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How Threatening Are Penn State, Iowa and Michigan to Ohio State's Big Ten Title Hopes?

The Buckeyes have reigned supreme in the Big Ten for four straight years. How concerning should it be that several other teams in the league are off to undefeated starts?

Brendan Gulick

The Big Ten is garnering a lot of national attention for the way they've excelled so far in 2021. Ohio State is still the best team in the conference until someone can knock them off, but Michigan, Iowa, Penn State and even Michigan State are all undefeated as we approach the first weekend in September.

How real is the threat to Ohio State's Big Ten supremacy? Are the Nittany Lions, Wolverines and Hawkeyes for real? Could Michigan State possibly make a run at the league crown?

I'm willing to acknowledge that those programs are off to good starts this year, but I'm not ready yet to say that Ohio State isn't the best team in the conference (despite what the records say).

Here are my thoughts on the matter:

For more, check out the entire podcast we did on some of the national top ten teams falling last week and how that was impacting Ohio State's playoff hopes.

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BRENDAN GULICK

Brendan Gulick is the publisher for BuckeyesNow, Cleveland Baseball Insider and Cavs Insider on the FanNation Network. He is also an accomplished host and play-by-play voice on TV and radio, including on Big Ten Network and NCAA.com where he's called 45 NCAA national championships. Gulick is an update anchor and fill-in host at 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland, Ohio.

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