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HuskerCorner’s Big Ten Football Power Rankings Heading Into Week 6

By Oliver Vandervoort

Sep 17, 2016; Lincoln, NE, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers cornerback Chris Jones (8) celebrates during the final moments against the Oregon Ducks in the second half at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska won 35-32. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 17, 2016; Lincoln, NE, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers cornerback Chris Jones (8) celebrates during the final moments against the Oregon Ducks in the second half at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska won 35-32. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 1, 2016; Iowa City, IA, USA; The Northwestern Wildcats celebrate after the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium. Northwestern won 38-31. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 1, 2016; Iowa City, IA, USA; The Northwestern Wildcats celebrate after the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium. Northwestern won 38-31. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports /

The Northwestern Wildcats jump ahead of some teams with better records on the Big Ten football power rankings mainly because they appear to be getting a bit better as the season goes on. One week after they took Nebraska to the limit in Evanston, they managed to topple Iowa in Ames.

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Not only did the Wildcats win their first Big Ten game of the season, but they scored the most points (by far) of the year and that could be a bad thing for the rest of the conference. The Wildcats had not scored 30 points in a game before last weekend’s contest but that isn’t what Northwestern fans should really be excited about.

The team finally got Justin Jackson, it’s incredibly talented runningback going. Jackson rushed for 124 yards and 5.0 YPC in the season opener but hadn’t reached 100 yards or had a YPC over 4 since that game. Against Iowa he ran for 171 yards and a touchdown while averaging a season best 6.6 YPC.

Northwestern has this next week off but then wil have a chance to show it truly belonds out of the bottom third of the conference when it takes on Michigan State. That game could be a season saver for one of these programs.

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