Operating under the (potentially false) assumption that college football is played this fall, we decided it was time to take a quick look at each Big Ten Conference program and take a look at the program’s trajectory over the next couple of seasons. This is a bit of a sliding scale, as expectations for fans of the Michigan Wolverines is different than what people are expecting of Illinois, for example.
There are three simple designations herein that the stock is up, down or steady for the 12 football teams in the Big Ten. The criteria are based on several variables, such as the seasons that each school is coming off of, the ingredients in place to win moving forward, and the ceiling of each program.