October 15, 2025

Good morning. If you read my last post, College Football Week 8 Big Ten Preview and Predictions, then you might’ve seen in the preview of the game between Oregon and Rutgers, I wrote that Rutgers fell into, what I call, the bottom third of the conference, and I said I would talk about what that means in a later article. Well, this is that article.

It’s no longer a secret, the days of the Big Ten actually having ten teams are long gone. Right now, the Big Ten is a conference with eighteen teams, and so, I decided to create a system, or a ranking structure for those teams. It’s a three-tier or a three-level system, with two categories within each tier to further divide the good teams from the not so good teams.

Tier 1
 Ohio State, Oregon, Indiana, Washington, USC, Nebraska

Category A: Ohio State, Indiana, Oregon

Category B: USC, Washington, Nebraska 

Tier 2
Michigan, Illinois, Northwestern, Iowa, Minnesota, Maryland

Category A: Illinois, Michigan, Iowa

Category B: Northwestern, Minnesota, Maryland

Tier 3
Penn State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Rutgers, UCLA, Purdue

Category A: UCLA, Penn State, Michigan State

Category B: Wisconsin, Rutgers, Purdue

 

Right now, in my opinion, this is how it looks, but this is going to change this weekend, of course. I think the top tier teams will stay in the top tier, but they might shift around from category to category. Ohio State is head and shoulders above everyone with Indiana being a close second, and I still think Oregon is still a pretty good football team.

What I don’t know is how good Washington, USC, and Nebraska are. I have a feeling that Nebraska might fall out of Tier 1, but Washington and USC still have Category A potential.

Alright everyone! We are heading into Week 8, and if you guys are interested in my Week 8 Pick Sheet for $4.50, just email me. Last week, I was 8-1 versus the point spread. Get on board and win you some cash.