ANN ARBOR -- The Big Ten Conference no longer publishes an official preseason poll predicting how each league team will finish the season.

So, members of the media do it for them.

In this year's unofficial Big Ten media poll, the Michigan football team was picked to finish third in the Big Ten East, behind projected first-place Ohio State and second-place Michigan State.

The poll was made up of 29 voters, mainly beat writers who cover each league program. The data was collected and presented by Doug Lesmerises of Cleveland.com and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The projected order of finish:

Big Ten East

1. Ohio State, 195 points (23 first-place votes)

2. Michigan State, 180 points (10)

3. Michigan, 136 points

4. Penn State, 105.5 points

5. Maryland, 84 points

6. Indiana, 78.5 points

7. Rutgers, 33 points

Big Ten West

1. Wisconsin, 183.5 points (15 first-place votes)

2. Iowa, 173 points (11)

3. Nebraska, 157.5 points (5)

4. Northwestern, 112 points (1)

5. Minnesota, 96.5 points

6. Illinois, 58 points

7. Purdue, 31.5 points

* there are more than 29 first-place votes in each division because of ties

Ohio State was also the favorite to win the Big Ten Championship Game over Wisconsin.

Full disclosure -- I voted in the poll.

Here was my projected order of finish:

East

1. Ohio State

2. Michigan State

3. Michigan

4. Penn State

5. Indiana

6. Maryland

7. Rutgers

West

1. Wisconsin

2. Iowa

3. Nebraska

4. Minnesota

5. Northwestern

6. Illinois

7. Purdue

Title game: Ohio State beats Wisconsin

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