Here are your updated conference rankings. I've also included the Minnesota/Purdue/Indiana group this week (Schadenfreude!).
Ranking
Wisconsin
+6 Nebraska
+10.5 Michigan, Ohio St
+11 Michigan St
+12 Penn St
+14 Illinois
+16 Iowa
+17 Northwestern
+24 Purdue*
+26 Minnesota
+31 Indiana
Visual Ranking
WISC---------------NEB-----------MICH/OSU--MSU---PSU------ILL------IOWA---NU---------------------PUR---MN----------IND
Observations
Even though Nebraska and Iowa covered @ Wyoming and vs. UL-M, respectively, on Saturday, the sportsbooks must not have liked how they looked doing it. Both teams dropped ~3 points relative to all of last weekend's winners, except for Illinois (which had the ugliest win of the weekend).
Illinois also lost 3 points based on their lackluster win over Western Michigan.
Expected point spreads for Northwestern's Conference Schedule:
NU (+8) @ Illinois - This line has moved a point in favor of Illinois, likely a result of Fitz's waffling re: Persa's playing time. Bettors also might have been impressed by Jeff Allen's jab-uppercut combo.
Michigan @ NU (+3.5)
NU (+4) @ Iowa
Penn St @ NU (+2)
NU (-11) @ Indiana
NU (+14) @ Nebraska
Minnesota @ NU (-12)
Michigan St @ NU (+3.5)
*Purdue's rank is only speculative, as they are the only team with no conference games available on which to bet. I decided on this rank for them based on their being 13-point home dogs (+16 neutral) to Notre Dame this weekend. I then arbitrarily decided that Notre Dame is in between Nebraska and Michigan/OSU. Not too scientific I know.
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