In fact, the Buckeyes are the unanimous favorites.
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The media unanimously voted the Buckeyes to win the conference in the fifth annual cleveland.com Big Ten preseason football poll, while 32 of 40 voters picked UW to win the West Division. That would be a repeat for Bosa, who won the award as a sophomore for Ohio State’s 2014 national championship team.
Perhaps we’re all a victim of group think right now, but every single voter also chose Michigan State as the East Division runner-up.
There wasn’t much trouble picking the west division either, as Wisconsin collected 32 of 40 first place votes.
Bosa got 37 of 38 first-place votes in a poll that included the Free Press’ Mark Snyder and Joe Rexrode, with the other first-place vote going to Maryland cornerback William Likely.
Wisconsin and Nebraska are both bringing in new head coaches but have the talent to stay atop the west. Michigan State was picked to finished second in the East Division, followed by Penn State and Michigan.
In the east, Penn State is picked to finish third with Michigan picked fourth. The conference preseason media days with the head coach and three players from each team will take place in Chicago on Thursday and Friday. Rutgers 78 7. Indiana 76.5.
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Though Michigan State is just two years removed from winning the Big Ten and the Rose Bowl, that is a distant memory in the eyes of the Big Ten football writers.
