Illinois and UCLA look to be the early favorites for BT

[Blimpy]

Illinois has the easiest road schedule, they play the 4 lowest ranked teams on the road (Washington, Minnesota, Rutgers and Nebraska).
UCLA plays 3 (Washington, Rutgers and Nebraska), has already won at Oregon! Has the best defense in the BT.
My top 5:
1. UCLA
2. Oregon
3. Maryland
4. Illinois
5. Purdue (Can they win on the road?) (Washington, Minnesota and Rutgers are must wins)

 

[Boiler Buck]

Illinois has the easiest road schedule, they play the 4 lowest ranked teams on the road (Washington, Minnesota, Rutgers and Nebraska).
UCLA plays 3 (Washington, Rutgers and Nebraska), has already won at Oregon! Has the best defense in the BT.
My top 5:
1. UCLA
2. Oregon
3. Maryland
4. Illinois
5. Purdue (Can they win on the road?) (Washington, Minnesota and Rutgers are must wins)

Watched UCLA a few times. UCLA are warriors - seem to always have a different guy leading them. But when things bog down, the Mack Truck takes over. Would love him on our team.

CMP needs to find a guy like him in the off season & get him paid to come. Harris & Cox might be that guy in 2-3 years, but certainly not going to be close to him & our needs next year.

UCLA are well coached and have stifling D like you say. Alot of tools on that team to get jobs done