SiriusXM Big Ten Radio’s Football Power Rankings – Week 4

Pete Pistone and the rest of the SiriusXM Big Ten Radio team will unveil “Power Rankings” each week of the college football season. Check out their Week 4 “Power Rankings” below, and start listening to SiriusXM Big Ten Radio (Ch. … Continued

by:
Pete Pistone
September 26, 2022

Illinois is off to a 3-1 start (Photo: Big Ten)

Pete Pistone and the rest of the SiriusXM Big Ten Radio team will unveil “Power Rankings” each week of the college football season. Check out their Week 4 “Power Rankings” below, and start listening to SiriusXM Big Ten Radio (Ch. 372) on the SiriusXM app now.

Here’s how the SXM Big Ten Radio team voted to shape this week’s edition of the “Power Rankings” after week number four of the 2022 season.

  1. OHIO STATE 

Cade Stover and Emeka Egbuka each caught two of C.J. Stroud’s five touchdown passes, Miyan Williams rushed for two more scores and No. 3 Ohio State blew by Wisconsin early and cruised to a 52-21 win on Saturday night.

NEXT: Rutgers on Saturday

  1. MICHIGAN

Blake Corum rushed for a career-high 243 yards and two touchdowns and No. 4 Michigan topped Maryland 34-27 in the Big Ten opener for both teams on Saturday.

NEXT: At Iowa on Saturday

  1. MINNESOTA

Tanner Morgan threw for 268 yards and three touchdowns and Mohamed Ibrahim rushed for 103 yards and a score to lead Minnesota to a 34-7 rout over Michigan State in the Big Ten opener for both schools. The Gophers (4-0) are off to their best start since they began the 2019 season 9-0.

NEXT: Purdue on Saturday

  1. PENN STATE 

Sean Clifford completed 22 of 34 passes for 217 yards and accounted for four touchdowns to lead No. 14 Penn State past Central Michigan 33-14 on Saturday.

NEXT: Northwestern on Saturday

  1. MARYLAND 

The Terrapins lost by a touchdown on the road at Michigan 34-27 on Saturday.

NEXT: Michigan State on Saturday

  1. ILLINOIS 

Chase Brown became the first Illinois running back to rush for 100-plus yards in five straight games, Tommy DeVito passed for 329 yards and three touchdowns and the Fighting Illini blanked Chattanooga 31-0 on Thursday night. Illinois improved to 3-1 and is off to its best start since 2015.

NEXT: At Wisconsin on Saturday

  1. IOWA 

Cooper DeJean scored on a 45-yard interception return and Keavon Merriweather returned a fumble 30 yards for another first-half touchdown as Iowa rode its defense to 27-10 victory over Rutgers on Saturday night.

NEXT: Michigan on Saturday

  1. WISCONSIN

The Badgers lost to Ohio State in Columbus 52-21.

NEXT: Illinois on Saturday

  1. INDIANA 

Ben Bryant passed for 314 of his 354 yards in the first half with a career-high four touchdowns, and Tyler Scott had career-highs with 185 receiving yards and three TDs, as Cincinnati defeated Indiana 45-24 on Saturday.

NEXT: At Nebraska on Saturday

  1. MICHIGAN STATE 

The Spartans lost 34-7 to Minnesota Saturday in East Lansing.

NEXT: At Maryland on Saturday

  1. PURDUE

Austin Burton threw two touchdown passes in the first half and finished with three while leading Purdue to a 28-26 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday. Burton made his first career start with the Boilermakers (2-2, 0-1 Big Ten) after the Big Ten’s leading passer, Aidan O’Connell, was ruled out with an undisclosed injury.

NEXT: At Minnesota on Saturday

  1. RUTGERS 

The Scarlet Knights lost at home on Saturday to Iowa 27-10.

NEXT: At Ohio State on Saturday

13. NEBRASKA 

The Corn Huskers had a bye last weekend.

NEXT: Indiana on Saturday

14. NORTHWESTERN

Miami (OH) mounted a 13-play, 58-yard drive, culminating in a 36-yard field goal from with :21 left in the ballgame, as Northwestern lost 17-14 to the RedHawks on Saturday night at Ryan Field

NEXT: At Penn State on Saturday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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