Where they stand
Big Ten’s best All B10
Maryland 16-2 7-0
Iowa 15-3 6-1
Minnesota 16-3 5-2
Nebraska 15-3 5-2
Michigan 12-6 4-3
Gophers’ next eight
The team enters a stretch against seven teams that currently reside under the Big Ten’s top tier:
Sun. at Rutgers (4-3 Big Ten)
Wed. vs. Penn St. (1-7)
Feb. 1 at N’western (4-3)
Feb. 5 at Illinois (2-5)
Feb. 8 vs. Mich. St. (1-7)
Feb. 11 vs. Wisc. (3-5)
Feb. 15 at Penn St.
Feb. 17 vs. Iowa (6-1)
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