The Big Ten conference office stopped producing a preseason poll more than a decade ago, leading league media members to start one of their own. That’s the origin story of the Cleveland.com poll, considered the unofficially official Big Ten preseason predictor.
And on the eve of Big Ten media days, it is here once again.
This year, the 34-member voting panel picked Indiana to finish third in the Big Ten East, just behind league favorite Ohio State and second-place Penn State, and just ahead of fourth-place Michigan. According to poll organizer Nathan Baird, an Ohio State beat writer for Cleveland.