S&P+ Ratings this week:
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4. Michigan (Rating percentile, 96.9% - Offense Rk, 27 / Defense Rk, 1 / Special Teams Rk, 5)
5. OSU (96.7% - 4/41/20)
7. PSU (94.5% - 19/16/98)
16. Wisconsin (88.2% - 5/63/47)
21. Iowa (84.1% - 53/19/45)
33. MSU (76.2% - 75/21/36)
39. Purdue (73.9% - 17/84/69)
53. Minnesota (61.6% - 103/23/15)
55. Maryland (58.9% - 74/45/9)
64. Indiana (49.5% - 88/50/65)
68. Northwestern (46.7% - 99/43/120)
69. Nebraska (45.1% - 61/79/110)
102. Illinois (18.3% - 80/111/42)
124. Rutger (5.5% - 127/92/8)
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Offense Only:
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1. OSU (4)
2. Wisconsin (5)
3. Purdue (17)
4. PSU (19)
5. Michigan (27)
6. Iowa (53)
7. Nebraska (61)
8. Maryland (74)
9. MSU (75)
10. Illinois (80)
11. Indiana (88)
12. Northwestern (99)
13. Minnesota (103)
14. Rutger (127)
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Still a big gap between #5 and #6, though by skipping ahead of others in its group, Iowa also shrunk the margin a bit
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Defense Only:
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1. Michigan (1)
2. PSU (16)
3. Iowa (19)
4. MSU (21)
5. Minnesota (23)
6. OSU (41)
7. Northwestern (43)
10. Maryland (45)
8. Indiana (50)
9. Wisconsin (63)
11. Nebraska (79)
12. Purdue (84)
13. Rutger (92)
14. Illinois (111)
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Conference defense keeps taking a hit.
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Special Teams Only:
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1. Michigan (5)
2. Rutger (8)
3. Maryland (9)
4. Minnesota (15)
5. OSU (20)
6. MSU (36)
7. Illinois (42)
8. Iowa (45)
9. Wisconsin (47)
10. Indiana (65)
11. Purdue (69)
12. PSU (98)
13. Nebraska (110)
14. Northwestern (120)
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This has been the most volatile of the three, which, given the small STs sample sizes per game probably makes every kind of sense.