About a year ago, the Big Ten published the conference schedules through 2028. Since there are so many teams, most fans knew that it would be possible that the schedules could be unbalanced, with some teams having easier schedules than others. The hope would be that it would balance out over time. But does it?
Even though the rankings of teams will likely change this year, and will definitely be different in future seasons, using the current rankings would at least give us an idea about the relative strength of schedules.
Top 25
Normally we would use the AP poll to determine the top-25 teams.