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Action since last rankings:

10-25-10 Notre Dame loses commitment from Clay Burton.
10-26-10 Nebraska gains commitment from Taariq Allen.
10-27-10 Nebraska gains commitment from Aaron Green.
10-30-10 Wisconsin gains commitment from James Adeyanju. Notre Dame loses commitment from Aaron Lynch.
10-31-10 Wisconsin gains commitment from Jesse Hayes.

Rivals rankings are on the "RR" scale, which is on a scale from about 5 to about 6.1. Unrated prospects are given a 5.1 rating, on par with the worst of any Big Ten commit last year. Scout is on the 5-star system (unranked players earn star), and ESPN uses grades out of 100 (unranked is 40 or 45).

No change for the Buckeyes.

The Irish are starting to hemorrhage commits, which I guess is what happens when it looks like you might be staying home for the holidays for the third time in four years (gulp). Their averages have stayed about the same after losing a few commits, but the class is definitely worse.

The Huskers pick up a bigtime commit in Aaron Green, along with WR Taariq Allen. That boosts them comfortably ahead of Michigan State and Michigan for the time being.

Nothing new for MSU.

Michigan and MSU are neck-and-neck, and the next Wolverine commit will probably push them past the Spartans unless he's by far the worst-rated player in either school's class.

No change.

A couple big weeks move Wisconsin past Northwestern and Iowa. Although their averages are slightly lower, they have more commits, and once a few of their unrated guys pick up rankings, those numbers will go way up.

No change.

No change for Northwestern.

Surprising that Minnesota has held onto their entire class so far.

No change for Illinois.

They have to get some commits sooner or later, right?

No change for Purdue.

Action since last rankings:

10-17-10 Wisconsin gains commitment from Trayion Durham.
10-18-10 Wisconsin gains commitment from Ray Ball.
10-20-10 Wisconsin gains commitment from AJ Jordan.
10-22-10 Illinois gains commitment from Ralph Cooper.

Rivals rankings are on the "RR" scale, which is on a scale from about 5 to about 6.1. Unrated prospects are given a 5.1 rating, on par with the worst of any Big Ten commit last year. Scout is on the 5-star system (unranked players earn star), and ESPN uses grades out of 100 (unranked is 40 or 45).

No change for the Buckeyes.

No change.

New procedural note: ESPN has not ranked JuCo players in past classes, so it would be unfair for me to continue including Stafford as a 45 in the Huskers' ESPN average. The Huskers' ESPN average in the table above includes only the other 12 guys.

Nothing new for MSU.

No change for Michigan.

No change.

No change.

No change for Northwestern.

Badgers pick up a trio from Ohio, bumping them up.

Will Minnesota start hemorrhaging commits with Brewster being fired?

The Illini gain commitment from Ralph Cooper. ESPN loves him, but the other sites... don't. The sites are still in disagreement over whether WR Hayden Daniels is committed. Scout has removed him from the Illinois commit list, so I won't add him yet. Justin DuVernois gets 2 stars from Scout.

They have to get some commits sooner or later, right?

No change for Purdue.

Action since last rankings:

10-12-10 Notre Dame loses commitment from Jordan Prestwood.

If you see any errors in the individual tables, please let me know. I'm tempted to move Indiana down a bit, but their averages per commit are about even with (or only very slightly behind) the teams nipping at their heels, and they have more commits.

Rivals rankings are on the "RR" scale, which is on a scale from about 5 to about 6.1. Unrated prospects are given a 5.1 rating, on par with the worst of any Big Ten commit last year. Scout is on the 5-star system (unranked players earn star), and ESPN uses grades out of 100 (unranked is 40 or 45).

No change for the Buckeyes.

Irish lose OL Jordan Prestwood, one of their top commits. However, their rankings are bolstered a bit by Kyle Brindza finally picking up three stars from Scout.

Nicklas Sade picks up a 3-star ranking from Scout. Daimion Stafford gets a lofty 5.8 rating from Rivals.

Nothing new for MSU.

No change for Michigan.

No change.

No change.

No change for Northwestern.

Russell Houghton-James picks up a 5.5 rating from Rivals, and a 74 from ESPN. Will Minnesota start hemorrhaging commits with Brewster being fired?

No change for Wisconsin.

They have to get some commits sooner or later, right?

Mosley picks up a 74 rating from ESPN.

No change for Purdue.

Rich Rodriguez

David Molk and Mike Martin were "a little bit banged up during the week," and both came out during the game. Denard's shoulder was bothering him during the week, but he felt better in pregame. He took a shot on it and Tate had to come in. "I would hope. I would think... Molk, Martin, Denard with an open week should be good to go for the next one." Mike Shaw has been a little banged up the past couple weeks. The extra rest should help him.

"Turnovers, it's ridiculous. We were so good earlier in the year at taking care of the ball. We're not good enough to make mistakes and beat anybody." The turnovers and field goals were major wasted opportunities. Penalties also really hurt the team, particularly in the first half.

"Denard Robinson's our starting quarterback. Tate Forcier's a pretty good quarterback too, and so is Devin Gardner." All three quarterbacks get plenty of reps every week. Tate made some good throws and good decisions, some he'd like to have back.

What was said when you had kickoffs go OOB? "Do you really want me to say? Twice? I don't think I should repeat what I was saying to myself." That hadn't happened in practice.

The team should be able to get stops even when they start in bad field position. "When you know they're gonna run it and need to run it, you gotta stop 'em."

