Big Ten Week Six Picks

5 Weeks down, 5 to go in the regular season Big Ten race. I went 8-3 in picking Big Ten games this week, putting me at 47-16 through five weeks.

Tuesday
Indiana @ Wisconsin: Pick: Wisconsin
Northwestern @ Nebraska: Pick: Nebraska
Rutgers @ Illinois: Pick: Illinois

Wednesday
Ohio St @ Purdue: Pick: Purdue
Penn St @ Maryland: Pick:Maryland

Thursday
Iowa @ Michigan: Pick: Michigan

Saturday
Illinois @ Michigan St: Pick: Michigan St
Purdue @ Minnesota: Pick: Minnesota
Nebraska @ Penn St: Pick: Nebraska
Northwestern @ Wisconsin: Pick: Wisconsin

Sunday
Michigan @ Indiana: Pick: Indiana
Maryland @ Iowa: Pick: Maryland
Ohio St @ Rutgers: Pick: Ohio St

Big Ten Standings
Through five weeks its starting to look like what we expected all along, Wisconsin should easily win the Big Ten. They have opened up a full two game lead in the standings, which is practically unheard of most years for a team to open up a multi game lead over everyone else. After Wisconsin though, there is virtually no separation between 2nd place and 8th place. It will be a crazy race to see where those teams end up in the standings, as the top 4 teams get a double bye in the Big Ten tournament. Here are the standings as they stand today

1. Wisconsin; 7-1
2. Maryland: 6-3
3. Ohio St: 6-3
4. Indiana: 6-3
5. Michigan St: 6-3
6.  Purdue: 6-3
7. Michigan: 6-4
8. Iowa: 4-4
9. Illinois: 4-5
10. Nebraska: 4-5
11. Minnesota: 3-7
12. Penn St: 2-7
13. Rutgers: 2-8
14. Northwestern: 1-7