June 19, 2026

Big Ten football power rankings after Week 12: Ohio State or Michigan? The stage is set.


It was yet another interesting week of Big Ten football. Michigan and Ohio State continued to win but had to pull things out of the fire to do so. Penn State continued to impress in the East division as well, and we got a little more clarity in the West division with Purdue and Iowa winning to set up a Saturday where the Hawkeyes control their own destiny to Indy, but with the Boilermakers right there as well. It all has us reassessing the pecking order in the Big Ten. It’s pretty easy to figure out what the top three teams are, but beyond that, good luck using your flow charts, darts, and magic eight-balls to figure it all out. Buy Buckeyes Tickets We like a challenge, so we try to make sense of it all after each weekend, and here’s how we see the landscape of things in our…

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