B1G shut out of coaches' poll for first time
October, 7, 2012
By Adam Rittenberg | ESPNChicago.
It comes with a giant asterisk, but the Big Ten once again made history for the wrong reasons Sunday.
For the first time in the history of the coaches' poll, the Big Ten doesn't have a single team ranked.
As most of you know, Ohio State isn't being ranked in the coaches' poll this season because it's on postseason probation for NCAA violations. Penn State also isn't being ranked by the coaches for the same reason.
While the Buckeyes would be a top-10 team in the coaches' poll if eligible, as they are in the AP Poll, the lack of another Big Ten team is yet another black eye for the league in a terrible season. Both Nebraska and Northwestern, ranked in the coaches' poll last week, dropped out after suffering double-digit road losses to, yep, Ohio State and Penn State, respectively.