue (A) Iowa (H) Northwestern (A) Wisconsin (A) Ohio State (H) Nebraska (H) Michigan (A) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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| Iowa |
Total: 0-0 |
Nebraska (H) Wisconsin (A) Northwestern (H) Ohio State (A) Minnesota (H) Michigan (A) Northwestern (A) Michigan State (H) Illinois (A) Ohio State (H) Michigan (H) Penn State (A) Indiana (A) Wisconsin (H) Minnesota (A) Purdue (H) Michigan State (A) Illinois (H) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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| Michigan |
Total: 0-0 |
Minnesota (A) Northwestern (H) Nebraska (A) Penn State (H) Wisconsin (A) Iowa (H) Michigan State (A) Purdue (H) Indiana (A) Nebraska (H) Iowa (A) Ohio State (A) Wisconsin (H) Michigan State (H) Purdue (A) Minnesota (H) Illinois (A) Indiana (H) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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| Michigan State |
Total: 0-0 |
Penn State (A) Indiana (A) Ohio State (H) Minnesota (H) Northwestern (A) Illinois (A) Indiana (H) Michigan (H) Iowa (A) Penn State (H) Wisconsin (A) Northwestern (H) Nebraska (H) Purdue (A) Michigan (A) Illinois (H) Iowa (H) Ohio State (A) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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| Minnesota |
Total: 0-0 |
Michigan (H) Purdue (H) Penn State (A) Michigan State (A) Ohio State (H) Iowa (A) Wisconsin (H) Nebraska (A) Northwestern (H) Purdue (A) Indiana (H) Wisconsin (A) Northwestern (A) Illinois (H) Ohio State (A) Iowa (H) Michigan (A) Penn State (H) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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| Nebraska |
Total: 0-0 |
Iowa (A) Ohio State (A) Michigan (H) Purdue (A) Ohio State (H) Penn State (A) Minnesota (H) Indiana (H) Michigan (A) Northwestern (A) Illinois (H) Michigan State (A) Penn State (H) Purdue (H) Illinois (A) Northwestern (H) Indiana (A) Wisconsin (H) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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| Northwestern |
Total: 0-0 |
Wisconsin (H) Michigan (A) Iowa (A) Illinois (H) Michigan State (H) Indiana (A) Purdue (H) Iowa (H) Wisconsin (A) Minnesota (A) Nebraska (H) Michigan State (A) Minnesota (H) Ohio State (A) Indiana (H) Nebraska (A) Penn State (H) Purdue (A) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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| Ohio State |
Total: 0-0 |
Purdue (A) Nebraska (H) Michigan State (A) Iowa (H) Minnesota (A) Nebraska (A) Illinois (H) Penn State (H) Wisconsin (A) Iowa (A) Purdue (H) Michigan (H) Illinois (A) Northwestern (H) Minnesota (H) Penn State (A) Indiana (A) Michigan State (H) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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| Penn State |
Total: 0-0 |
Michigan State (H) Illinois (A) Minnesota (H) Indiana (H) Michigan (A) Purdue (A) Nebraska (H) Ohio State (A) Purdue (H) Michigan State (A) Illinois (H) Indiana (A) Iowa (H) Nebraska (A) Ohio State (H) Wisconsin (H) Northwestern (A) Minnesota (A) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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| Purdue |
Total: 0-0 |
Ohio State (H) Minnesota (A) Nebraska (H) Illinois (A) Penn State (H) Northwestern (A) Wisconsin (H) Michigan (A) Penn State (A) Minnesota (H) Ohio State (A) Indiana (H) Michigan State (H) Nebraska (A) Michigan (H) Iowa (A) Wisconsin (A) Northwestern (H) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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| Wisconsin |
Total: 0-0 |
Northwestern (A) Iowa (H) Illinois (H) Indiana (A) Michigan (H) Minnesota (A) Purdue (A) Northwestern (H) Ohio State (H) Illinois (A) Michigan State (H) Minnesota (H) Michigan (A) Iowa (A) Indiana (H) Penn State (A) Purdue (H) Nebraska (A) |
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Home: 0-0 |
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Away: 0-0 |
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With this season’s schedule, each team will play 7 teams twice, and only 4 teams once. It’s interesting to see which teams each team gets to play only once:
| Team | Doesn’t Play | Comments |
| Illinois | Michigan (A) Minnesota (H) Northwestern (H) Purdue (A) |
1 Contender 2 Midrange 1 Easy |
| Indiana | Iowa (A) Minnesota (H) Ohio State (A) Purdue (H) |
2 Contenders 2 Midrange 0 Easy |
| Iowa | Indiana (H) Nebraska (A) Penn State (H) Purdue (A) |
0 Contenders 2 Midrange 2 Easy |
| Michigan | Illinois (H) Northwestern (A) Ohio State (H) Penn State (A) |
1 Contender 1 Midrange 2 Easy |
| Michigan State | Minnesota (A) Nebraska (A) Purdue (H) Wisconsin (H) |
1 Contender 2 Midrange 1 Easy |
| Minnesota |
Illinois (A) Indiana (A) Michigan State (H) Nebraska (H) |
1 Contender 2 Midrange 1 Easy |
| Nebraska | Iowa (H) Michigan State (H) Minnesota (A) Wisconsin (A) |
3 Contenders 1 Midrange 0 Easy |
| Northwestern | Illinois (A) Michigan (H) Ohio State (H) Penn State (A) |
2 Contenders 1 Midrange 1 Easy |
| Ohio State | Indiana (H) Michigan (A) Northwestern (A) Wisconsin (H) |
2 Contenders 1 Midrange 1 Easy |
| Penn State | Iowa (A) Michigan (H) Northwestern (H) Wisconsin (A) |
3 Contenders 0 Midrange 1 Easy |
| Purdue | Illinois (H) Indiana (A) Iowa (H) Michigan State (A) |
2 Contenders 2 Midrange 0 Easy |
| Wisconsin | Nebraska (H) Ohio State (A) Michigan State (A) Penn State (H) |
2 Contenders 0 Midrange 2 Easy |
This season, the big winners are Nebraska and Penn State, since they both miss 3 games against contenders. The big loser is Iowa, who doesn’t miss playing any of the contenders twice.
