(Chicago, IL) — Big Ten Football Media Days starts on Tuesday in Chicago and the unofficial pre-season media poll was released on Monday. It had the Iowa Hawkeyes finishing in 8th place out of 18 teams. Ohio St. Oregon, Indiana, USC and Michigan were the top five teams in the poll of 31 members covering the conference. Penn St. under new Head Coach Matt Campbell was picked 6th. The media still does not have much faith in Head Coach Matt Rhule at Nebraska — the Huskers were picked 11th.
Big Ten Media Pre-Season Poll (first place votes)
1) Ohio St. (15)
2) Oregon (11)
3) Indiana (5)
4) USC
5) Michigan
6) Penn St.
7) Washington
8) Iowa
9) Illinois
10) Minnesota
11) Nebraska
12) Wisconsin
13) UCLA
14) Northwestern
15) Maryland
16) Michigan St.
17) Rutgers
18) Purdue
Big Ten Media Days
- Day 1 (Tuesday, July 28): Illinois, Iowa, Penn State, Rutgers, USC, Wisconsin
- Day 2 (Wednesday, July 29): Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Oregon, Purdue, UCLA
- Day 3 (Thursday, July 30): Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, Washington
