The Big Ten power rankings will be published weekly throughout the regular season using a mix of data-driven insight and unapologetic subjectivity. With 18 teams, nine conference games and wild variations in the quality of non-conference schedules, comparative analysis is an inherently flawed approach. Which is fine, because the Hotline hasn’t been wrong about anything in at least 90 minutes.

(Last week’s rankings are here.)

In case the Big Ten isn’t producing enough headlines recently, what with Penn State firing James Franklin and the conference pondering a $2.4 billion cash infusion, the basketball school in the bottom left corner of the footprint has quietly delivered a notable nugget.

UCLA is getting serious about football.

Yes, we’ve heard that line before in Westwood. But this i

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