Each Big Ten has played two conference games and will resume league play in early January. Here is our first edition of Big Ten power rankings, which will be published periodically this season, through two league games:
The Golden Gophers were crushed by Michigan State at home to open Big Ten play and then lost by 15 at Indiana in their second league contest. With four losses in their last five games, Minnesota has a couple of “get right” games against Farleigh Dickinson and Morgan State at Williams Arena before resuming league play against Purdue on Jan. 2.