Officially, there is no preseason All-Big Ten team.
While most of college football’s other conferences conduct a media poll at or before their media days to put together a preseason all-conference team, the Big Ten instead releases a 10-player watch list that carries minimal significance and is generally ignored.
That’s not to say that a preseason all-conference team is particularly meaningful, either, as it ultimately becomes irrelevant once the actual season begins. It is, however, a good source of debate – and a forecast we can ultimately look back upon and critique later – as we count down the final weeks until the beginning of the season.