The USA Today Network's preseason Big Ten football poll. Twelve writers from the Network predicted the order of finish in the East and West divisions and prediction a conference champion. Seven points were awarded for a first-place vote, six points for second, five for third, etc. First-place votes in parentheses.
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East
x-Ohio State 84 (12)
Penn State 71
Michigan 58
Indiana 51
Michigan State 32
Maryland 25
Rutgers 15
West
Wisconsin 74 (5)
Minnesota 73 (6)
Iowa 61 (1)
Nebraska 38
Northwestern 36
Purdue 32
Illinois 22
x-conference champion
The 12 writers who participated in the poll: Frank Bodani, York Daily Record; Mike Carmin, Lafayette Journal & Courier; Graham Couch, The Lansing State Journal; Mark Emmert, The Des Moines Register; Christopher Iseman, Asbury Park Press; Chad Leistikow, The Des Moines Register; Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star; Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Bill Rabinowitz, The Columbus Dispatch; Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press; Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press; Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press.