Ahead of the annual Big Ten Media Days, the Big Ten Preseason Media Poll was released on Wednesday, where the first rankings of the new-look conference were revealed.
The Wisconsin Badgers were tied for 12th with the Nebraska Cornhuskers, placing them in the bottom half of the conference ahead of the season.
Here are the full rankings with the number of votes each team received, with first-place votes in parentheses.
1. Purdue, 572 (20)
2. Indiana, 549 (7)
3. UCLA, 510 (2)
4. Illinois, 458 (2)
5. Michigan State, 448 (1)
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