Big Ten Preseason Media Poll

[BigBalls]

USC #4.

In a separate poll asking how many conference teams will make the playoffs the consensus was 4 B1G teams will get in.

For Conference Offensive POY Maiava was selected to end up 4th behind Jeremiah Smith, Dante Moore and Julian Saying .

I’m going to speculate that finishing 4th translates into a 10-2 record, play off berth.

 

 

[Butkus51]

You guys may think I’m crazy, loco, but my top 4:

1.  Oregon,  fairly easy schedule.  Could go undefeated in 2026

2.  USC,  medium schedule.  If DC Patterson gets his D talent in the top 10; USC is gonna be a contender for da B1G crown.

3.  Ohio St, tuffest, very hard schedule, maybe looking at 3-4 losses.  But, they are loaded, most talented roster.

4.  Indiana, medium schedule, but they loss a lot from their 2025 NC team.  Still gonna be good and may even repeat B1G Champs?

• This reply was modified 3 weeks, 3 days ago by Butkus51.

[BigBalls]

I don’t think that’s crazy at all.

[Butkus51]

Bruddah Java, my 4 top teams have Top QB’s running their O.  3/4 teams, Oregon, Ohio St, Indiana have top 10 D’s.  USC is pretty much the wildcard; their D is going to have to prove to the college world and B1G they are a top 10 D.  Last year it was ranked 49th in nation (bad).  The talent is there, we will see soon find out if DC Patterson got his boys ready to play big time FB…  Cheers

PS.  I expect our O will be top 3 in nation.  We have so much firepower.  2025 USC was #1 for about 5 weeks, but we lost RB1 & RB2, but still C. LR, USC O ended up #6 in da nation.  I know our Wr’s and TE’s are young, but they are Super talented.  I say they will Rip it in C. LR O.

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[LA Duck]

Loco alert!  Loco alert! 🙂

Oregon does not have an “easy” schedule.  Nor does USC for that matter.

Easier than USC, perhaps.  But not easy per se.

Phil Steele has USC at #3 and Oregon at #20 strength of schedule in the nation.

CBS Sports has USC at #8 and Oregon at #11.

College Football News has USC at #13 and Oregon at #20.

BTW I would not include any ranking from ESPN….lol

ESPN’s SEC Bias is Becoming Impossible to Ignore

A schedule so tough I already have Oregon losing at USC and at tOSU this year.

And 10-2 might be good enough to get my quacks in the playoffs if USC and tOSU also have a good seasons…

[GTrojan2]

Hope you’re right about the Oregon v SC matchup LA.  Oregon is loaded and so is OSU.  I am just hoping that Patterson is the answer.  SC will be very good on O but our D has sucked.  As usual, I wish all the worst for the ducks LA.  LOL!

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