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Ohio State Is Runaway Favorite In 2024 Preseason B1G Football Poll

July 28, 2024 by Courtesy cleveland.com

Ohio State picked as runaway 2024 B1G favorite in 14th annual cleveland.com Preseason Big Ten Football Poll

Ohio State and Oregon were the only teams to receive first-place votes in the media poll which, for the 14th consecutive season, was conducted by cleveland.com.

In its first season featuring 18 teams, members of the media who cover the conference have largely agreed that Ohio State is the team to chase with 21 of 27 participants ranking the Buckeyes at the top of their ballot. Oregon received the other 6 votes.

Big Ten Preseason Poll

Rank Team (1st place) Points Average Rank
No. 1 Ohio State (21) 480 1.22
No. 2 Oregon (6) 448 1.81
No. 3 Penn State 418 3.52
No. 4 Michigan 411 3.78
No. 5 Iowa 363 5.56
No. 6 USC 346 6.19
No. 7 Wisconsin 313 7.41
No. 8 Nebraska 293 8.15
No. 9 Rutgers 249 9.56
No. 10 Washington 236 10.26
No. 11 Maryland 185 12.07
No. 12 Minnesota 183 12.22
No. 13 Illinois 145 13.63
No. 14 Northwestern 138 13.89
No. 15 UCLA 124 14.41
No. 16 Michigan State 119 14.59
No. 17 Indiana 76 16.15
No. 18 Purdue 65 16.59