On October 2nd, 2024 the fine folks at the Columbus Dispatch and Indianapolis Star released a pre-season media poll on the B1G Ten standings.  Listed below is their list and the final standings.  They actually got two of them correct, USC and Penn St.

 

pre-season predictions     final standings

 

1.  Purdue                         1.  Michigan State

2.  Indiana                         2.  Maryland

3.  UCLA                           3.  Michigan

 

4.  Illinois                          4.  UCLA

5.  Michigan State            5.  Wisconsin

6.  Oregon                        6.  Purdue

 

7.  Rutgers                       7.  Illinois

8.  Ohio State                  8.  Oregon

9.  Michigan                     9.  Indiana

 

10.  Maryland                 10.  Ohio State

11.  Iowa                         11.  Rutgers

12.  Wisconsin                12.  Minnesota

      

13.  Nebraska                 13.  Northwestern

14.  USC                         14.  USC

15.  Washington              15.  Iowa

 

16.  Northwestern           16.  Nebraska

17.  Penn State               17.  Penn State

18.  Minnesota                18.  Washington

 

Congrats to Maryland. When Oregon beat them early in the season it wasn't that big of a deal. Pre-season Indiana.2nd finishes 9th. Pre-season 1 Purdue finishes 6th. Washington, preseason 15th, finishes LAST. 

 

Nice, the No. 8 seed has to play a road game (Indiana in Indianapolis = Home Game for the Hoosiers) vs. the No. 9 seed with a 9 AM Pacific tip off. 

 

Would OBD have been better off losing to Indiana and UW?😧

On 3/10/2025 at 12:44 PM, Jon Joseph said:

Would OBD have been better off losing to Indiana and UW?

Losing at the end of the season would benefit us?