Big Ten Bowl Predictions

With two weeks remaining in the Big Ten season many are making bowl predictions. I'll take my stab at it as well as final records.



Penn State..........7-1, 11-1 ROSE BOWL
Ohio State...........7-1, 10-2 FIESTA BOWL
Michigan State...6-2, 9-3 CAPITAL ONE BOWL
Iowa.....................5-3, 8-4 OUTBACK BOWL
NWestern............5-3, 9-3 ALAMO BOWL
Wisconsin.............3-5, 7-5 CHAMPS BOWL
Minnesota............3-5, 7-5 INSIGHT BOWL



The Motor City Bowl will not have a Big Ten representative this year. Illinois (5-5) still has Ohio State in Champaign and finish at Northwestern. The Fighting Illini will be shut out of the bowl season in 2008 after representing the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl following the 2007 season.

The Big Ten must also hope for Oregon State to lose one of their remaining three games (vs Cal, @ Arizona, vs Oregon). The Beavers are currently in the drivers seat for the Rose Bowl due to their head to head win over USC. If the Pac-10 has two teams in the BCS, the Big Ten most likely will be shut out.

Also, the BCS only has to take ONE non BCS-Conference school. Currently Utah, Boise State and Ball State would be eligible for BCS play, but the BCS only has to take one of the three teams.

Selections won't be made until the first Sunday in December. I encourage all to leave their predictions in the comments section of this post.