MEGAN RYAN’S BIG TEN RANKINGS
1. No. 3 Ohio State 3-0
2. No. 10 Indiana 3-0
3. No. 23 Northwestern 3-0
4. Purdue 2-0
5. No. 13 Wisconsin 1-0
6. Maryland 2-1
7. Michigan 1-2
8. Iowa 1-2
9. Rutgers 1-2
10. Michigan State 1-2
11. Gophers 1-2
12. Nebraska 0-2
13. Penn State 0-3
14. Illinois 0-3
Comment: What a far fall for Penn State. The Nittany Lions finished second in the East division last season and started the year 8-0 before dropping to the Gophers and Ohio State. Now they’re winless through three games of a nine-game schedule, and the performances keep trending down, from a one-point overtime loss at Indiana to a 38-25 defeat against the Buckeyes to a 35-19 failure to Maryland.
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