B1G mailbag: Ohio State, Penn State Top 5 in '17? Purdue bowling soon?

3:00 PM ET It will be almost three weeks before another Big Ten team plays football (Quick Lane Bowl fever: catch it!) but the mailbag rolls on. Submit your questions via Twitter or by email at ESPNBigTenMailbag.com Get it on. @BennettESPN think PSU and Ohio State will both be in plenty of “way too early top 5s”? Youngest 2 teams in CFB this year.. — Matt Miller (@NittanyLion4Evr) December 6, 2016 Brian Bennett: You can count on Ohio State being in the top 5 pretty much as long as Urban Meyer is there, and the Buckeyes will be absolutely loaded next year even if a few draft-eligible underclassmen declare as expected. As for Penn State, it may depend on how the Nittany Lions perform in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual against USC as to whether they’ll be in the top 5 (Alabama and Ohio State will make…

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