These are excerpts from Paul Myerberg’s pre-season conference predictions for USA Today Sports:
Big 12:
Favorite: Oklahoma
Dark horse: kansas State
Bringing up the rear: kansas. “An annual tradition.”
Big 10:
Favorite: Wisconsin and Ohio State.
Dark horse: Michigan.
Bringing up the rear: Illinois. “Even if head coach Lovie Smith knows what he’s doing - and no one is quite sure of the answer to that - the Illini look at least a year away from being a factor in the West Division.”
Big 12:
Favorite: Oklahoma
Dark horse: kansas State
Bringing up the rear: kansas. “An annual tradition.”
Big 10:
Favorite: Wisconsin and Ohio State.
Dark horse: Michigan.
Bringing up the rear: Illinois. “Even if head coach Lovie Smith knows what he’s doing - and no one is quite sure of the answer to that - the Illini look at least a year away from being a factor in the West Division.”
