Big Ten Power Poll - Making Money on College Ball
by Mike Rose
1: Big 10 play this year as well, and will put their 2-1 ATS mark on display this week in Minnesota.
This Week: Away @ Minnesota
2: Penn State Nittany Lions (9-4-1 ATS, 16-5 SU) (5-2-1 ATS, 5-3 SU in Big Ten) (LW: 1) Penn State just won’t go away this year. At 16-5, the Nittany Lions may be poised to make a rare appearance in the “Madness of March,” but the fun and games stop this week with road trips to both Michigan schools. Don’t be afraid to back PSU though, as it is 4-1 ATS away from Happy Valley.
This Week: Away @ Michigan State Away @ Michigan
3: Purdue and Indiana, but narrowly averted a disaster of losing outright to the Hoosiers. They’ll hope to end a three-game ATS slide this week when the Illini pay them a visit.
This Week: Home vs. Illinois
4: Michigan Wolverines (8-6-1 ATS, 14-6 SU) (3-5 ATS, 4-4 SU in Big Ten) (LW: 4) Big Blue dropped to 0-3 ATS in conference away from Ann Arbor with a 73-58 loss at Penn State, but rebounded nicely with a 68-59 win over Northwestern last week. The good news is that the three-game skid both SU and ATS is over, but the bad news is that the Wolverines are still winless ATS on the road this season (0-3-1).
This Week: Away @ Ohio State, Away @ Purdue
5: Iowa Hawkeyes (8-6 ATS, 12-8 SU) (3-4 ATS, 2-5 SU in Big Ten) (LW: 8) The four-game ATS skid is over for the Hawkeyes after springing the mild upset of Wisconsin last week. A 3-2 ATS mark at home will be tested this week when Sparty comes to town.
This Week: Home vs. Michigan State
6: Michigan State Spartans (8-7-1 ATS, 16-3 SU) (3-3-1 ATS, 6-1 SU in Big Ten) (LW: 6) The undefeated Big 10 campaign for the Spartans came to a close when Northwestern marched into MSU and ended its 28-game home winning streak. The response was a resounding 78-67 win in Columbus. The Spartans are now 3-0-1 ATS this year away from home.
This Week: Away @ Iowa, Home vs. Penn State
7: NCAAB betting fans, they’ll need to take care of business at home this week.
This Week: Home vs. Indiana, Home vs. Wisconsin
8: Ohio State Buckeyes (7-7 ATS, 13-5 SU) (3-4 ATS, 4-3 SU in Big Ten) (LW: 5) It was a bad week to be a Buckeye. After getting pounded by Illinois, they returned home and took it on the chin against Michigan State. They’ll have to get back into the win column in a hurry, as two more losses this week could send OSU straight to the bubble.
This Week: Home vs. Michigan, Away @ Indiana
And the rest…
9: Indiana Hoosiers (6-6 ATS, 5-13 SU) (3-2 ATS, 0-6 SU in Big Ten) (LW: 9)
10: Purdue Boilermakers (7-8 ATS, 15-4 SU) (3-3 ATS, 4-2 SU in Big Ten) (LW: 11)
11: Wisconsin Badgers (7-9-1 ATS, 12-7 SU) (2-4-1 ATS, 3-4 SU in Big Ten) (LW: 10)
