The Big Ten followed up a 7-0 non-conference sweep on Friday with a 3-2 Saturday record.
Michigan, Michigan State, and Wisconsin all won. Wisconsin's sweep over #10 UMD certainly raises an eyebrow. Notre Dame lost to Western 4-0 and Minnesota lost to North Dakota 5-4 in OT.
Ohio State & Penn State both started their series on Thursday which they won on Thursday night. So the Big Ten capped an impressive 12-2 mark on the weekend.
The PairWise as it sits now is showing positive reflections of the B1G :
Michigan - #3 (5-1-0)
Penn State - #4 (6-0-0)
Ohio State - #7 (6-1-1)
Michigan State - #12 (4-2-0)
Minnesota - #15 (4-2-0)
Notre Dame - #16 (3-2-1)
Wisconsin - #34 (2-4-0)
This at a minimum will help as the conference begins to beat up on each other this week. A full slate of B1G games:
Michigan State at Notre Dame
Minnesota at Ohio State
Penn State at Wisconsin
With Michigan taking on WMU in a home & home non-conference series.
This is Michigan State's first big road test against a normally physical & disciplined team that hasn't looked the part so far this year, but they have had some tough road contests. This also starts a stretch of 8 straight conference games for MSU. The Irish have been very good at home so far going 3-0 and outscoring their opponents 10-5 in those 3 games (3-1, 5-4, 2-0). They are winless on the road so far (0-2-1), with losses to Denver & Western and a tie at Air Force.
Team Stats:
Notre Dame - 2.83 GPG (29th NCAA)
Michigan State - 2.50 GAPG (T-18th NCAA)
Notre Dame - 3.17 GAPG (T-35th)
Michigan State - 3.33 GPG (T-19th)
ND PP - 21.74% (25th)
MSU PK - 86.96% (T-11th)
ND PK - 74.07% (40th)
MSU PP - 20.69% (30th)
ND PMin/Game - 13.0 (15th most)
MSU PMin/Game - 9.17 (T-15th fewest)
Michigan, Michigan State, and Wisconsin all won. Wisconsin's sweep over #10 UMD certainly raises an eyebrow. Notre Dame lost to Western 4-0 and Minnesota lost to North Dakota 5-4 in OT.
Ohio State & Penn State both started their series on Thursday which they won on Thursday night. So the Big Ten capped an impressive 12-2 mark on the weekend.
The PairWise as it sits now is showing positive reflections of the B1G :
Michigan - #3 (5-1-0)
Penn State - #4 (6-0-0)
Ohio State - #7 (6-1-1)
Michigan State - #12 (4-2-0)
Minnesota - #15 (4-2-0)
Notre Dame - #16 (3-2-1)
Wisconsin - #34 (2-4-0)
This at a minimum will help as the conference begins to beat up on each other this week. A full slate of B1G games:
Michigan State at Notre Dame
Minnesota at Ohio State
Penn State at Wisconsin
With Michigan taking on WMU in a home & home non-conference series.
This is Michigan State's first big road test against a normally physical & disciplined team that hasn't looked the part so far this year, but they have had some tough road contests. This also starts a stretch of 8 straight conference games for MSU. The Irish have been very good at home so far going 3-0 and outscoring their opponents 10-5 in those 3 games (3-1, 5-4, 2-0). They are winless on the road so far (0-2-1), with losses to Denver & Western and a tie at Air Force.
Team Stats:
Notre Dame - 2.83 GPG (29th NCAA)
Michigan State - 2.50 GAPG (T-18th NCAA)
Notre Dame - 3.17 GAPG (T-35th)
Michigan State - 3.33 GPG (T-19th)
ND PP - 21.74% (25th)
MSU PK - 86.96% (T-11th)
ND PK - 74.07% (40th)
MSU PP - 20.69% (30th)
ND PMin/Game - 13.0 (15th most)
MSU PMin/Game - 9.17 (T-15th fewest)
