Big Ten Pick'em 2009: Week 4

Zombie Nation picks all of this week's Big Ten games. The conference schedule begins this week for 10 teams, including Penn State's prime time showdown with the Iowa Hawkeyes. But is that the most interesting game this week? Probably, but there are plenty of others to keep an eye on that could really change the entire conference race. On with the picks...

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

• Indiana at No. 23/22 Michigan - The ZN pick: Michigan

• Illinois at No. 11/13 Ohio State - Ohio State

• Iowa at No. 4/5 Penn State - The ZN pick: Penn State

• Michigan State at Wisconsin - The ZN pick: Wisconsin

• Notre Dame at Purdue - The ZN pick: Notre Dame

• Minnesota at Northwestern - The ZN pick: Northwestern

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Standings, compiled by Gopher Nation:

	Standings	Pts
1	Buck Bravo	27
1	Maize and Blue Nation	27
1	Michigan Sports Center	27
4	Sparty MSU	26
4	Happy Hour Valley	26
4	Maize N Brew	26
4	Gopher Nation	26
4	Lake the Posts	26
9	Gopher Football Blog	25
9	Nittany White Out	25
9	The Buckeye Blog	25
9	Bucky's 5th Qtr	25
9	Crimson Quary	25
14	Hail to the Orange	24
14	Zombie Nation	24
16	Boiled Sports	23
16	Hammer and Rails	23
16	Black Shoes Diaries (RUTS)	23
16	OSU Silver Bullet	23
20	Eleven Warriors	22
20	Buckeye Battle Cry	22
22	The Nittany Line	20
23	The Only Colors	17