You know the college football season is starting to creep closer when you start to sea preseason rankings come out — and that’s exactly what we have from Pro Football Focus (PFF).
PFF released its preseason rankings for the upcoming 2021 season, and to no surprise Ohio State is the highest-ranked Big Ten team. But where do the Spartans land in these preseason rankings? And how does the green-and-white compare to their fellow conference foes?
Below is a full list of where every team in the Big Ten was ranked in PFF’s full 130 FBS team ranking leading into the 2021 college football season.
Note: Only teams ranked in PFF’s top 25 were given odds to win a conference championship and a national championship.
Ohio State
National rank: 3
Big Ten rank: 1
National championship win probability: 13.0%
Conference championship win probability: 48.0%
Iowa
National rank: 9
Big Ten rank: 2
National championship win probability: 2.0%
Conference championship win probability: 17.0%
Wisconsin
National rank: 14
Big Ten rank: 3
National championship win probability: 2.0%
Conference championship win probability: 11.0%
Penn State
National rank: 19
Big Ten rank: 4
National championship win probability: 0.0%
Conference championship win probability: 2.0%
Indiana
National rank: 24
Big Ten rank: 5
National championship win probability: 0.0%
Conference championship win probability: 7.0%
Michigan
National rank: 25
Big Ten rank: 6
National championship win probability: 0.0%
Conference championship win probability: 5.0%
Minnesota
National rank: 38
Big Ten rank: 7
Northwestern
National rank: 42
Big Ten rank: 8
Nebraska
National rank: 51
Big Ten rank: 9
Maryland
National rank: 56
Big Ten rank: 10
Michigan State
National rank: 70
Big Ten rank: 11
Purdue
National rank: 80
Big Ten rank: 12
Illinois
National rank: 82
Big Ten rank: 13
Rutgers
National rank: 108
Big Ten rank: 14