Big Ten Pick'em 2009: Week 5

Zombie Nation picks all of this week's Big Ten games. I missed on two games last week, Minnesota beating Northwestern and Penn State flopping against Iowa. So, my position in the Big Ten Bloggers Pick'em standings didn't change much. This week's picks are even more difficult to nail down. I'm really concerned about my Michigan over Michigan State pick, and Purdue over Northwestern. Both of my winners in those games haven't looked great, and the losers have enough to pick off the favorites. Anyway, on with the picks...

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

• No. 9/9 Ohio State at Indiana - The ZN pick: Ohio State

• No. 20/22 Michigan at Michigan State - The ZN pick: Michigan

• Northwestern at Purdue - The ZN pick: Purdue

• No. 13/15 Penn State at Illinois - The ZN pick: Penn State

• Arkansas State at No. 17/13 Iowa - The ZN pick: Iowa

• Wisconsin at Minnesota - The ZN pick: Wisconsin

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Standings, compiled by Gopher Nation:

Standings Pts
1 Maize N Brew 42
2 Happy Hour Valley 39
2 Gopher Nation 39
4 Nittany White Out 38
4 Bucky's 5th Qtr 38
6 Buck Bravo 37
6 Maize and Blue Nation 37
6 Michigan Sports Center 37
6 Gopher Football Blog 37
10 Black Shoes Diaries (RUTS) 36
11 The Buckeye Blog 35
11 Crimson Quary 35
13 Sparty MSU 33
13 Lake the Posts 33
13 OSU Silver Bullet 33
16 Zombie Nation 31
17 Boiled Sports 30
17 Hammer and Rails 30
19 Eleven Warriors 29
20 Buckeye Battle Cry 28
21 The Only Colors 27
22 The Nittany Line 26
23 Hail to the Orange 24