Well, I wouldn't go that far yet
I have MSU, MN, Purdue and NW ahead of Iowa...then I see Iowa, Maryland and Michigan and MAYBE Wisconsin in the next pool. The gap between 5th and 8th just is not that big, and will be determined by health....so I am probably going to go with Iowa at 5th. But the more I consider how tight that 5-8 is, the less I see the 8th prediction as some type of insult, and look at how the media from other states etc, could just see those other three teams has having an edge on Iowa, who lost the Big Ten's leading scorer.
We tend to minimize the weaknesses of the teams we like or cover, and amply those of who we don't...I try harder and harder each year to remind myself of that but damned if it's not hard to do that when the season approaches!
Does Iowa back out of the Big 4 Classic with the B1G going to a 20 game schedule next year? I have a hard time seeing Barta wanting to participate in the annual event since they will be losing a non con home game.