Big Ten power poll: Wonder if Mr. Born On Third Base is fired up this week?

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POLLS: Preseason | Week One | Week Two | Week Three | Week Four | Week Five | Week Six | Week Seven | Week Eight | Week Nine | Week Ten | Week Eleven

Week 12 is in the books. Where’s your school?

1. Ohio State (11-0): Wonder if Mr. Born On Third Base is fired up this week?

Last week: at Maryland, W, 43-30

Up next: Michigan

2. Michigan (11-0): The last win in Columbus? The 2000 season. Hope Harbaugh has been chugging whole milk from the carton.

Last week: Illinois, W, 19-17

Up next: at Ohio State

3. Penn State (9-2): Shhhhhhh. This is the quietest 10-win team in America.

Last week: at Rutgers, W, 55-10

Up next: Michigan State

4. Iowa (7-4): Look who’s laughing now: The prettiest ugly team in America.

Last week: at Minnesota, W, 13-10

Up next: Nebraska (Friday)

5. Purdue: (7-4): The Boilers can win the Bucket, claim a share of the West title and avoid Ohio State/Michigan in B1G title game. Life is good!

Last week: Northwestern, W, 17-9

Up next: at Indiana

6. Illinois (7-4): That was fun while it lasted.

Last week: at Michigan, L, 19-17

Up next: at Northwestern

7. Minnesota (7-4): You can have Blake Corum or Chase Brown. I want Mo Ibrahim. And, it’s not even close.

Last week: Iowa, L, 13-10

Up next: at Wisconsin

8. Wisconsin (6-5): Is Jim Leonhard REALLY the answer? Asking for a friend named Paul C.

Last week: at Nebraska, W, 15-14

Up next: Minnesota

9. Maryland (6-5): The Maryland mantra: Thank god for Rutgers!

Last week: Ohio State, L, 43-30

Up next: Rutgers

10. Indiana (4-7): Win or lose vs. Purdue, Tom Allen’s hat game is No. 1 in the Big Ten.

Last week: at Michigan State, W, 39-31, 2 OT

Up next: Purdue

11. Michigan State (5-6): Not only did Sparty lose the Old Brass Spittoon, it also kissed its bowl hopes good-bye. Gonna be a COLD East Lansing winter. Cold.

Last week: Indiana, L, 39-31 2 OT

Up next: at Penn State

12. Rutgers (4-7) The quiet desperation is real for a traction-less program.

Last week: Penn State, L, 55-10

Up next: at Maryland

13. Nebraska (3-8): Will the Big Ten’s Charlie Brown ever figure it out again?

Last week: Wisconsin, L, 15-14

Up next: at Iowa (Friday)

14. Northwestern (1-10): What in the name of John Pont and Francis Peay is going on out there?

Last week: at Purdue, L, 17-9

Up next: Illinois

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