Big Ten Rankings and Projections After Week 8

There were some upsets in week 8. Who would have expected USC to lose and UCLA win? Now that all of the teams have played at least 6 games, we have a much better feel for each team. Michigan is definitely not the team they were last year, and neither is Indiana-but in completely different directions.

Polls

After Texas lost to Georgia, Oregon moved atop both polls. And there remains 3 Big Ten teams in the top 5 in both polls. Indiana and Illinois are the only other Big Ten teams remain in the top 25 in both polls after both Michigan and Nebraska lost.

Here are Big Ten teams in the polls (AP/Coaches):

Oregon (1/1) Up 2 in both polls

Penn State (3/3) Unchanged

Ohio State (4/4) Up 1 in the Coaches

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