Thanks for this! Though I tend to be a more mathematical/left-brained person in a lot of aspects of my life (finance major, work in commercial banking), I tend to look at sports in a less "brainy" way.
My guesses:
Tier One - Clearly the top three teams in the Big Ten
Wisconsin
Purdue
Indiana
Tier Two - Has the horses to compete with Tier One but also an obstacle
Ohio State
Michigan State
Illinois
Michigan
Maryland
Tier Three - Can beat teams in Tier Two easily, but I think they'll have worse records
Minnesota
Iowa
Northwestern
Tier Four - Have no business beating the above teams, and if they do it's a major upset
Penn State
Rutgers
Nebraska
I can't see us getting up to third ever, but I am cautiously optimistic that we can be in the upper half of tier two if we keep playing well, improving and hopefully get a confidence-boosting win at UMD today! :thumb: That would put us around 4th or 5th in the Big Ten, which I imagine we'd all take gladly!