SB Nation has published its Big Ten Conference power rankings for Week 9 of the 2026 college football season. The rankings come after a weekend that featured a notable matchup between the USC Trojans and Ohio State Buckeyes at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on October 31, 2026.
Photographs from the game show USC's Mark Bowman, wearing number 19, hurdling over Ohio State's Jaylen McClain, number 8, during third-quarter action. The contest represents one of the conference's high-profile interdivisional games this season.
The weekly power rankings provide a snapshot of where each Big Ten program stands heading into the second half of the regular season, with conference championship implications beginning to take shape for the top contenders.
