College football returns to the Big Ten this week, with games as early as Thursday all the way through Sunday. That means the Big Ten Power Rankings have officially returned!
Perhaps a first and a last all in one, this week’s ranking comes at the convergence of Week 1 and the beginning of the final season with 14 members in the Big Ten.
14. Northwestern Wildcats (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten)
Fraught with being bottom of the barrel last year and the exit of Pat Fitzgerald for less than ideal reasons, Northwestern won’t clamber out from the Big Ten’s basement.