Way-too-early record predictions for every Big Ten team in 2024

Based on the continued fluidity of rosters in the world of college football thanks to the churn of the transfer portal and the coaching carousel, it is still far too early to get a perfect read on who will be contending for a national championship at the end of the first inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff in 2024. It’s not too early to speculate, though.

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve offered our top-25 rankings predictions for 2024, as well as forecasting which 12 teams will make it into the CFP, and what the first expanded rankings of the Big Ten will look like for the Oregon Ducks.

We wanted to take a second to expand a little bit on that last one.

In 2024, the Big Ten is expected to be a premier conference, with several national title contenders at the top like Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, and Penn State. While we’ve predicted what the power rankings should look like in the conference going into the season, we wanted to now take it a step further and flesh out the final records for each and every team.

What are the toughest games, and which ones should be the easiest wins? Who will ultimately be bowl-eligible when all is said and done?

Those are questions that we want to answer. Here is our record prediction for every team in the conference for the 2024 season, ordered by our preseason power rankings:

Ohio State Buckeyes

Projected Record: 12-0 (9-0 Big Ten)

Record in 2023: 11-2 (8-1 Big Ten)

Most Notable Games

vs. Iowa

at Oregon

at Penn State

vs. Michigan

Projected Wins: Akron, Western Michigan, Marshall, Michigan State, Iowa, Oregon, Nebraska, Purdue, Northwestern, Indiana, Michigan, Penn State

Projected Losses: None

Oregon Ducks

Photo Courtesy of Oregon Athletic Department

Projected Record: 12-1 (8-1 Big Ten)

Record in 2023: 12-2 (8-1 Pac-12)

Most Notable Games

vs. Boise State

vs. Michigan State

vs. Ohio…

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Author : Ducks Wire

Publish date : 2024-01-25 13:27:06

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