A newly released cleveland.com poll shows that those in attendance at this year's Big Ten Media Days will be expecting great things from the Michigan Wolverines this year. Michigan is projected to win the Big Ten East, earning 27 first-place votes among polled writers, the most of any team in the conference. This is the first time in four years that the Ohio State Buckeyes, who received eight first-place votes, haven’t been projected to represent the East Division in Indianapolis; writers project them to finish second to the Wolverines.
The final two first-place votes out of 37 cast went to Penn State, who the majority of writers project to finish third in the east.