Here’s the final regular season Power Rankings and they pretty much line up with the actual standings save for two teams.
Interestingly, Wisconsin has been atop the power rankings for the entire season yet it was only about halfway through conference play that the national polls started to reflect their excellent play. Props to Bo [...]
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Big Ten Power Rankings 03/10/08
RPI and Pomeroy Rankings (03/10/08)
Penn State got a little bump from their upset over Indiana. PSU’s Pomeroy ranking moved up to 112 from 115 and their RPI went from 155 to 148. Note however, that even with a 148 RPI, the Nits are way behind where one would want to be to lay claim to one of [...]
Big Ten Power Rankings (03/03/08)
#
Team
Pace
Off
Def
Pwr
Rank
1
Wisconsin
63.1
1.14
0.82
1.39
4
2
Michigan St.
65.4
1.15
0.88
1.31
16
3
Indiana
68.7
1.16
0.90
1.29
18
4
Purdue
67.4
1.10
0.86
1.28
20
5
Ohio St.
64.9
1.08
0.88
1.23
32
6
Illinois
63.7
1.05
0.87
1.22
38
7
Minnesota
68.0
1.10
0.91
1.20
43
8
Penn St.
65.4
1.06
0.98
1.08
108
9
Michigan
66.0
1.04
0.97
1.08
110
10
Iowa
60.2
0.98
0.91
1.07
113
11
Northwestern
62.6
1.03
1.03
1.00
162
PSU’s win over Michigan has allowed them to sneak a little ahead of both Iowa and Michigan in the rankings, but for all intents and purposes you can toss a blanket over the three teams. Wisconsin continues to lead the pack and Illinois continues to look out of place.
RPI and Pomeroy Rankings (03/03/08)
Amazingly, there’s no change in either the RPI or the Pomeroy rankings today vs Thursday. PSU still sits at 159 in the RPI and 108 in Pomeroy’s system. It’s almost like Saturday’s game didn’t happen.
RPI and Pomeroy Rankings (02/25/08)
Penn State’s Pomeroy and RPI rankings, #110 and #162, following their defeat at Minnesota showed virtually now change from their pregame rankings which were #110 and #161.
Big Ten Power Rankings (02/25/08)
Penn State, Michigan, and Iowa remain in a virtual dead heat for eighth through tenth places in the conference power rankings this week. With both Michigan and Iowa traveling to Happy Valley perhaps this week, perhaps things will be a little more sorted out come next Monday.
#
Team
Pace
Off
Def
Pwr
Rank
1
Wisconsin
63.6
1.14
0.83
1.38
5
2
Indiana
68.2
1.16
0.89
1.31
16
3
Michigan St.
65.7
1.14
0.88
1.30
18
4
Purdue
68.1
1.10
0.87
1.26
24
5
Ohio St.
65.3
1.08
0.87
1.25
28
6
Illinois
63.6
1.06
0.87
1.21
38
7
Minnesota
68.7
1.09
0.92
1.19
49
8
Michigan
65.5
1.06
0.98
1.09
106
9
Iowa
60.3
0.97
0.90
1.08
108
10
Penn St.
65.1
1.06
0.98
1.08
110
11
Northwestern
63.1
1.04
1.03
1.00
154
Battle for eighth in the power rankings
#
Team
Pace
Off
Def
Pwr
Rank
8
Iowa
60.5
0.97
0.90
1.0792
107
9
Penn St.
65.2
1.05
0.98
1.0772
110
10
Michigan
65.8
1.07
0.99
1.0769
111
The teams are so close that the calculation actually has to be carried out to the ten thousandth decimal place to sort out the 8th through 10th places. Michigan’s loss to Minnesota last night dropped them back to tenth.
PSU takes a hit in the power rankings
The egg that PSU laid in East Lansing last night showed up in the power rankings this morning. The Lions dropped two spots from eighth place to tenth. Effectively, Iowa, Michigan, and PSU are in a tie for eighth with only thousandths of points separating the three.
#
Team
Pace
Off
Def
Pwr
Rank
1
Wisconsin
63.6
1.14
0.83
1.38
5
2
Indiana
67.9
1.16
0.87
1.33
13
3
Michigan St.
66.0
1.13
0.88
1.29
19
4
Purdue
68.0
1.10
0.87
1.26
24
5
Ohio St.
65.3
1.08
0.87
1.24
29
6
Illinois
63.9
1.07
0.88
1.22
35
7
Minnesota
69.1
1.09
0.92
1.19
49
8
Iowa
60.5
0.97
0.90
1.08
107
9
Michigan
66.0
1.07
1.00
1.08
109
10
Penn [...]
Purdue climbs another spot in the power rankings
This week they slip past Michigan State into the third spot and number 22 nationally. Matt Painter has a stranglehold lock on the Big Ten coach of the year award and is making a huge bid for that honor nationally.
Almost as amazingly, Illinois continues to maintain a strong power ranking climbing six spots [...]
