What's ahead in the Big Ten in 2024? We break down the best players and games and title odds in the league.
It's top-heavy, it's a geographical disaster and it's basically the richest conference in college sports. The new-look, 18-team Big Ten, spanning from Los Angeles and Seattle to New York and Washington, D.C., will make its debut this fall, whether we're ready for it or not. It boasts both of last year's College Football Playoff National Championship participants and four of the top seven or so teams in the country. Depth is as tenuous as ever, but the big games will be huge.
The Buckeyes have lost to Michigan for three straight seasons, and while they still reached the CFP in one of those years, that's not a great way to win hearts and minds in Columbus. That's not to say they don't have stars to replace. They'll have a new leading passer, rusher and receiver this year. The offense lost five starters, the defense about five as well.
Forced to bring in a new coordinator, Kirk Ferentz went with former WMU head coach Tim Lester. Lester is a former quarterback and QBs coach, but in seven full seasons as an FBS offensive coordinator or head coach, Lester's best offenses ranked 49th and 51st . His last WMU offense plummeted to 124th in 2022, but the 2021 offense is probably the vision: WMU backs averaged 36.2 carries per game, but quarterback Kaleb Eleby still threw for 3,278 yards at 14.2 yards per completion.
Fisch and coordinators Brennan Carroll and Steve Belichick -- yes, you recognize those last names for a reason -- will be gluing together a brand-new two-deep, but the portal is providing some experience. Quarterback. The portal also brought the Arizona guys , plus Montana State tackleLine depth is a massive concern. Fisch brought in five veteran OL transfers, but none is particularly proven, and only two young returnees saw the field in 2023.
In 2024, no longer stuck in the East division, the Terps face another painfully weak nonconference slate and won't play a projected top-70 team until mid-October. They avoid both Ohio State and Michigan . With another top-30ish team, they would have a shot at 10 wins. But quarterbackand almost his entire offensive line are gone, as are four of the six primary members of a stellar secondary. Locksley barely dipped into the portal, adding just six newcomers.
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