Big Ten Pick'em 2009: Week 3

Zombie Nation picks all of this week's Big Ten games. Last week, I came within seven -- SEVEN! -- points of a perfect pick'em, as I had picked the Big Ten to go 11-0. Well, Michigan State choked it away against Central Michigan by two, Ohio State gave up a late score to fall to USC by three, and Purdue gave up a few defensive touchdowns in a two-point loss at Oregon. I'm no so adventurous this week...

(FYI: Each team name links to its respective official football site)

• Akron at Indiana - The ZN pick: Akron

• Illinois - BYE WEEK

• Arizona at Iowa - The ZN pick: Iowa

• Eastern Michigan at Michigan - The ZN pick: Michigan

• Michigan State at Notre Dame - The ZN pick: Notre Dame

• California at Minnesota - The ZN pick: Cal

• Northwestern at Syracuse - The ZN pick: Northwestern

• Toledo at No. 11/11 Ohio State - The ZN pick: Ohio State

• Temple at No. 5/t5 Penn State - The ZN pick: Penn State

• Northern Illinois at Purdue - The ZN pick: Purdue

• Wofford (FCS) at Wisconsin - The ZN pick: Wisconsin

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Standings, compiled by Gopher Nation:

Standings Pts
1 Buck Bravo 19
2 Gopher Football Blog 18
2 Maize and Blue Nation 18
2 Michigan Sports Center 18
2 Nittany White Out 18
2 Sparty MSU 18
2 The Buckeye Blog 18
8 Boiled Sports 17
8 Bucky's 5th Qtr 17
8 Crimson Quary 17
8 Happy Hour Valley 17
8 Maize N Brew 17
8 The Only Colors 17
8 Gopher Nation 17
8 Eleven Warriors 17
8 Hail to the Orange 17
8 Hammer and Rails 17
8 Lake the Posts 17
8 Zombie Nation 17
21 Buckeye Battle Cry 16
21 Black Shoes Diaries (RUTS) 16
22 OSU Silver Bullet 15
23 The Nittany Line 14

*I generally use the AP/Coaches Poll rankings; but will switch to BCS Rankings once they come out in October.