Ranking Big Ten teams by PFF grade through Week 4
Another week of college football has gone by and while some teams in the Big Ten struggled — looking at you Michigan and Michigan State — they still came out victorious. Others lost but looked improved, like Nebraska and Illinois. Ohio State rolled over Akron while Minnesota inexplicably lost at home to Bowling Green.
It was a wild week, to say the least.
Taking a look at how PFF graded each team cumulatively over the course of the season, the grades share more about overall execution compared to either predicting who will win future matchups, strength of schedule, or how they actually stack up against each other. In other words, it isn’t a power ranking. But it is a good snapshot to see how teams have executed thus far.
This ranking below is according to the overall team score, but we’ve also included offensive and defensive grades, and how each team ranks in the FBS according to PFF.
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Ranking the Big Ten quarterbacks through Week 4 by PFF grades
Photo: Ron Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 94 (72.8)
Offense rank (grade): 92 (67.3)
Defense rank (grade): 84 (72.0)
Oklahoma’s Perrion Winfrey (8) and Brian Asamoah (24) bring down Nebraska’s Adrian Martinez (2) during Saturday’s game in Norman.
Overall rank (grade): 86 (72.8)
Offense rank (grade): 82 (67.3)
Defense rank (grade): 40 (72.0)
Wisconsin’s Chez Mellusi celebrates his touchdown run during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Penn State Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Madison, Wis. Penn State won 16-10. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Overall rank (grade): 75 (80.8)
Offense rank (grade): 71 (70.7)
Defense rank (grade): 74 (75.2)
Photo: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 74 (81.0)
Offense rank (grade): 70 (71.0)
Defense rank (grade): 71 (75.5)
Photo: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 68 (82.8)
Offense rank (grade): 66 (72.4)
Defense rank (grade): 85 (72.5)
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Overall rank (grade): 63 (83.8)
Offense rank (grade): 78 (70.0)
Defense rank (grade): 53 (78.4)
(Nikos Frazier/Journal & Courier via AP)
Overall rank (grade): 57 (84.4)
Offense rank (grade): 56 (73.5)
Defense rank (grade): 72 (75.4)
Photo: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 30 (90.6)
Offense rank (grade): 37 (77.7)
Defense rank (grade): 38 (81.6)
Penn State Nittany Lions
Photo: Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 19 (91.2)
Offense rank (grade): 25 (80.4)
Defense rank (grade): 35 (82.1)
Photo: Lansing State Journal
Overall rank (grade): 18 (91.6)
Offense rank (grade): 26 (79.8)
Defense rank (grade): 35 (87.7)
Photo: HawkCentral
Overall rank (grade): 16 (91.9)
Offense rank (grade): 59 (3.1)
Defense rank (grade): 3 (91.2)
Photo: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports
Overall rank (grade): 12 (92.7)
Offense rank (grade): 6 (87.8)
Defense rank (grade): 59 (77.5)
Photo: The Columbus Dispatch
Overall rank (grade): 8 (93.7)
Offense rank (grade): 1 (93.0)
Defense rank (grade): 60 (77.2)
Michigan Wolverines
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Overall rank (grade): 3 (95.4)
Offense rank (grade): 8 (85.4)
Defense rank (grade): 6 (90.2)
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