Big 10

Indiana 25-5 (13-4) #10 RPI. That RPI number the Hoosiers have is actually starting to raise red flags with me along with their recent play with losses to Illinois,Minnesota coupled with home losses to Wisco and OSU. Alot of high end B10 wins with some of them on the road coupled with Non Con wins over G'town and UNC keeps them in the hunt for a #1. Winning @ Michigan isn't a must,but if they don't they must win the BTT.

Michigan 25-5 (12-5) #8 RPI. The Wolverines have struggled on the road and it's no secret ala Penn State,but they have enough quality B10 wins coupled with the Non Conf bling of Pittsburgh,Kansas St,N.Carolina State to keep them in the hunt and if they beat Indiana it will all come down to who does what in the BTT. Lose and they need to win the BTT to get the #1 seed.

Michigan State 23-7 (12-5) #6 RPI. Also alot of high end quality B10 wins coupled with Non Con wins over Kansas and the surging Boise State Broncos. They finish with a relative laugher against N'Western and then have to do serious damage in the BTT to claim a #1 seed.

Ohio State 22-7 (12-5) #16 RPI. While Ohio State is rising they don't have any serious claim to a #1 seed. 5 high end B10 quality wins,but nothing in the Non Conference will drag them down and that cancelled game against Marquette may come back to bite them. Do damage in the BTT and I see the Buckeyes climbing as high as a #2 seed.

Wisconsin 20-10 (11-6) #41 RPI. Might be time to start dropping the Badgers,but with 6 quality B10 wins paired with a California Non Con win might keep them in the 4-5 seed consideration unless they do damage in the BTT,then they can also start moving up lines again.

Illinois 21-10 (8-9) #35 RPI. Play good,Play bad,Play good and Play bad yet again,but when you have wins against #9,#10,#16,#20 and #22 in the RPI then who cares right? Pretty much the Butler scenerio. They finish with a road game at Ohio State where regardless of the result the computer numbers go up and then a possible scenerio where they could play Minnesota in the 8/9 game of the BTT where once again the computer numbers go up regardless of result. Translation? You can indeed play like crap and still make the field with relative ease.

Minnesota 20-10 (8-9) #20 RPI. The Gophers are actually playing worse than the Illini which I thought was impossible,but with gaudy computer numbers who cares right? Even after a loss at Nebraska they're still #20 in the RPI. With wins over Memphis,Michigan State,Illinois,Wisconsin and Indiana you can bet they're making the field. They could lose to 0-27 Grambling State tomorrow and still comfortably make the field.

Iowa 19-11 (8-9) #76 RPI. Why not right? I mean if Lunardi still has Virginia in with a #70 RPI then anything goes in my book,which is the same deal with Xavier and their high end wins. The Hawkeyes finish with Nebraska at home which should be a  payback win and a #6 seed in the BTT where they'll hammer Northwestern in the 1st round to get to 21-11 and then that next game becomes nice although I don't think they need that second game and why you ask? Because they have a resume of Illinois,Wisconsin,Minnesota and Iowa State already,which is probably a better resume then half the teams I've mentioned already. Plus they've lost to 5 of the big 10's best by 10 points or less and in the case of some of them by 5 points or less. I'll give Iowa the benefit of the doubt based on overall play.