25 writers picked Ohio State to win the East, with 8 votes going to MI. Ohio State tallied 27 votes of confidence the Buckeye will win the Big Ten title. However, unlike 2015, it wasn’t a unanimous decision for Ohio State, but it was still overwhelming. All this comes with the Big Ten set to hold its annual football kickoff media event Monday and Tuesday in Chicago. He receives just as much attention as any other player, defensive or otherwise, in the Big Ten, and his new position/role obviously has people intrigued.
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A year ago at this time, Iowa athletic director Gary Barta was answering questions about why he maintained patience in Kirk Ferentz and what he thought about the low season ticket-renewal rate from Iowa fans.
The conference whose turn it might be to sit and watch the four-team playoff from the outside this season? If you think Michigan and Wisconsin and Nebraska and Penn State might be better, and Ohio State and Michigan State and Iowa will remain tough, then you believe the Big Ten is getting better. If not, the Big Ten will be more interesting for teams striving to make conference championship game.
The website’s poll has the Buckeyes winning the conference again.
The Wolverines earned 14 votes to win the division, while the Spartans gained a single vote. In the absence of official Big Ten predictions, though, cleveland.com has conducted an unofficially official Big Ten preseason poll for the last six seasons.
As for Lewis, it’s not at all surprising that he received two first-place votes.
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Finally, while 32 voters have Iowa making a second-straight trip to the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis in December, only one fearless soul picked Iowa to actually win that game.
