Breaking down the Big Ten schedules so far

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I've split the Big Ten into 3 groups:

The Big 2 (Michigan & MSU)

The Other NCAA Candidates (Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin)

The Likely Weakling Wednesday 4 (Illinois, Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers)

I've excluded schedules of the the Big 2 and Weakling Wednesday 4, as there's no potential drama for those 6 teams' NCAA chances.

Games vs. Big 2
Indiana 4 (2 home, 2 road) -- currently 0-1
Iowa 3 (2 home, 1 road) -- currently 0-1
Maryland 3 (1 home, 2 road)
Minnesota 3 (1 home, 2 road)
Nebraska 3 (1 home, 2 road)
Ohio State 3 (1 home, 2 road) -- currently 0-1
Purdue 3 (1 home, 2 road) -- currently 0-1
Wisconsin 3 (2 home, 1 road)

Games vs. the Weakling Wednesday 4 (current record in parentheses)
Indiana 7 (3-0)
Wisconsin 7 (2-0)
Iowa 6 (1-0)
Minnesota 6 (1-0)
Nebraska 6 (2-0)
Ohio State 6 (1-1)
Maryland 5 (2-0)
Purdue 5 (1-0)

Games vs. the Other 8 NCAA Candidates (current record in parentheses)
Maryland 12 (4-1)
Purdue 12 (3-1)
Iowa 11 (2-2)
Minnesota 11 (2-2)
Nebraska 11 (1-3)
Ohio State 11 (1-1)
Wisconsin 10 (1-3)
Indiana 9 (0-2)

So it appears to me (among the other NCAA candidates) that Maryland and Purdue have the toughest schedules, while Wisconsin has the easiest. OSU already a little behind the 8-ball with the loss to Rutgers.
 
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Great info ! of course it is fluid although the bottom 4 is pretty bad. No losses to those and take four more of the others and we get the 13 i expect.
 

Great info ! of course it is fluid although the bottom 4 is pretty bad. No losses to those and take four more of the others and we get the 13 i expect.

Yep, always fluid.

I suppose Northwestern could work its way out of the bottom 4, but I just can't see (barring injuries) who they'd overtake. And Wildcats really haven't beaten anyone. Best win is Georgia Tech in Evanston?
 




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