Ranking Big Ten football teams by PFF grade through Week 7
The Big Ten is set to kick off yet another week in-conference, and while there aren’t many big marquee matchups, we are getting a better and better perspective of where each team stands now seven weeks in.
According to the advanced analytics, by PFF, most of the top teams are those you’d expect, but there are some outliers. For instance, while Ohio State and Penn State each have one loss, the Nittany Lions are ranked significantly lower than the Buckeyes. Wisconsin may have three losses, but it’s ranked much higher than, say, Nebraska, with four.
Here is how PFF ranks the teams in the Big Ten, along with how they rank nationally overall, offensively, and on defense, as well as their grades.
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Predicting every Big Ten football game in Week 8
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Overall rank (grade): 109 (70.4)
Offense rank (grade): 101 (67.4)
Defense rank (grade): 103 (64.4)
Last week: 14
Photo: Ron Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 96 (73.4)
Offense rank (grade): 106 (66.1)
Defense rank (grade): 78 (71.7)
Last week: 13
Photo: Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 87 (75.6)
Offense rank (grade): 88 (70.5)
Defense rank (grade): 70 (72.7)
Last week: 12
Photo: Ron Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 82 (76.5)
Offense rank (grade): 33 (79.9)
Defense rank (grade): 115 (58.1)
Last week: 11
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Overall rank (grade): 81 (77.0)
Offense rank (grade): 73 (72.9)
Defense rank (grade): 60 (76.8)
Last week: 9
Photo: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 76 (78.3)
Offense rank (grade): 104 (67.0)
Defense rank (grade): 42 (81.1)
Last week: 8
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Overall rank (grade): 70 (79.2)
Offense rank (grade): 54 (76.0)
Defense rank (grade): 97 (66.2)
Last week: 10
Penn State Nittany Lions
Photo: Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 39 (87.0)
Offense rank (grade): 82 (72.1)
Defense rank (grade): 21 (86.7)
Last week: 7
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Overall rank (grade): 20 (91.2)
Offense rank (grade): 45 (77.5)
Defense rank (grade): 15 (88.8)
Last week: 6
Photo: Nick Wosika-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 16 (91.7)
Offense rank (grade): 10 (86.5)
Defense rank (grade): 39 (81.8)
Last week: 5
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Overall rank (grade): 12 (92.1)
Offense rank (grade): 38 (78.5)
Defense rank (grade): 3 (92.3)
Last week: 3
Photo: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 12 (92.1)
Offense rank (grade): 12 (86.1)
Defense rank (grade): 8 (90.9)
Last week: 4
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Overall rank (grade): 4 (94.2)
Offense rank (grade): 24 (82.5)
Defense rank (grade): 6 (91.8)
Last week: 2
(AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Overall rank (grade): 2 (94.9)
Offense rank (grade): 1 (94.7)
Defense rank (grade): 26 (85.0)
Last week: 1
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