Steele says three of his power ranking sets have Golden Gophers with double digit wins. Some have them winning West. He goes with NE, IA, WI, MN, NW. PU, IL in his Big Ten West preview order. Calls it hard to predict. Some models have Gophs 7-5.
these are power poll rankings (combination of nine power ranking evaluations he does) of talent, production...does not factor in who team plays):
mi 5, osu 6, msu 14, psu 16, Iowa 18, isu 26, wi 28, ne 31, mn 32, nw 43, Purdue 51, Fresno 59, Maryland 78, GSU 91, Illini 92, Rutgers 97.
plus/minus is one of the power rankings...relative difference in teams seen...for example ia, ne, mn, wi all very close:
Mi 128.66, OSU 127.47, PSU 125.69, MSU 124.38, Iowa 123.6, NE 121.62, Wi 121.01, MN 120.91, NW 117, Purdue 115.68, In 114.
91, md 111.17 Fresno 109.99, il 106.23, gsu 105.68, Rutgers 104.07
these are power poll rankings (combination of nine power ranking evaluations he does) of talent, production...does not factor in who team plays):
mi 5, osu 6, msu 14, psu 16, Iowa 18, isu 26, wi 28, ne 31, mn 32, nw 43, Purdue 51, Fresno 59, Maryland 78, GSU 91, Illini 92, Rutgers 97.
plus/minus is one of the power rankings...relative difference in teams seen...for example ia, ne, mn, wi all very close:
Mi 128.66, OSU 127.47, PSU 125.69, MSU 124.38, Iowa 123.6, NE 121.62, Wi 121.01, MN 120.91, NW 117, Purdue 115.68, In 114.
91, md 111.17 Fresno 109.99, il 106.23, gsu 105.68, Rutgers 104.07
