12. Minnesota (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten)
Maybe it's Minnesota that is that "other" team in the Big Ten this season. The Golden Gophers remained unbeaten with a 52-10 dismantling of Maryland. It gets a lot tougher from here. Following an open date, Minnesota faces Penn State at home and then travels to Iowa in back-to-back weeks. With Wisconsin losing again, that Iowa game in a few weeks looms large in the Big Ten West race. But just the fact that Minnesota will be unbeaten going into November tells you all you need to know about the coaching job P.J. Fleck has done in his third season in Minneapolis.
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