The Big Ten Conference has won college football’s last three national championships. Michigan won it all in 2023, Ohio State won it all in 2024 and Indiana won it last season. The conference is off to a strong start this season, too, with schools like Indiana, Ohio State and Oregon all playing like contenders.
But the league appears to feel “disrespected” by the latest AP Poll Top 25 rankings.
While Indiana, Ohio State and Oregon are all ranked in the Top 15, Iowa is the only other Big Ten school ranked in the Top 25, at No. 20. Wisconsin, Northwestern, Nebraska and Minnesota have all received votes, but are outside of the Top 25.
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Northwestern head coach David Braun is bothered by the “disrespect” in the AP Poll Top 25 rankings.
“I’ll tell you what, you better bring it every single week. You know?” Braun said in a video shared by Kamran Nia of The Daily Northwestern. “What the outside says about the league, I mean check the receipts. Last three national championships have come out of this league.”
Braun believes the Big Ten Conference will make noise when it matters.
“You want to talk about being built for a playoff run? If you make the playoffs coming out of this league you’re going to be built for that opportunity,” Braun said. “What I know about this league is you better bring it every single week. It’s real easy to say we’re playing Ball State, they’re not a Big Ten team. Well you better bring it every single week. That’s our focus right now. Let people chatter and the Big Ten will settle it on the field.”
Northwestern, 3-1, will take on Ball State this weekend.
