Ohio State is being picked to win the Big Ten football championship by the conference’s media. The league’s preseason poll dropped yesterday, giving the Buckeyes a narrow edge over Oregon, who received 11 first-place votes to OSU’s 15. Defending conference and national champion Indiana finished third in the poll with five first-place votes, followed by USC and Michigan. Illinois was picked 9th, with Iowa being picked 8th.
Here’s the final poll results….
- Ohio State (540 points)
- Oregon (527)
- Indiana (509)
- USC (446)
- Michigan (430)
- Penn State (380)
- Washington (366)
- Iowa (361)
- Illinois (304)
- Minnesota (268)
- Nebraska (246)
- Wisconsin (207)
- UCLA (199)
- Northwestern (140)
- Maryland (137)
- Michigan State (99)
- Rutgers (97)
- Purdue (45)
