An updated look at the Big Ten football rankings after ESPN's computer metrics crunch the numbers.
A key player in the recent college football conference realignment and a likely beneficiary of the expanded playoff, the Big Ten is now home to 18 schools after moving out West. Now, after the annual Media Days, let's get a check-up on the league's preseason football rankings.With under a month to go before kickoff, here's a look at where things stand in the current Big Ten power rankings, according to ESPN's power index computer analytics model.Curt Cignetti can expect to win 5.
5 games this season, despite the core of a strong run defense coming back plus the debut of 5-star quarterback Dylan Raiola.A somewhat-surprisingly high ranking for the Bruins, which lost a ton of production and their coach, but the computers favor UCLA by 4.9 points against opponents and expected to win 5.5 games.The computers expect just 6.5 wins for the Badgers in Luke Fickell's second full year as head coach, and just a 57.4 percent shot at a bowl game.
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