After five-straight losses — one to Penn State and four to the conference's top four teams — Northwestern fell in our Big Ten Power Rankings for the second straight week. The Wildcats now sit in 10th place in the conference standings, just a half-game out of a tie for 11th with Penn State and Illinois, and that's exactly where they slot into our first rankings of February.
At the top, despite its first loss of conference play, Iowa barely holds onto the top spot. Here are the rankings:
Voter Key: Henry Bushnell | Josh Rosenblat | Zach Pereles | Josh Burton | Kevin Dukovic | Danny Rapaport | Martin Oppegaard | Lyndsey Armacost | Ian McCafferty | Sam Brief | Zach Wingrove | Tristan Jung | David Gernon
1 Iowa Hawkeyes |
2 Maryland Terrapins |
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11Illinois Fighting Illini |