Besides Minnesota being better, which it's TBD how good they actually are because they haven't played anyone yet, you could make a case it's actually worse than it's been. Northwestern is bad, Purdue is back to where they usually are which is bad, Illinois is garbage, and Nebraska is bad. Then you have what seems to be a really good Wisconsin team and a solid Iowa team.
I don't think there were many people on here claiming that the Big 12 was going to be amazing this year. I thought it'd be OU, Texas, ISU, and maybe BU, Okie State, or TCU could sneak into a spot. A win at Tech this weekend for ISU would most likely put them into the top-25 and then we'd have 4 teams ranked. It'll all work itself out in the end.
Chose your charity and lets make a bet if Minnesota finishes ranked.
Ehhh I don't know about that one. Would have to go back but I believe there were some analysts claiming Nebraska was going to contend for a B10 West title, Minnesota would be really good, and Northwestern and Purdue would be solid. Overall the hype for the B10 West coming into the year was high and so far it's been what it usually has been.
You might not have seen it, but there were quite a few people saying that the Big 10 West is up for grabs this year because of all of the solid teams that were going to be there (minus Illinois).
Easy to throw rocks because the BIG 12 North no longer exists. Possibly the worst P5 conference division that has ever existed.
Iowa State had some okay years thrown in there, Kansas was pathetic besides 1 year, and Colorado was not very good besides a few good years. But Kansas State, Missouri, and Nebraska? Those were 3 pretty good football teams..
Kind of aligns with the new OC's hiring doesn't it.
When's the last time a current B1G West school won a natty in football or basketball?
