Big Ten Power Rankings Archive

Big Ten Power Rankings: January 22

  • Justin Albers Jan 22, 2013 3
 

We’re a day late this week because of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, but ITH’s Big Ten Power Rankings are back for the third week. These always get harder and harder to come up with as we get ...

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Big Ten Power Rankings: January 14

  • Justin Albers Jan 14, 2013 3
 

It was quite the interesting week in the Big Ten, but a week we should probably come to expect going forward given the remarkable depth of the conference. Here are this week’s Power Rankings: 12. Penn State (8-8, 0-4) (LAST ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: January 7

  • Justin Albers Jan 7, 2013 3
 

Today we begin our weekly Big Ten power rankings for the 2012-13 conference season. These power rankings will appear on this site each Monday and will be determined by Inside the Hall reporter Justin Albers. So, without further ado, this ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Non-conference edition

  • Alex Bozich Dec 26, 2012 3
 

Inside the Hall’s power rankings are back and will appear throughout Big Ten play each Monday beginning Jan. 7. But as a precursor, let’s take a look at the league with the start of conference play just five days away. ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Offseason edition

  • Alex Bozich Aug 2, 2012 3
 

The power rankings have been on hiatus since the conclusion of the Big Ten season, but it’s time for an early look at the 2012-2013 conference race. Here’s our look at the conference pecking order with the official start of ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 11

  • Justin Albers Mar 6, 2012 3
 

The regular season is complete and three co-champions have been crowned. But the Big Ten power rankings don’t always agree with the conference standings. There’s a shakeup at the top this week and seven teams saw movement in the pecking ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 10

  • Justin Albers Feb 27, 2012 3
 

It’s that time of the year again. As Big Ten teams finish their conference schedules, you’ll see “bubble” teams in full desperation mode (Northwestern, for example), other teams who will fold and prepare for the offseason (Minnesota, anyone?), and contenders ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 9

  • Justin Albers Feb 20, 2012 3
 

The Big Ten continues to be as balanced as any conference in the country as we get into the final weeks of the regular season. With Ohio State’s loss at Michigan on Saturday, only Michigan State has fewer than four ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 8

  • Justin Albers Feb 13, 2012 3
 

Michigan State is heading in one direction and Illinois is going the opposite way. After the Spartans upset Ohio State in Columbus, we have a shake-up at the top of this week’s power rankings. The bottom also looks different as ...

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Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 7

  • Justin Albers Feb 6, 2012 3
 

After a week with little movement, six teams are in a new position in week seven of our Big Ten power rankings. The changes come in the bottom half of the rankings as the top four teams in the conference ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 6

  • Justin Albers Jan 30, 2012 3
 

There’s finally some consistency in the power rankings. The top eight teams stayed in the same order as last week, and only Nebraska, Iowa and Northwestern moved at all. As the conference’s top teams start to play each other, there ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 5

  • Justin Albers Jan 23, 2012 3
 

After another week full of upsets in the conference, we bring you our fifth edition of power rankings this season. Last week’s No. 1 (Illinois) lost to last week’s No. 12 (Penn State). Last week’s No. 11 (Nebraska) beat last ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 4

  • Justin Albers Jan 16, 2012 3
 

The third week of Big Ten play was by far the craziest. Illinois beat Ohio State. Minnesota knocked off Indiana. Northwestern shocked Michigan State. It was wild. And with the craziness comes a bit of a shake up in this ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 3

  • Justin Albers Jan 9, 2012 3
 

Our third installment of the Big Ten power rankings are ready for your consumption and the movement this week comes in the middle of the pack as every team besides Michigan State now has a loss: 12. Nebraska (8-7, 0-4) ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 2

  • Justin Albers Jan 2, 2012 3
 

Before the season, some suggested the Big Ten was down a little bit this year. After the first week of conference games, it’s clear that it’s much deeper than many predicted it would be. Upsets by Iowa at Wisconsin and ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 1

  • Justin Albers Dec 26, 2011 3
 

Inside the Hall’s Big Ten power rankings are back. Each Monday during the conference season, we’ll deliver our team-by-team ranking of the league. For the first edition, the descriptions after each team will be a little bit longer than normal. ...