Offseason ranking from SI - #6 in BIG

[Gobeegred]

Is this for real, or just more offseason hype?

The full Big Ten ranking is below.

1. Penn State Nittany Lions
2. Oregon Ducks
3. Illinois Fighting Illini
4. Indiana Hoosiers
5. Ohio State Buckeyes
6. Nebraska Cornhuskers
7. USC Trojans
8. Michigan Wolverines
9. UCLA Bruins
10. Washington Huskies
11. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
12. Michigan State Spartans
13. Iowa Hawkeyes
14. Northwestern Wildcats
15. Minnesota Golden Gophers
16. Wisconsin Badgers
17. Maryland Terrapins
18. Purdue Boilermakers

Offseason Rankings for Every Big Ten Football Team; Nebraska Top-6

Nebraska football has had a solid offseason. This week saw an ranking for every Power 4 program from ESPN.

www.si.com

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

Lol....

Illini and Indiana over OSU. #turrible

 

[c3o]

Purdue is too high

 

[huskerfan66]

6 would be pretty darn good. tOsu just above us? Wow insane. Hard to envision them that low

 

[huskerfan66]

Get ready for b1g officiating to step in and make sure Wisconsin, Michigan and osu don't finish this low

 

[IM4NUalways]

Lol....

Illini and Indiana over OSU. #turrible

The list is a joke I agree. OSU in 5th?

 

[Mr.Scary13]

Illinois and Indiana...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[Laner2]

Io_a ranked too high.

 

[HankMoody78]

Get ready for b1g officiating to step in and make sure Wisconsin, Michigan and osu don't finish this low

This was an offseason ranking, not a pre-season ranking.

 

[huskerfan66]

This was an offseason ranking, not a pre-season ranking.

I guess to me that's splitting hairs. You think anything really matters until the games are played? It's all speculation and click bait at this juncture

 

[BTF69]

Purdue is too high

Great, now that PU fan will be here to ask you "Why, why would you think that they are too high, I know you are joking, but still"

Then he will tell us how the school president and AD are totally supporting the football team and how last years 1 win season was the best 1 win season in history.

 

[BTF69]

Illinois better hope they have a "magical" season this year because they will never have 18 starters back again.

 

[c3o]

Great, now that PU fan will be here to ask you "Why, why would you think that they are too high, I know you are joking, but still"

Then he will tell us how the school president and AD are totally supporting the football team and how last years 1 win season was the best 1 win season in history.

I’m a Purdue grad but was a Husker fan long before that

 

[V-Doub]

Lol....

Illini and Indiana over OSU. #turrible

While it would be an interesting season to see OSU come in 5th overall, I’ll believe that when I see and not a second before.

 

[Muskyhunter16]

It says before the list that this is a ranking based on retention of players, coaches, additions through the portal and recruiting. Has nothing to do with their predictions on the season

 

[scarletred]

No way Indiana will have a better season than Bucknuts.

 

[dinglefritz]

The list is a joke I agree. OSU in 5th?

I believe they weight returning QBs and other starters heavily. OSU has a big question mark at QB and lost a ton of guys to the NFL.

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

This is a ranking of the off-season for each team FFS!!!!

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

This is a ranking of the off-season for each team FFS!!!!

shhhh, I was about to try and make some money.

 

[inWV]

I believe they weight returning QBs and other starters heavily. OSU has a big question mark at QB and lost a ton of guys to the NFL.

They have three blue chips and a walk-on. Sayin is projected to start.

 

[Spinner45]

This is a ranking of the off-season for each team FFS!!!!

Except tOSU and Michigan had top ten recruiting classes, Illinois and Indiana did not. Also tOSU landed better transfer portal players, now Indiana landed like half a football squad in the portal but neither UI or IU got the dudes tOSU got in the portal.