Defensive staff will be disappointed with the cutbacks that opened up for Adam Robinson. "That seemed to happen 4-5 times - let him out of there." The crowd was providing enthusiasm for the defense, and they couldn't close.

Lewan penalties - He's a little anxious to get on some good d-linemen. He just needed a few minutes to settle down. "We ran the ball OK, we threw the ball at times ok, but we just didn't finish drives. That's the thing that killed us today."

Tate Forcier

"A loss is a loss, and you know it's going to hurt. Our team fought to the end. I'm proud of our guys, but we've gotta correct the mistakes we had and bounce back the next week."

"It was just a few missed reads. I think that comes with repetition, working with those guys. I think that will come throughout the weeks."

Junior had the DB beat on the bomb to the 2. "After I saw what Junior did for Denard against Indiana, I trusted him. So I just threw it up there and he went up and got it."

"That's what they do, they try to prepare all three of us." Got a few more reps this week with Denard banged up. Never thought during the week Denard wouldn't be able to go. For the next game "I think he'll be alright. He'll be alright." Coach Rod will make QB decisions. "I don't have any say in that. I'm just going to keep working hard and doing what I have to do."

"I think we need it as a team." The extra week will help correct mistakes and prepare for PSU. "When we get that corrected, we should be good."

It felt good to get on the field, but the loss still hurts. "I'm just happy to be a part of this team. I think this is a special team and I'm happy to be a part of it."

Iowa wasn't expecting to play against Tate. Michigan threw the ball a bit more with him in the game. "I think that's when we started moving the ball a lot." Iowa defense is good enough to adjust.

Tate stays warm on the sidelines each week in case his name gets called. This week, it was.

Will there be another second-half collapse? "It's a different team. Our team, we keep fighting. This isn't last year's team, it's just not."

Junior Hemingway

Tate's been in the rotation in practice all week. When he gets into the game, he does his job.

"I just saw the ball in the air and knew that I just had to get position on him and make a play on it." Used basketball skills to box out.

"We lost to two really good teams the past two weeks." Need to use the bye week to clean up the mistakes they made.

The offense doesn't change when the backup QB comes in. All three QBs can throw as well as run.

Jordan Kovacs

The bye week falls at a good time to help the team get better, because the last two games were physical, gives some guys who are beat up a chance to rest. Losses will serve as motivation during the week off. "Coming off a loss, obviously we have a bad taste in our mouth so we're gonna get after it this week." They're hungry after two losses, and this will prevent a spiral. The team will be ready for Happy Valley in two weeks.

"I just saw the quarterback throwing the ball and realized that I had to make the play." On the interception he couldn't snag. "I felt like I could have made it."

Never happy after a loss. "Obviously we're disappointed, but we did show some good things out there. We fought, you know we played hard."

Being on a short field gives you a disadvantage, but the defense has to be ready to make stops no matter where they start.

When they're missing stops on run plays. "Guys just coming downhill hard, and maybe somebody wasn't in the right gap."

Excited to make the plays when they were only down 7, but couldn't get it done.

What did he see from Kenny Demens? "Good things. You know, Kenny's a good ballplayer. He stuck his nose in a few times and made some big plays for us. You know, I think he's got a bright future here."

A new commit for Michigan means we're hitting the front page. Action since last rankings:

3-14-09 Michigan gains commitment from Antonio Kinard.
10-4-10 Indiana gains commitment from Cody Latimer.
10-6-10 Wisconsin gains commitment from Denzel Doe.
10-8-10 Michigan gains commitment from Demetrius Hart. Iowa gains commitment from Melvin Spears.
10-9-10 Wisconsin gain commitment from Tyler Marz.

If you see any errors in the individual tables, please let me know. I'm tempted to move Indiana down a bit, but their averages per commit are about even with (or only very slightly behind) the teams nipping at their heels, and they have more commits.

Rivals rankings are on the "RR" scale, which is on a scale from about 5 to about 6.1. Unrated prospects are given a 5.1 rating, on par with the worst of any Big Ten commit last year. Scout is on the 5-star system (unranked players earn star), and ESPN uses grades out of 100 (unranked is 40 or 45).

No change for the Buckeyes.

With their higher commit numbers, Notre Dame is actually pretty close to passing Ohio State, though a deflated ranking on Scout (which hasn't rated kickers) keeps them well behind on the average at that site.

No change for Nebraska.

Nothing new for MSU.

Yay! Michigan picks up Dee Hart finally. The MSU loss might slow down anything else from happening soon, though. I've also added Antonio Kinard, as U Recruit reports he'll join the team this winter.

Rivals is far higher on the Hoosiers' new commit Cody Latimer than are the other two services.

No change.

No change for Northwestern.

No changes for the LOLphers.

Two new pickups for the Badgers, though neither is highly-rated.

They have to get some commits sooner or later, right?

Nothing new. The sites still aren't in agreement over whether Hayden Daniels is committed.

No change for Purdue.

Yet another low-action week. Action since last rankings:

9-28-10 Notre Dame gains commitment from DaVaris Daniels.

If you see any errors in the individual tables, please let me know. I'm tempted to move Indiana down a bit, but their averages per commit are about even with (or only very slightly behind) the teams nipping at their heels, and they have more commits.

Rivals rankings are on the "RR" scale, which is on a scale from about 5 to about 6.1. Unrated prospects are given a 5.1 rating, on par with the worst of any Big Ten commit last year. Scout is on the 5-star system (unranked players earn one star), and ESPN uses grades out of 100 (unranked is 40 or 45).

No change for the Buckeyes.

Irish pick up DaVaris Daniels, son of former current NFLer Phillip Daniels.