Indiana Football: Predicting the Big Ten standings for 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – NOVEMBER 30: Quintez Cephus #87 of the Wisconsin Badgers carries the ball for a touchdown against Jordan Howden #23 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the third quarter of the game at TCF Bank Stadium on November 30, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Cephus scored a touchdown on the play. The Badgers defeated the Golden Gophers 38-17. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

Indiana Football: Big Ten Predictions

Minnesota – Record 7-3

Wins – Iowa, Maryland, Illinois, Michigan State, Purdue, Northwestern, Nebraska

Loss – Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio State

The Golden Gophers were the biggest surprise in all of college football last year. They won their first nine games last year including a big upset against Penn State at home. They stumbled late against Iowa and Wisconsin to miss out on the Big Ten Championship game though.

Tanner Morgan is back and is probably the second-best quarterback in the conference behind Justin Fields of Ohio State. He did lose his best receiver in Tyler Johnson who had 86 receptions and 13 touchdowns. But Rashod Bateman is coming back and he had 60 receptions and 11 touchdowns. Bateman and Morgan should make a dangerous one-two punch for the Gophers and should help lead Minnesota to another good year.

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Wisconsin – Record 8-2

Wins – Minnesota, Maryland, Illinois, Northwestern, Purdue, Nebraska, Rutgers, Iowa

Loss – Indiana, Michigan

If Wisconsin was in the East we would have them losing at least four games and possibly five. But they are in the West and they should be able to continue to run that division.

They do lose Jonathan Taylor who was arguably the best running back in the country last year. He ran all over the Big Ten and will be extremely tough to replace. Jack Coan returns under center but how good will he be without Taylor as his safety blanket?

Wisconsin will still be very good on defense and they will be in every game, but we think Indiana pulls off the upset and they also lose at Michigan. It wouldn’t be a stretch to think this team could go undefeated but it wouldn’t surprise us if they lost four games also. There is a lot of unknowns with this team, but until they prove they don’t belong at the top of the West that is where we keep them.

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