For whatever reason, the Big Ten does not officially release preseason predictions from journalists for final standings, division champions, and overall champion. Maybe they're too busy counting their giant stacks of TV revenue money to do anything else. In the absence of official Big Ten predictions, though, cleveland.com has conducted an unofficially official Big Ten preseason poll for the last six seasons. Last year, Iowa was pegged for 4th in the Big Ten West, behind Wisconsin (overwhelming favorite to win the Big Ten West), Nebraska, and Minnesota. This year? Well, things have changed.
This year it's Iowa who is the overwhelming favorite to win the Big Ten West, per the league's media.