By RJ Younger
FOX Sports activities School Soccer Author
Listed below are my high 5 storylines for the Massive Ten heading into the 2022 faculty soccer season.
1. Will Ohio State and Ryan Day win their first nationwide title collectively?
Regardless of Michigan incomes each its first Massive Ten title and its first victory over Ohio State since 2011 final season, the Buckeyes are the staff greatest positioned to win the 2022 Massive Ten title.
With Heisman finalist CJ Stroud, working again TreVeyon Henderson and Heisman contender Jaxon Smith-Njigba forming the perfect offensive trio within the sport, Day has what he must subject probably the most highly effective offense within the convention — if not the nation.
Can Ohio State win all of it?
Is that this the yr Ryan Day leads the Buckeyes to a nationwide title? RJ Younger appears at what's in retailer in Columbus.
The most important query for the Buckeyes is whether or not new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles put collectively a protection that rivals the one Jeff Hafley fielded in 2019. In that case, there isn't any motive Day and the Buckeyes cannot win their first nationwide title collectively.
2. Is the state of Michigan for actual?
Michigan and Michigan State mixed to go 23-4, characteristic in two New Yr's Six Bowl video games and develop two NFL first-round picks and 9 whole NFL Draft picks final season.
Add to this the truth that Michigan beat Ohio State, each the Spartans and Wolverines beat Penn State, and Michigan gained the B1G title, and you'll see why The Nice Lakes State loved a banner yr.
Ohio State, Michigan can compete for CFP
RJ explains why he thinks there are six groups within the Massive Ten that may realistically compete for the School Soccer Playoff.
In 2022, the Spartans and Wolverines have an opportunity to show they're actual contenders — not only for the league championship but in addition for the nationwide one.
3. Is that this the final stand of Scott Frost?
In 2021, the Huskers completed 3-9. Frost is simply 10-25 towards Massive Ten competitors and 15-29 in 4 years in Lincoln.
Alongside the best way, he has seen a change in athletic administrators, picked up a show-cause order from the NCAA and accepted a 20% discount in wage.
In response to the three-win season final yr, Frost overturned half his offensive workers and added the person who produced first-round choose Kenny Pickett and reigning Biletnikoff Award winner Jordan Addison in offensive coordinator Mark Whipple, in addition to former LSU assistant and Nebraska alumnus Mickey Joseph.
Switch quarterbacks Casey Thompson (Texas) and Chubba Purdy (Florida State), JUCO All-American working again Anthony Grant and LSU receiver switch Trey Palmer add skilled expertise to a staff Frost wants to guide him to bowl-eligibility.
That is what it'd take to see him again at Nebraska for 2023.
Can Minnesota win the Massive Ten West?
RJ Younger breaks down which groups within the Massive Ten will do higher than their preseason win totals and which groups will fall brief.
4. Will the Massive Ten West (ever) produce a CFP choice?
The Pac-12 North has produced two extra CFP choices than the Massive Ten West, which has but to provide one in any respect.
Nonetheless, Wisconsin, Iowa, Purdue and Minnesota are all adequate to win the B1G West and the convention title.
They every have returning head coaches, skilled beginning quarterbacks, sturdy working video games and adequate defenses to make an announcement this season. If any of these 4 groups catches hearth, the Massive Ten may make historical past with its CFP choice coming from the perceived weaker division.
5. Is that this the yr the Massive Ten will get two groups into the CFP?
Most likely not. But when every division managed to provide an undefeated or one-loss winner, the B1G may grow to be simply the second convention to provide two CFP choices in a single season.
The returns of working again Mohamed Ibrahim to the Golden Gophers and Braelon Allen to the Badgers, plus the rising expertise of true freshman working again Nick Singleton at Penn State, will make this quest for 2 B1G groups within the four-team playoff fascinating, particularly if all three handle to return out firing.
RJ Younger is a nationwide faculty soccer author and analyst for FOX Sports activities and the host of the podcast "The No. 1 Ranked Show with RJ Young." Observe him on Twitter at @RJ_Young, and subscribe to "The RJ Young Show" on YouTube. He's not on a StepMill.
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