Ranking each Big Ten team based on current state, long-term success in expanded league
The Big Ten grew this past week by adding a pair of premier college football programs in Oregon and Washington.
With the additions of the Ducks and Huskies, the Big Ten will now be 18 teams starting in 2024. They’ll enter the league at the same time as USC and UCLA.
With there being plenty of excitement and talk around the new-looking Big Ten, I took a stab at power ranking the 18 teams based on the current state and long-term success within the newly expanded conference. These rankings are not only taking into effect how I envision the programs looking this upcoming season but also how I project they could finish in the first few years in the expanded league.
See where I slate Michigan State amongst the new Big Ten field below:
Northwestern
Rutgers
Indiana
Purdue
Maryland
UCLA
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Michigan State
Washington
Wisconsin
Oregon
Penn State
USC
Michigan
Ohio State
