11-8 (3-5)
They have lost 4 in a row and haven't played since last Friday after their 3rd conference game postponed against Illinois on Sunday. Their postponements have been games against MInnesota, MSU, and Illinois so it's possible they could be sitting here with a 6-5 conference record had they played those games as scheduled.
IMO, there's maybe 3 tiers in the conference. The upper tier is the top 6 teams of which we haven't been able to beat any yet. Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio State, Maryland, and Nebraska. We are in that 2nd tier along with MSU and Northwestern. Teams I think will have close to a .500 conference record when all is said and done. Then the rest of the teams are seem to be destined for 7 wins or less in Minnesota, Penn State, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Rutgers.
So Northwestern is a team I view as on our level and we still play them twice this season. Need to win at home today because we still have to go play them on the road.