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Big Ten Football Power Rankings, Week Nine: Embarking on a historic fight for the East

If you were a ranked team in the Top 25 whose name started with the letter “P,” you probably didn’t have a good Saturday. With the former AP No. 7 and No. 25, Penn State and Purdue respectively, losing in Week Eight, that now marks six of the eight weeks of the season in which a ranked team in this conference has lost. That trend is guaranteed to continue this week, with two ranked showdowns in the East, and after this Saturday passes, there will only be one undefeated team left in the Big Ten. Without further ado, let’s get into the final power rankings of the month of October.