2016 Big Ten Football Predictions & Championship Odds – Big Ten East & West Division Expert Picks: The early preseason odds to win the 2016 Big Ten Football Championship for this upcoming 2016 College Football season have been released by the odds makers in Las Vegas and at the top online USA sportsbooks. The favorite to win the 2016 Big Ten Championship is Ohio State at +175 odds. The favorites to win the Big Ten Divisional races are Ohio State +100 to win the Big Ten East Division and Iowa at -125 odds to win the Big Ten West Division. Let’s take a look at who our experts at NSAwins.com feel will win each Big Ten Division along with our projected overall records for each Big Ten team this 2016 college football season below. Also, be sure and visit NSAwins.com all season long for the country’s top 2016 College Football Predictions against the spread and weekly expert college football picks.
Odds to Win the 2016 Big Ten Football Championship and Big Ten East/West Division Predictions
2016 Big Ten East Division Prediction
1. Ohio State Buckeyes(+100 odds to win Big Ten East) – The Ohio State Buckeyes and head coach Urban Meyer are just one season removed from winning the National Championship but are hungry to get back into the College Football Playoff and reclaim their title as the best college football program in the nation. Meyer only welcomes back 6 returning starters(3 offense, 3 defense) from last year’s 12-1 team that missed winning the Big Ten title but closed the season strong with a 44-28 win over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. The Buckeyes will be strong at the most important position on the field as junior quarterback J.T. Barrett returns to lead the Buckeyes offense. Barrett will have to get used to new receivers and backs to keep the Buckeyes offense one of the nation’s most prolific but the Buckeyes talent level is superb thanks to Meyer’s sensational recruiting year in and year out. The Buckeyes defense will be a question mark as they will rely on a bunch of unknown players who will be filling in as starters and playing a ton of snaps for the first time. However, again, the talent level is there and we look for the Buckeyes to be good enough defensively to hang with any team across the nation. 2016 Projection 12-1, 9-0 Big Ten
Rest of Big Ten East Division Predictions for 2016 Season
2. Michigan Wolverines(2016 Projection 11-1, 8-1 Big Ten)
3. Michigan State Spartans(2016 Projection 9-3, 7-2 Big Ten)
4. Penn State Nittany Lions(2016 Projection 7-5, 5-4 Big Ten)
5. Maryland Terrapins(2016 Projection 6-6, 3-5 Big Ten)
6. Indiana Hoosiers(2016 Projection 5-7, 2-7 Big Ten)
7. Rutgers Scarlet Knights(2016 Projection 3-9, 1-8 Big Ten)
2016 Big Ten West Division Prediction
1. Nebraska Cornhuskers(+125 odds to win Big Ten) – Head coach Mike Riley is in his 2nd season as the leader of the Nebraska Cornhuskers program and we look for him to make a big jump this season and get the Huskers back into the Big Ten Championship race. Nebraska finished a disappointing 6-7 overall last season but did end on a high note with a 37-29 win over UCLA in the Foster Farms Bowl. Riley welcomes back 11 retuning starters from last year’s team with 6 starters on offense and 5 on defense. The offense should be explosive with the return of outstanding senior quarterback Tommy Arstrong and he has top notch weapons in senior running back Terrell Newby(765 yars, 147 rushes, 6 TDs) and senior wide receiver Jordan Westerkamp(918 yards, 65 receptions, 7 TDs). The defense was a weak unit last year and must improve but the Huskers are deep at the linebacking position and welcome back 3 starters in a secondary that can only improve on last season’s dismal 122nd rated unit against the pass. If the defense improves and we believe it will than we expect Nebraska to win the Big Ten West Division.2016 Projection 9-4, 7-2 Big Ten
Rest of Big Ten West Division Predictions for 2015 Season
2. Iowa Hawkeyes(2016 Projection 9-3, 7-2 Big Ten)
3. Wisconsin Badgers(2016 Projection 7-5, 5-4 Big Ten)
4. Northwestern Wildcats(2016 Projection 7-5, 4-5 Big Ten)
5. Minnesota Golden Gophers(2016 Projection 6-6, 3-6 Big Ten)
6. Illinois Fighting Illini(2016 Projection 4-8, 2-7 Big Ten)
7. Purdue Boilermakers(2015 Projection 3-9, 1-8 Big Ten)
2016 Big Ten Football Championship Game
Ohio State Buckeyes vs Nebraska Cornhuskers – These two teams meet in Columbus for a regular season meeting on November 5th and the Big Ten Title Game will be a rematch. We look for Ohio State to win the regular season meeting pretty convincingly but look for Nebraska to have a better showing in a rematch on a neutral field and with revenge on their minds. In the end we look for Ohio State’s overall talent and the superior big game coaching of Urban Meyer to be the difference. Ohio State 37 Nebraska 31
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Odds to Win 2016 Big Ten Championship
Illinois +4000
Indiana +3500
Iowa +1000
Maryland +5000
Michigan +175
Michigan State +500
Minnesota +4000
Nebraska +800
Northwestern +3000
Ohio State +175
Penn State +1500
Purdue +6000
Rutgers +10000
Wisconsin +1200
Odds to Win 2016 Big Ten East Division
Indiana +3000
Maryland +3000
Michigan +125
Michigan State +500
Ohio State +100
Penn State +800
Rutgers +5000
Odds to Win 2016 Big Ten West Division
Illinois +2000
Iowa -125
Minnesota +1500
Nebraska +125
Northwestern +800
Purdue +3000
Wisconsin +250
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