Michigan State has been picked to repeat as Big Ten champions in 2018 and Michigan is picked to finish right behind it as runner-up after a trip to the national championship game.
That's the results of a poll of 28 Big Ten writers conducted by The Athletic and The Columbus Dispatch and released on Wednesday. The Spartans received 22 first-place votes, while the Wolverines received four.
The poll comes a day before the Big Ten will hold its annual conference media day in Chicago. The conference will hand out preseason player honors, but does not administer a poll of team results.