Jonathan’s 2001 BIG TEN Football Predictions
Predicted Standings for BIG TEN 2001
| Team | Conference Record |
Overall Record |
| *Northwestern | 6-2 | 9-2 |
| Michigan | 6-2 | 9-2 |
| Ohio State | 5-3 | 7-4 |
| Penn State | 5-3 | 7-4 |
| Indiana | 4-4 | 6-5 |
| Michigan State | 4-4 | 6-5 |
| Purdue | 3-5 | 5-6 |
| Illinois | 3-5 | 5-6 |
| Wisconsin | 2-6 | 5-6 |
| Minnesota | 2-6 | 4-7 |
| Iowa | 1-7 | 3-8 |
(*) indicates that this team wins tiebreaker over team
with same conference record
2001 Preseason All-BIG TEN Team
1st Team Offense
| Position | Player | Team |
| QB | Zak Kustok | Northwestern
|
| RB | Damien Anderson |
Northwestern |
| RB | T.J. Duckett | Michigan State
|
| WR | Ron Johnson | Minnesota
|
| WR | Marquise Walter | Michigan
|
| TE | Tim Stratton | Purdue
|
| *OL | LeCharles Bentley | Ohio
State |
| *OL | Luke Butkus | Illinois
|
| *OL | Jeff Roehl | Northwestern
|
| *OL | Tyson Walter | Ohio State
|
| *OL | Austin King | Northwestern
|
| K | Dan Nystrom | Minnesota
|
1st Team Defense
| Position | Player | Team |
| *DL | Wendell Bryant | Wisconsin
|
| *DL | Josh Shaw | Michigan State
|
| *DL | Akin Ayodele | Purdue
|
| *DL | Jimmy Kennedy | Penn State
|
| LB | Joe Cooper | Ohio State
|
| LB | Napoleon Harris |
Northwestern |
| LB | Josh Thornhill | Michigan
State |
| *DB | Mike Echols | Wisconsin
|
| *DB | Todd Howard | Michigan
|
| *DB | Mike Doss | Ohio State
|
| *DB | Stuart Schweigert |
Purdue |
| P | Preston Gruening | Minnesota
|
| AP | Antwaan Randle** | Indiana
|
The following players could easily make the all-conference team by the end of the season:
Tellis Redmon (RB,MN).....Jonathan Wells (RB,OSU).....Kurt Kittner (QB,ILL).....Nick
Griessen (LB,WI).....Matt Mitrione (DL,PUR).....Larry Foote (LB,MI).
*Regardless of position
**Could also be considered a WR or QB
Must-See Games of BIG TEN 2001
Illinois at Purdue
Indiana at Michigan State
Purdue at Indiana
Iowa at Iowa State
Minnesota at Iowa
Michigan at Michigan State
Ohio State at Michigan
Michigan at Penn State
Michigan State at Purdue
Northwestern at Ohio State
Penn State at Northwestern
Ohio State at Penn State
Penn State at Michigan State
Purdue at Cincinnati
Wisconsin at Minnesota
Rating the Schedules from Toughest to Easiest in BIG TEN 2001
1) Penn State
2) Purdue
3) Wisconsin
4) Ohio State
5) Michigan State
6) Michigan
7) Illinois
8) Indiana
9) Minnesota
10) Northwestern
11) Iowa
Out-of-Conference Opponents for each Team
Illinois: N. Illinois, California, Louisville
Indiana: Kentucky, Utah, N. Carolina State
Iowa: Kent State, Miami (Oh), Iowa State
Michigan: Miami (Oh), W. Michigan, Washington
Michigan State: C. Michigan, Missouri, Notre Dame
Minnesota: LA-Lafayette, Baylor, Toledo
Northwestern: Navy, Duke, UNLV
Ohio State: Akron, San Diego State, UCLA
Penn State: Virginia, Southern Miss, Miami
Purdue: Akron, Cincinnati, Notre Dame
Wisconsin: Virginia, Western Kentucky, Oregon
Coaching Changes in the BIG TEN for 2001
| Team | Out | In |
| Ohio State | John Cooper | Jim Tressel |
2001 BIG TEN Composite
Schedule
| | Aug 25 | Sep 1 | Sep 8 | Sep 15 |
Sep 22 | Sep 29 | Oct 6 | Oct 13 | Oct 20 |
Oct 27 | Nov 3 | Nov 10 | Nov 17 | Nov 24 |
| ILLINOIS | - | at
California | N. Illinois | Louisville |
at Michigan | - | Minnesota |
at Indiana | Wisconsin | - |
at Purdue | Penn State | at Ohio State
| (22nd) NW’trn |
| INDIANA | - | - |
at NC State | Kentucky | Utah
| Ohio State | at Wisconsin | Illinois
| at Iowa | - | Northwestern |
at Michigan State | at Penn State
| Purdue |
| IOWA | - | Kent State |
Miami (Oh) | at Iowa State | -
| Penn State | at Purdue | at
Michigan State | Indiana
| Michigan | at Wisconsin | at NW’trn
| Minnesota | - |
| MICHIGAN | - | Miami
(Oh) | at Washington | Western Michigan
| Illinois | - | at Penn State
| Purdue | - | at Iowa |
at Michigan State | Minnesota | at
Wisconsin | Ohio State |
| MICHIGAN STATE | - |
- | Central Michigan | Missouri | at
Notre Dame | at NW’trn | - | Iowa
| at Minnesota | at Wisconsin |
Michigan | Indiana | at Purdue |
Penn State |
| MINNESOTA | - | (8/30)
at Toledo | LA-Laf | Baylor | - |
Purdue | at Illinois | at NW’trn |
Michigan State | - | Ohio State |
at Michigan | at Iowa | Wisconsin |
| NORTHWESTERN | - | -
| (7th) at UNLV | Navy | at Duke
| Michigan State | at Ohio State |
Minnesota | Penn State | at Purdue |
at Indiana | Iowa | - | (22nd) at
Illinois |
| OHIO STATE | - | - |
Akron | San Diego State | at UCLA
| at Indiana | NW’trn | Wisconsin
| - | at Penn State | at Minnesota |
Purdue | Illinois | at Michigan |
| PENN STATE | - | Miami
| - | (13th) at Virginia | Wisconsin
| at Iowa | Michigan | - |
at NW’trn | Ohio State | Southern Miss |
at Illinois | Indiana | at Michigan State
|
| PURDUE | - | (2nd) at
Cincinnati | - | Notre Dame | Akron
| at Minnesota | Iowa | at Michigan
| - | NW’trn | Illinois |
at Ohio State | Michigan State | at Indiana
|
| WISCONSIN | Virginia |
at Oregon | Fresno State | W.
Kentucky | at Penn State | - | Indiana
| at Ohio State | at Illinois | Michigan
State | Iowa | - | Michigan |
at Minnesota |
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