OK, Bo, you have a good subject for discussion here, so I'll augment my prior post. Aside from MidTenn, Army, Rutgers and Illinois, I think ALL of the other eight could be at least "somewhat" tough, define that as you will. My ranking, toughest first:
1-OSU (no explanation necessary...though with Haskins as well as liar gone, I DO think they slip a bit)
2-Iowa (Strong defense, QB Stanley back, Ferentz coaching...though (happily) no Fant or his sidekick)
3-MSU (Your points say it all...and both our last 2 HOME games have been losses, albeit freaky)
4-ND (I'm just not sold on them...esp. not on their returning defense. Rarely beat us at the 'House)
5-PSU (Minus McSorley, what do they really have? Franklin's NEVER put together a DOMINANT team)
6-Wiscy (New QB, lost 4/5 of OL...just the opposite of us up front).
7-Maryland (We go to their place, where they SHOULD have beaten OSU last year)
8-Indiana (To a man I'm convinced it was they who exposed our lack of crossing-route coverage last year, which OSU wisely took note of. Hopefully, Brown's fixed that to a large extent).