OK, yeah we’re still a decent ways out from seeing Ohio State in a real, live American football contest, but you know how it works. We don’t stop thinking and breathing Buckeye football here. And apparently, neither does ESPN.
In fact, ESPN’s Bill Connelly — the mad analytical scientist that came up and manages the SP+ rankings — has already thrown the ingredients into the blips and bloops of the computer rankings projections for college football teams for 2022, and we have some interesting data to look at. First and foremost, Ohio State sits high atop those projections for next season, but we don’t stop there.
We often take a look at the entire conference here at Buckeyes Wire because you have to know the competition to know where you stand, so that’s what we’re doing with these rankings.
On that note, how does the entire Big Ten stack up with the projected SP+ rankings? Where does Michigan land after an overachieving and clearly non-humbling season for its fans? Who is expected to compete with the Buckeyes, and what about where things might stand with the West division?
Here’s a look at the Big Ten when it comes to the SP+ rankings projections for 2022. We rank them as usual from No. 14 all the way to what team is expected to sit on the throne of the conference.
