Pythagorian Winning Percentage Projection (4/07/08)

While Penn State remains mired at the bottom of the projected Big Ten standings, the Nittany Lions did make a substantial, i.e. 50 point, move upward in their raw percentage number. Credit for that move goes to the Lions’ offense which finally awoke on Sunday and managed to push across ten runs on Michigan. Not surprisingly, the Wolverines show a drop off from their previous projection.

Team

Runs Scored

Runs Allowed

Win %

Change

1

Ohio State

175

118

0.687

0.019

2

Purdue

165

120

0.654

0.008

3

Michigan

153

126

0.596

-0.045

4

Illinois

158

131

0.593

0.009

5

Indiana

166

140

0.584

0.009

6

Minnesota

154

171

0.448

-0.002

7

Iowa

145

172

0.415

-0.041

8

Michigan St

125

151

0.407

0.064

9

Northwestern

118

151

0.379

-0.018

10

Penn State

114

156

0.348

0.057