Big Ten Standings Update: Surprises and Key Performances

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00:00All right, let's take a look real quick and move over to the Big Ten now.

00:05Look at the standings.

00:06Maybe people will be surprised who's at the top.

00:08Of course, Big Ten looks completely different than it has in the past.

00:11UCLA might get the top at 8-1.

00:14Michigan State, no surprise there, 8-2.

00:16Michigan with the loss, 8-2 as well, followed by Indiana.

00:19Oregon, who just lost to UCLA.

00:21And Maryland.

00:22So, you know, in looking at a lot of the publications and going over Top 25 stuff, I did not hear

00:28UCLA mentioned all that much.

00:29So is this early season good fortune, or are they legit?

00:34Well, I think that they are a very powerful team physically.

00:40Defensively, they're going to be difficult to play against.

00:43Offensively, it's a labor.

00:45They have to find somebody who's going that night.

00:48And they did against Oregon.

00:49They were able to get enough offense done.

00:52But that was a road win, and road wins in the Big Ten are going to be precious.

00:56When you look at those standings, what stands out is we only have four undefeated teams

01:02already, and there are 18 teams in the league, and they've only played two games for the

01:06most part.

01:07So that shows you how much balance there is going to be, how difficult it's going to be

01:11to beat anybody on the Big Ten road.

01:13To be able to go into Oregon, which was previously unbeaten, and get a victory, that was huge

01:19for the Bruins.