We thought we had a pretty good idea of what the pecking order was beginning to look like in the Big Ten after three weeks of play. But after Week 4, we’re ready to throw our hands in the air and get out the dartboard and magic-eight ball.
Iowa, who had looked like arguably the best performing team so far this year, looked like it couldn’t get out of its own way on offense against Colorado State, Michigan struggled against Rutgers, and Penn State won, but not as convincingly as you’d expect against a Villanova team that wasn’t dribbling a basketball.
Meanwhile, Ohio State looked like Ohio State again — albeit against a very poor Akron squad, Michigan State kept winning, and Maryland remained undefeated.
We say all of that to tell you to forgive us in advance because we’re just trying our best to sort it all out for our Week 4 power rankings. Here we go. I’m sure it’ll change again next week in a year that’s been very hard to figure out.
