Conference Alignment Survey

1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Michigan
4. Nebraska
5. Penn St
6. Ohio St
7. Northwestern
8. Michigan State
9. Purdue
10. Illinois
11. Indiana
 

1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Nebraska
4. Purdue
5. Northwestern
6. Michigan State
7. Penn St
8. Indiana
9. Michigan
10. Ohio State
11. Illinois
 

Wisconsin
Iowa
Northwestern
Illinois
Nebraska
Michigan
Michigan State
Indiana
Purdue
Penn State
Ohio State
 

Wisconsin
Nebraska
Meechigan
P State
Iowa
Northwestern
O State
M State
Purdon't
Illannoy
Indianny
 

1. WI
2. IA
3. MI
4. tOSU
5. PSU
6. MSU
7. NE
8. NW
9. IL
10. PU
11. IN
 


1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Michigan
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4. Nebraska
5. Northwestern
6. Illinois
7. Michigan State
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8. PSU
9. Indiana
10. Purdue
11. OSU
 

Hi Gopher fans. Badger fan here. Now that the expansion talk has died down, the focus seems to be on whether the Big Ten will move to a divisional alignment and if so, how the divisions will look. I just read Adam Rittenberg's piece (which I see you already have a thread on) and he has some good ideas and makes some good points. But his article, much like every other article I have read on the topic, makes assumptions about what the fans of each team prefer. In an effort to find out if these assumptions are true I am undertaking a study of each fan base to find out which rivalries they want to protect and which games don't matter as much.

I hope to compile the results and develop an alignment which can satisfy each of the fan bases in the Big Ten.

If you would be so polite, please rank the teams from 1-11 (including Nebraska) with 1 being the team/game that is most important to you as a Gopher fan and 11 being the team/game that matters the least. I've even provided a handy template for you to use.



Thanks.

1. Iowa
2. Wisconsin
3. Michigan
4. OSU
5. PSU
6. Nebraska
7. NW
8. MSU
9. IL
10. PU
11. IU
 

1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Michigan
4. Nebraska
5. PSU
6. MSU
7. OSU
8. PU
9. NU
10 Illini.
11. IU
 

7) Michigan State (cause we almost always beat them)

Recently, that is true. We have won six of the last eight games. However, MSU leads the series with a record of 25-17, and Minnesota was 0-17 against MSU between 1977 and 1997.

Anyway ...

1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Michigan
4. Nebraska
5. PSU
6. Northwestern
7. Purdue
8. MSU
9. OSU
10 Illinois
11. Indiana
 




MSU fan here, here's how I'd rank 'em.

1. Michigan
2. Ohio State
3. Wisconsin
4. Penn State
5. Iowa
6. Nebraska
7. Purdue
8. Minnesota
9. Northwestern
10. Illinois
11. Indiana
 

Taking into account football and basketball:

1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Illinois
4. Michigan
5. Michigan State
6. Ohio State
7. Indiana
8. Purdue
9. Nebraska
10. Northwestern
11. Penn State
 

Taking into account football and basketball:

I don't think basketball comes into play here at all. They will all continue to play each other at least once, and because basketball already had an end-of-season tournament, the need for divisions just isn't the same.
 



1. wisconsin
2. Michigan
3. Iowa
4. Nebraska
5. Penn State
6. Ohio State
7. Michigan State
8. Illinois
9. Nortwestern
10. Purdue
11. Indiana
 

1. wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Michigan
4. Nebraska
5. Illinois
6. Northwestern
7. Michigan St.
8. Purdue
9. Ohio St.
10. Penn St.
11. Indiana
 

1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Michigan
4. Ohio State
5. Nebraska
6. Penn State
7. Northwestern
8. Purdue
9. Mich State
10 Illinois
11. Indiana
 

Tougher than I thought it'd be for me.

1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Michigan
4. Ohio State
5. Nebraska
6. Illinois
7. Purdue
8. Northwestern
9. Indiana
10. Michigan State
11. Penn State
 

1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Nebraska
4. Michigan
5. Northwestern
6. Ohio State
7. Penn State
8. Purdue
9. Illinois
10. Michigan State
11. Indiana
 

1. Wisconsin The Axe
2. Iowa The Pig
3. Michigan The Jug

That's all that matters.
 

1) Iowa
2) Wisconsin
3) Nebraska
4) Michigan
5) Ohio State
6) Penn State
7) Illinois
8) Michigan State
9) Northwestern
10) Purdue
11) Indiana
 




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