So even if it’s a “off-season” ranking, yeah, IU or UI didn’t get better talent than Michigan or tOSU did in the off-season. So what the hell does it mean? Who blows the most smoke up an ass? Cause if that’s the case, WTF isn’t Nebraska #1. Cause it sure isn’t based on talent or practices, cause fans and media don’t get to see real off-season football anymore. Just a circle jerk. That’s all it is. And Huskers should be #1. We’ve got fans that can drink kool-aid and circle jerk the whole staff at the same time. Their mean jerk time is crazy

 

[dinglefritz]

They have three blue chips and a walk-on. Sayin is projected to start.

Yeah lots of talent that hasn’t performed against BIG defenses. We’ve seen them struggle at times in the past with highly recruited QBs.

 

[big red22]

Is this for real, or just more offseason hype?

The full Big Ten ranking is below.

1. Penn State Nittany Lions
2. Oregon Ducks
3. Illinois Fighting Illini
4. Indiana Hoosiers
5. Ohio State Buckeyes
6. Nebraska Cornhuskers
7. USC Trojans
8. Michigan Wolverines
9. UCLA Bruins
10. Washington Huskies
11. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
12. Michigan State Spartans
13. Iowa Hawkeyes
14. Northwestern Wildcats
15. Minnesota Golden Gophers
16. Wisconsin Badgers
17. Maryland Terrapins
18. Purdue Boilermakers

Offseason Rankings for Every Big Ten Football Team; Nebraska Top-6

Nebraska football has had a solid offseason. This week saw an ranking for every Power 4 program from ESPN.

www.si.com

How I see it

1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Penn State
4. USC
5. Michigan
6. Illinois
7. UCLA
8. Iowa (until we beat them they are ahead of us 🤮)
9. Indiana
10. Nebraska (I need to see it no more Kool Aid)
11. Washington
12. Minnesota
13. Wisconsin
14. Michigan State
15. Maryland
16. Northwestern
17. Rutgers
18. Purdue

 

[scarletred]

How I see it

1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Penn State
4. USC
5. Michigan
6. Illinois
7. UCLA
8. Iowa (until we beat them they are ahead of us 🤮)
9. Indiana
10. Nebraska (I need to see it no more Kool Aid)
11. Washington
12. Minnesota
13. Wisconsin
14. Michigan State
15. Maryland
16. Northwestern
17. Rutgers
18. Purdue

I can see you’re top 6 but Illinois ahead of USC.
UCLA doesn’t have more potential than Indiana, Nebraska and the Clarkeyes just because Nico went away crying to UCLA.

 

[BoilerN]

Great, now that PU fan will be here to ask you "Why, why would you think that they are too high, I know you are joking, but still"

Then he will tell us how the school president and AD are totally supporting the football team and how last years 1 win season was the best 1 win season in history.

Not at all. Let them be 18. See what happens. Its year 1 with a good coach. 3 wins is the floor I think. No idea the ceiling. Get spicy and say 6. And quite the opposite, last year was horrible. Especially when you have 6 win talent vs that schedule on the roster.

Anyone that says they know how good or bad Purdue will be has no idea.

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

Anyone that says they know how good or bad Purdue will be has no idea.

...i think we have a pretty good idea.

 

[BoilerN]

...i think we have a pretty good idea.

If you say between 3-6 wins and competitive, you might be right. Won't be like last year. But might take a couple years to clean this mess up.

Just happy the AD ponied up for good coaches. Most Purdue fans are looking on to basketball season though tbh. Final 4 year incoming.

 

[BTF69]

If you say between 3-6 wins and competitive, you might be right. Won't be like last year. But might take a couple years to clean this mess up.

Just happy the AD ponied up for good coaches. Most Purdue fans are looking on to basketball season though tbh. Final 4 year incoming.

Last year I said they were likely to be a 1 win team. You, as a PU fan, of course said that was not possible. I get that.

Looking at their schedule, if they start off 2-0, they could win 4.

If they drop 1 of the first two...you will have another epic 1-11 season.

 

[BoilerN]

Last year I said they were likely to be a 1 win team. You, as a PU fan, of course said that was not possible. I get that.

