Oregon and Penn State top our Big Ten power rankings as they prepare to face off in the conference championship game. See how the rest of the list panned out.

Ryan Day still can't beat Michigan, which paved the way for Penn State to reach its first Big Ten Championship Game since the 2016 season.

The No. 1-ranked Oregon Ducks (12-0, 9-0 Big Ten) will meet No. 4 Penn State (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten) in Dec. 7’s title game. The notable omission: No. 2 Ohio State (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten), which lost 13-10 to rival Michigan (7-5, 5-4 Big Ten) on Saturday in the upset of the season.

The Big Ten regular season wrapped up with week 14 this past weekend. The Nebraska Cornhuskers suffered a heartbreaking collapse to the Iowa Hawkeyes on Black Friday by a score of 13-10.

Here are The Detroit News Football Power Rankings for the week of Nov. 24, 2024, with analysis from Connor Earegood.

As has been the norm this year, things got wild once again during Week 14, and that included within the Big Ten. Ohio State, who was on track to face Oregon in the conference title game, was defeated by rival Michigan in a game that featured more fireworks after it ended than during it.