Some talking heads thought the Big Ten was going to be the best conference in the country this year. They saw, OSU, Wisconsin, Penn State, Michigan, and MSU leading that charge. Everyone now but OSU and PSU (they had a huge scare week 1 with App. State) have taken an early season loss and that talk has evaporated.
Nebraska was also considered another program on the rise with Scott Frost coming home and turning his program into a national power again. Nobody thought he would do it year 1 but everyone excepted improvements from last year. Nebraska games so far have included: a cancellation and two loses to Colorado and Troy.