With one week of regular season play remaining, here’s the current state of the Big Ten standings:
- No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (24-3, 15-1)
- No. 14 Indiana Hoosiers (22-4, 13-3)
- No. 6 Iowa Hawkeyes (24-4, 13-3)
- Nebraska Cornhuskers (19-9, 11-6)
- Michigan State Spartans (20-7, 10-6)
- Michigan Wolverines (17-11, 8-8)
- Maryland Terrapins (16-11, 8-8)
- Illinois Fighting Illini (13-13, 7-9)
- Penn State Lady Lions (16-11, 7-9)
- Wisconsin Badgers (13-13, 6-10)
- Minnesota Golden Gophers (15-12, 5-11)
- Purdue Boilermakers (12-15, 5-11)
- Northwestern Wildcats (8-19, 3-13)
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights (8-22, 2-15)
Ohio State already has clinched a share of the regular season Big Ten title. The Buckeyes, riding a 14-game winning streak, would have to lose their final two games to not become the sole winners of the regular season crown.
That’s not impossible. The last team to beat red-hot Ohio State? Michigan. The Buckeyes and Wolverines meet again on Wednesday. Then, on Sunday, Ohio State closes out the season with Iowa. However, expect the Buckeyes to get revenge on the Wolverines, locking up sole possession of the championship before an end-of-season showdown against the Hawkeyes.
If that’s the case, determining which team finishes fourth will be the most consequential…
