Big Ten Tenacity: Week Seven Power Poll

Michael ClineOct 12, 2008

Did anyone see this coming?

Penn State put to sleep any notion that they weren't as good as the hype as they put the Badgers to sleep at the same time. The Nittany Lions blew out Wisconsin at Camp Randall 48-7.
Michigan State travels to Evanston to give Northwestern their first loss of the season, beating them by a 17 point margin.
Ohio State showed the world that they can kick field goals pretty well by beating Purdue 16-3 at the Horseshoe.
Minnesota got a road victory by beating Illinois 27-20. Juice Williams threw an interception with a minute left in regulation to seal the Gophers' win.
The Hawkeye defense showed up in Indiana to hand the Hoosiers their 3rd Big Ten loss of the season. Iowa won 45-9.
Finally, in sadder news, Michigan lost for the first time ever to a MAC school. The Toledo Rockets beat the Wolverines 13-10, dropping Michigan to 2-4 on the season.

Seven weeks are gone and the Tenacity Poll is slowly but surely working it's way out to determine this year's Big Ten Champion. There is a lot of football left to be play and every game counts from this point forward.

And, with that, here's how the Tenacity Poll finds them (last week's rank in parenthesis):

Penn State (1) -- vs Michigan 4:30 PM EDT
Ohio State (2) -- @ Michigan State 3:30 PM EDT
Michigan State (3) -- vs Ohio State 3:30 PM EDT
Minnesota (6) -- idle
Northwestern (4) -- vs Purdue 12:00 PM EDT
Iowa (10) -- vs Wisconsin 12:00 PM EDT
Illinois (5) -- vs Indiana 8:00 PM EDT
Wisconsin (7) -- @ Iowa 12:00 PM EDT
Purdue (9) -- @ Northwestern 12:00 PM EDT
Michigan (8) -- @ Penn State 4:30 PM EDT
Indiana (11) -- @ Illinois 8:00 PM EDT

The Ohio State Buckeyes travel to East Lansing Michigan to take on the Michigan State Spartans in week eight's game of the week. Can the Bucks stop Michigan State's Javon Ringer. Can the Spartans stop Ohio State's Beanie Wells? Catch the game on ABC at 3:30 to find out.

*Be sure to make your Game of the Week prediction with the article poll!*