The dust has settled on another Big Ten football season.

Ohio State remains a wagon. Indiana’s turnaround is legitimate. Oregon is headed back to the College Football Playoff. USC and Michigan football are just on that next tier. Iowa , with four losses by 15 total points, just missed out on a truly special year. Illinois was solid. Northwestern has plenty to be excited about. Penn State salvaged a year headed for the toilet. Nebraska, for the second year in a row, is going bowling. The boat keeps rowing in Minneapolis. Everyone else ... well, there’s always next year. Gulp.

It was a fun, wild and, at times, topsy-turvy year in one of the best football conferences in America. But, as is often the case, the cream rose to the top by the end.

Here are the final Big Ten power ran

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