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Big Ten Football Power Rankings, Week 1 — Yes, Nebraska is last

We’re here. Through it all, we all survived the offseason and now sit on the doorstep of real college football, and not just a sporadic few “Week 0” games. With the action soon kicking off, and several interconfertnce matchups on the horizon, let’s take a league-wide look at the Big Ten.

First game: at Minnesota (Thursday)

And circle gets the square. The Buckeyes might be entering the 2021 season in a similar predicament as Northwestern, with both squads returning so little production that it places them near the bottom of the FBS in the experience chart.