By Pat Harty

IOWA CITY, Iowa – My latest Big Ten football power rankings has a change on top thanks to Iowa’s stunning upset over Ohio State this past Saturday and a fun fact about each team.

Well, fun might be an over-statement, but a fact about each team, or about each team's school or state.

1. Wisconsin (6-0, Big Ten, 9-0 overall)

All of the vitamin D production in the world started in UW–Madison, and this started the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. This is also what started the use of vitamin D in milk.

2. Michigan State (5-1, 7-2)

Michigan State University was founded in 1855 as the nation's first land-grant university and served as the prototype for 69 land-grant institutions later established under the Morrill Act of 1862

3. Northwestern (4-2, 6-3)

Northwestern has sent more people to the Saturday Night Live cast than any other university. Seth Meyers, Brad Hall, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Anna Gasteyer, just to name a few.

4. Iowa (3-3, 6-3)

The University of Iowa became the first public university to admit men and women on an equal basis.

5. Penn State (4-2, 7-2)

The Nittany Lion wasn’t always Penn State’s mascot. It was once a mule named Old Coaly, which was bought for $190 in 1863. Coaly remained their mascot until his death in 1893.

6. Michigan (4-2, 7-2)

In 1927, Michigan actually used two live wolverines as mascots instead of having someone dress up in a suit. The wolverines were named Biff and Bennie, and they reportedly added a lot to the football atmosphere. However, after one year of service, they had to be sent to a zoo.

7. Ohio State (5-1, 7-2)

The first speeding ticket for an automobile driver was given by a policeman in Dayton, Ohio, in 1904, to Harry Myers for going 12 miles per hour on West Third Street.

8. Rutgers (3-3, 4-5)

Rutgers University and Princeton played the first game of intercollegiate football in 1869. The game took place where the present-day College Avenue gymnasium now stands in New Brunswick, NJ. Rutgers won the game 6-4.

9. Maryland (4-5, 2-4)

Jim Henson, founder of “The Muppets” graduated from Maryland with a degree in home economics. He started building his characters during his freshman year when he created Sam and Friends.

10. Purdue (4-5, 2-4)

Orville Redenbacher, founder of the popcorn that bears his name, graduated from Purdue in 1928 with a degree in Agronomy. He was also a member of the Purdue marching band and swim team.

11. Nebraska (3-3, 4-5)

Nebraska was once called “The Great American Desert” and is the birthplace of the Rueben sandwich.

12. Minnesota (1-5, 4-5)

The University of Minnesota libraries is home to the largest collection of Sherlock Holmes materials in the world. It consists of over 60,000 books, journals, and other paper materials relating to the famous figure. It’s all stored underground, to be viewed by request.

13. Indiana (0-6, 3-6)

Classes started at Indiana in 1824 with an enrollment of 10 male students.

14. Illinois (0-6, 2-7)

“Playboy” founder Hugh Hefner majored in psychology and doubled-minored in creative writing and art at Illinois. Hefner was an editor for the Daily Illini, editor for the campus humor magazine, Shaft, and drew cartoons for the campus newspaper.