Eleven Warriors’ Dan Hope updates his picks for every Big Ten game for the rest of the season to project the final regular-season record for all 18 teams in the conference.
With the first four weeks of the 2024 college football season now complete and Ohio State about to begin Big Ten play this week, it’s time for an updated look at how the season could play out for all 18 teams in the conference.for how every Big Ten team’s season would play out this year.
Ohio State should be a clear favorite to win all of its other regular-season games, though the Buckeyes’ conference schedule isn’t easy, as I’m projecting all of their Big Ten opponents except Purdue and Northwestern to finish the season .500 or better.
Road games against Washington, Illinois and Indiana all carry upset potential, especially if the Wolverines allow any of those teams to take an early lead as their inept passing offense will make it tough for them to play from behind. But their resolve against the Trojans leads me to believe they’ll find a way to win the games they’re supposed to win, though they’ll likely need an upset over the Ducks or Buckeyes to make the CFP.
As well as the Hoosiers have played so far, they have a real chance to be favored against all of their remaining opponents except Ohio State and Michigan. I don’t expect them to quite win all of those games, but I like their chances of at least going .500 the rest of the way with Maryland, Northwestern and Purdue all looking plenty beatable.
Iowa’s passing offense remains a major weakness, though, and I believe that will lead to a couple more losses in winnable games like it did against Iowa State. Outside of next week’s game at Ohio State, a road trip to Michigan State and the regular-season finale vs. Nebraska look like the toughest tests for Kirk Ferentz’s squad in conference play.
While their underwhelming start could make them an underdog against all of their remaining opponents except UCLA, I think the defending national runners-up find a way to win two other games to secure bowl eligibility.Like Washington, Michigan State faces a challenging path to six wins as it has a tough conference schedule paired with a non-conference loss.
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