Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota are home along with Maryland
at Penn State and at Ohio State are the other options.....at Purdue and at NW are tough to look for with how well both are playing right now.
I don't know if Nigel Johnson is seriously hurt of just tweaked an ankle or something else, but that number is not improving if he's out for any extended period of time. There isn't enough guard play to overcome an injury to the backcourt and score enough points.
Iowa is improving with their freshmen and is not the same team from November or early December. Penn State is more improved than expected.....before the season, those along with NW were thought to be the possibilities along with Nebraska and Iowa.....but the league is vastly improved.
We play home and home with Maryland, NW and Wisconsin and truly 4 of those 6 games were "road games".
Ohio State and Illinois are the two best options based on what I see, followed by an improving Minnesota team, which has as much talent as Iowa does.
RU finds 2-3 more wins folks, still looking at the overall season, not isolating at Michigan State and Iowa game at home, as where we are as a program.