Ohio State new #1, Michigan breaks Top 25
2007 has been the year of the upset, and nobody has benefited more from these upsets than Ohio State. While Buckeye fans still laugh about the amazing Appalachian State upset of their arch-rival Michigan, the upsets pulled by Stanford over USC, Kentucky over LSU and others have been the upsets that should really be important to OSU fans.
The Big Ten has been no stranger to these upsets either. From big-name upsets like Appalachian State over Michigan to smaller upsets like Iowa over #18 Illinois, Illinois over Penn State and Wisconsin and more, Big Ten teams are currently beating each other up. As a result, he two teams left undefeated in Big Ten play are once again rivals Ohio State and Michigan. While Ohio State went 4-0 in non-conference play and are now #1 in every major poll, the Wolverines lost their first two games of the season to drop out of the Top 25 and just cracked the Top 25 again this week.
The Week #7 national rankings show both Michigan and Penn State as the only other Big Ten teams that are nationally ranked in the AP or USA Today polls with Michigan #24 in the AP Poll and Penn State #25 in the USA Today poll. Interestingly enough, Michigan comes in just one vote behind Penn State in the USA Today rankings at #26. Illinois and Wisconsin also received Top 25 votes this week, but both fell out of the Top 25 thanks to losses this past weekend.