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• I use raw score except that any game decided in OT is considered closer than any game decided in regulation (ie, winning by one point in regulation is a "bigger" win than winning by eight in OT).  
• The opponents of the eight teams that have played five opponents (IU, M, RU, PSU, NU, IA, MN, IL) are rated 1-2-3-4-5 with ties treated as half of each (ie, if two teams are tied for the best performance they each get 1.5).  
• The opponents of the four teams that have played four opponents (tOSU, MSU, PU, UNL) are rated 1.5-2.5-3.5-4.5 on the theory that IF that opponent had played five, this is the average of the two possible outcomes.  
• The opponents of the two teams that have played three opponents (UW, UMD) are rated 2-3-4 on the theory that IF that opponent had played five, this is the average of the three possible outcomes.  

• Iowa:  First of five (1) against NU,MN, and PSU.  First of four (1.5) against MSU.  Third of four (3.5) against PU.  

• Ohio State:  First of five (1) against IU and RU.  First of four (1.5) against UNL.  Third of five (3) against PSU.  

• Wisconsin:  First of five (1) against M and IL.  Fourth of five (4) against NU.  

• Northwestern:  First of four (1.5) against PU.  First of three (2) against UW and UMD.  Second of five against IA.  Third of five (3.5) against UNL.  

• Purdue:  First of five (1) against IA.  Second of five (2) against NU.  Third of five (3) against IL.  Fourth of five (4) against MN.  

• Indiana:  First of four (1.5) against tOSU.  Second of five (2) against M and RU.  Second of four (2.5) against MSU.  Last of five (5) against PSU.  

• Minnesota:  Second of five (2) against IL.  Second of four (2.5) against PU.  Second of three (3) against UMD.  Third of five (3) against IA.  Last of five (5) against M.  

• Maryland:  Second of five (2) against PSU.  Third of five (3) against MN.  Last of five (5) against NU.  

• Penn State:  Second of five (2) against IU.  Second of four (2.5) against tOSU.  Fourth of five (4) against IA.  Last of three (4) against UMD.  Last of four (4.5) against UNL.  

• Michigan:  Second of five (2) against MN.  Tied for 2nd/3rd of three (3.5) against UW.  Fourth of five (4) against IU and RU.  Last of four (4.5) against MSU.  
• Rutgers:  Third of five (3) against IU.  Third of four (3.5) against MSU and tOSU.  Fourth of five (4) against M and IL.  

• Illinois:  Second of four (2.5) against UNL.  Third of five (3) against RU.  Tied for 2nd/3rd of three (3.5) against UW.  Last of four (4.5) against PU.  

• Nebraska:  Third of five (3) against NU.  Fourth of five (4) against PSU.  Last of four (4.5) against tOSU.  Last of five (5) against IL.  

• Michigan State:  Third of five (3) against M.  Last of five (5) against IU, IA, RU.  

• 1.60 Iowa
• 1.63 Ohio State
• 2.00 Wisconsin
• 2.20 Northwestern
• 2.50 Purdue
• 2.60 Indiana
• 3.10 Minnesota
• 3.33 Maryland
• 3.40 Penn State
• 3.60 (tie) Michigan
• 3.60 (tie) Rutgers
• 3.70 Illinois
• 4.13 Nebraska
• 4.50 Michigan State

• Ohio State:  This spot changed hands twice over the weekend and ended up right back where it started.  Right about 3pm the Buckeyes were up 4 TD's on IU and I was confident that I would have them in this spot.  Over the next roughly 25 minutes of game-time in Columbus I was thoroughly unimpressed with the Buckeyes as they got outscored 28-7 by the Hoosiers and I was confident that I would have Wisconsin in this spot.  Then Wisconsin accepted the kickoff in Ryan Field and four hours later I was back to having Ohio State in this spot. 
• Northwestern:  This is a tough call for me between the Wildcats, Badgers, and Hawkeyes but the Cats are 2-0 against those other two so they get #2.  They have a case for #1.  Their five opponents are better than Ohio State's four and their 10 point win over Wisconsin is impressive.  I kept them below the Buckeyes due to their one-possession wins over PU, IA, and UNL. 
• Wisconsin:  It is close between the Badgers and Hawkeyes but I think the Hawkeyes are going to have to beat the Badgers to take #3 from them. 
• Iowa:  Their two losses came by five combined points in the first two weeks of the season.  Since then they have three blowout wins. 
• Indiana:  I would have put Purdue here but losing to MN is not a good way to move up in my rankings and the Hoosiers never gave up and put up a hell of a fight in Columbus.  When they got down 35-7 it would have been easy to fall apart, they didn't. 
• Purdue:  Although with that loss to MN they are on notice . . .
• Maryland:  Mostly because of the H2H blowout of
• Penn State:  As noted above, this team is Jeckyll and Hyde.  Their first-two weeks performance would have them at #3 or 4.  Their last three weeks would have them at #12 or 13. 
• Minnesota:  The early blowout loss to M is still holding them back.  If they show some fight against UW this weekend I'll move them up. 
• Michigan:  I think that the MSU loss is just an outlier.  Their other two losses at least were to good teams.  
• Illinois:  I don't know what to do with this team.  Great win over UNL and they also beat Rutgers but they got blown out by UW (not a big deal) and Minnesota (a big deal). 
• Rutgers:  Close losses to the two teams directly ahead of them in these rankings hurt a lot. 
• Nebraska:  I can't believe I have them this low. 
• Michigan State:  I can't believe how bad they are. 

• 7 Maryland:  Mostly because of the H2H blowout of
• 8 Penn State:    

  

• 10 Michigan:  Here because they beat
• 11 Illinois:    

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I'm not going to try to change your mind about dirtbaggery in the athletic department at Maryland.  But FYI, the university's assessmentas of late last week, per the Washington Post is "Nearly a quarter of the Terps’ roster is in that 21-day process."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/11/20/maryland-football-outbreak-schedule/