Looking at their schedule, if they start off 2-0, they could win 4.

If they drop 1 of the first two...you will have another epic 1-11 season.

Can't imagine they will drop 1 of the first 2. Ball control usually does well vs those teams. And also, both should be bad. But I agree, 4 is what I kind of think, and competitive every other game. But honestly, I have no idea. 53 new portal players makes it all unknown.

Love that you've been thinking of me.

 

[king_kong_]

How I see it

1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Penn State
4. USC
5. Michigan
6. Illinois
7. UCLA
8. Iowa (until we beat them they are ahead of us 🤮)
9. Indiana
10. Nebraska (I need to see it no more Kool Aid)
11. Washington
12. Minnesota
13. Wisconsin
14. Michigan State
15. Maryland
16. Northwestern
17. Rutgers
18. Purdue

We haven’t beaten Minn since 2018

 

[big red22]

We haven’t beaten Minn since 2018

Minnesota sucks against everyone else though... If you want you can put them ahead of us too

 

[Vanhusker]

We haven’t beaten Minn since 2018

And besides last year when was the last time we beat Wisconsin?

 

[scarletred]

Minnesota sucks against everyone else though... If you want you can put them ahead of us too

They beat USC and Illinois and were robbed against Michigan and didn’t play Nebraska last year and won their bowl game.

Wouldn’t say against everyone else.

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

once again, here is the criteria for these rankings.

The team of reporters focused on three areas for their analysis: retention of key (non-draft-eligible) players, retention of coaches or staff upgrades, and player additions through both the transfer portal and high school recruiting.

This isn't a prediction list for how they will finish the season.

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

once again, here is the criteria for these rankings.

The team of reporters focused on three areas for their analysis: retention of key (non-draft-eligible) players, retention of coaches or staff upgrades, and player additions through both the transfer portal and high school recruiting.

This isn't a prediction list for how they will finish the season.

There is no criteria one could use that would make Nebraska that close to Ohio State, or Illini and or Indiana better than, Ohio State. IMO...its a silly list but fun to talk about.

 

[inWV]

We know who sits on top - PSU, OSU, Oregon and perhaps then Michigan. NU is part of a group of 7-8 teams trying to be in the mix with Michigan for the fourth spot.

 

[BoilerN]

once again, here is the criteria for these rankings.

The team of reporters focused on three areas for their analysis: retention of key (non-draft-eligible) players, retention of coaches or staff upgrades, and player additions through both the transfer portal and high school recruiting.

This isn't a prediction list for how they will finish the season.

Which, no idea how you can upgrade your entire coaching staff and have a good looking portal class and still be 18th. I know a lot was lost, but 2 of 3 boxes were checked with actual coaches being the biggest. Idk

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

There is no criteria one could use that would make Nebraska that close to Ohio State, or Illini and or Indiana better than, Ohio State. IMO...its a silly list but fun to talk about.

Which, no idea how you can upgrade your entire coaching staff and have a good looking portal class and still be 18th. I know a lot was lost, but 2 of 3 boxes were checked with actual coaches being the biggest. Idk

Not my list, I am not arguing the validity of the list. I am simply stating that the criteria is what it is. This isn't a preseason prediction of how the teams will finish the season, which is what a good majority of the posts are disputing.

 

[BoilerN]

Not my list, I am not arguing the validity of the list. I am simply stating that the criteria is what it is. This isn't a preseason prediction of how the teams will finish the season, which is what a good majority of the posts are disputing.

Ya. Fair. There has been a lot of confusion on that.

 

[BTF69]

Can't imagine they will drop 1 of the first 2. Ball control usually does well vs those teams. And also, both should be bad. But I agree, 4 is what I kind of think, and competitive every other game. But honestly, I have no idea. 53 new portal players makes it all unknown.

Love that you've been thinking of me.

Dude, you are one of my favorite posters! Your incredible love of PU football is an amazing thing.