I’m a fan of football—both college and professional. In anticipation for the upcoming CFB season, I’ve put together my predictions for the B1G-10 conference. This is not to be taken very seriously, and the only prediction I have the slightest bit of confidence in is the “Expected victory range.”
I went to the trouble of going to the level of detail of scores for each game, because I wanted to tell a possible story for the season, without having to write a screenplay. :)
Illinois (6-6)
Average points for: 26.3
Average points against: 22
Expected victory range: between 5 and 9
W [44-21] vs Toledo
W [28-15] at Kansas
L [23-11] vs Penn State
W [48-12] vs Florida Atlantic
W [39-15] at Purdue
L [38-25] vs Nebraska
L [40-35] at Maryland
L [25-10] vs Wisconsin
L [29-17] at Minnesota
W [36-13] vs Indiana
L [27-12] at Iowa
W [10-6] vs Northwestern
Indiana (3-9)
Average points for: 25.3
Average points against: 36.4
Expected victory range: between 1 and 5
L [38-20] vs Ohio State
W [36-10] vs Indiana State
L [49-33] vs Louisville
W [41-31] vs Akron
L [53-10] at Maryland
L [43-24] at Michigan
W [48-42] vs Rutgers
L [46-14] at Penn State
L [42-33] vs Wisconsin
L [36-13] at Illinois
L [25-23] vs Michigan State
L [22-9] at Purdue
Iowa (7-5)
Average points for: 24.9
Average points against: 13
Expected victory range: between 6 and 12
W [39-6] vs Utah State
L [11-10] at Iowa State
W [36-14] vs Western Michigan
L [34-32] at Penn State
L [13-7] vs Michigan State
L [21-15] vs Purdue
W [15-3] at Wisconsin
L [21-19] vs Minnesota
W [46-6] vs Northwestern
W [34-3] vs Rutgers
W [27-12] vs Illinois
W [19-12] at Nebraska
Maryland (7-5)
Average points for: 39.2
Average points against: 28.6
Expected victory range: between 5 and 9
W [58-7] vs Towson
W [45-21] vs Charlotte
W [28-24] vs Virginia
L [30-22] at Michigan State
W [53-10] vs Indiana
L [40-29] at Ohio State
W [40-35] vs Illinois
W [44-17] at Northwestern
L [33-32] vs Penn State
L [50-46] at Nebraska
L [35-20] vs Michigan
W [53-41] at Rutgers
Michigan (11-1)
Average points for: 42.8
Average points against: 22.5
Expected victory range: between 8 and 12
W [63-18] vs East Carolina
W [54-8] vs UNLV
W [39-0] vs Bowling Green
W [41-33] vs Rutgers
W [47-40] at Nebraska
W [34-21] at Minnesota
W [43-24] vs Indiana
L [24-21] at Michigan State
W [49-19] vs Purdue
W [53-38] at Penn State
W [35-20] at Maryland
W [35-25] vs Ohio State
Michigan State (7-5)
Average points for: 22.8
Average points against: 22.3
Expected victory range: between 2 and 9
W [48-17] vs Central Michigan
W [34-13] vs Richmond
L [26-21] vs Washington
W [30-22] vs Maryland
W [13-7] at Iowa
W [29-19] at Rutgers
W [24-21] vs Michigan
L [16-15] at Minnesota
L [35-18] vs Nebraska
L [39-0] at Ohio State
W [25-23] at Indiana
L [30-16] vs Penn State
Minnesota (9-3)
Average points for: 27.8
Average points against: 21.3
Expected victory range: between 5 and 10
W [40-29] vs Nebraska
W [53-0] vs Eastern Michigan
L [25-15] at North Carolina
W [47-21] at Northwestern
W [33-12] vs Louisiana
L [34-21] vs Michigan
W [21-19] at Iowa
W [16-15] vs Michigan State
W [29-17] vs Illinois
W [33-32] at Purdue
L [36-6] at Ohio State
W [19-12] vs Wisconsin
Nebraska (8-4)
Average points for: 37
Average points against: 29
Expected victory range: between 5 and 11
L [40-29] at Minnesota
L [47-38] at Colorado
W [50-23] vs Northern Illinois
W [49-14] vs Louisiana Tech
L [47-40] vs Michigan
W [38-25] at Illinois
W [15-14] vs Northwestern
W [54-34] vs Purdue
W [35-18] at Michigan State
W [50-46] vs Maryland
W [34-26] at Wisconsin
L [19-12] vs Iowa
Northwestern (2-10)
Average points for: 14.3
Average points against: 32.2
Expected victory range: between 1 and 5
L [45-10] at Rutgers
W [24-21] vs UTEP
L [25-16] at Duke
L [47-21] vs Minnesota
L [52-7] vs Penn State
W [32-16] vs Howard
L [15-14] at Nebraska
L [44-17] vs Maryland
L [46-6] vs Iowa
L [21-7] at Wisconsin
L [44-12] vs Purdue
L [10-6] at Illinois
Ohio State (10-2)
Average points for: 41.3
Average points against: 18.2
Expected victory range: between 9 and 12
W [38-20] at Indiana
W [66-7] vs Youngstown State
W [49-19] vs Western Kentucky
W [35-19] at Notre Dame
W [40-29] vs Maryland
W [57-6] at Purdue
L [27-25] vs Penn State
W [30-14] at Wisconsin
W [55-36] at Rutgers
W [39-0] vs Michigan State
W [36-6] vs Minnesota
L [35-25] at Michigan
Penn State (11-1)
Average points for: 38.8
Average points against: 21.5
Expected victory range: between 7 and 11
W [43-14] vs West Virginia
W [38-14] vs Delaware
W [23-11] at Illinois
W [34-32] vs Iowa
W [52-7] at Northwestern
W [50-17] vs UMass
W [27-25] at Ohio State
W [46-14] vs Indiana
W [33-32] at Maryland
L [53-38] vs Michigan
W [51-23] vs Rutgers
W [30-16] at Michigan State
Purdue (5-7)
Average points for: 24.8
Average points against: 32.8
Expected victory range: between 2 and 7
W [40-32] vs Fresno State
L [33-7] at Virginia Tech
W [34-26] vs Syracuse
L [34-23] vs Wisconsin
L [39-15] vs Illinois
W [21-15] at Iowa
L [57-6] vs Ohio State
L [54-34] at Nebraska
L [49-19] at Michigan
L [33-32] vs Minnesota
W [44-12] at Northwestern
W [22-9] vs Indiana
Rutgers (4-8)
Average points for: 31.7
Average points against: 34.8
Expected victory range: between 3 and 7
W [45-10] vs Northwestern
W [43-18] vs Temple
W [37-34] vs Virginia Tech
L [41-33] at Michigan
W [45-14] vs Wagner
L [30-15] at Wisconsin
L [29-19] vs Michigan State
L [48-42] at Indiana
L [55-36] vs Ohio State
L [34-3] at Iowa
L [51-23] at Penn State
L [53-41] vs Maryland
Wisconsin (7-5)
Average points for: 25.1
Average points against: 19.8
Expected victory range: between 5 and 11