Big Ten Power Rankings: January 15

What a week last week! Until now the Big Ten has looked like it was going to be a two team race between Purdue and Michigan State. Instead, the Spartans dropped a pair of games and almost lost at home to Rutgers. Through six games everyone has at least two losses except for Purdue and Ohio State. Those two teams control their path to the crown and meet only once, in West Lafayette, on February 7th. Both may stay unbeaten until then too, as the Buckeyes somehow have four home games in a row after going to Northwestern and playing Minnesota in New York this week.

Of course, the Spartans and Michigan can’t be counted out yet, either. Beyond those four teams, however, does the Big Ten have…