ESPN.com: Brady Hoke or Mark Dantonio? Who is your Big Ten coach of the year?

Rittenberg stands in Hoke's corner.

"If the Wolverines win out to finish 10-2 and beat Ohio State for the first time since 2003, Hoke has to be the pick," Ritterberg wrote. "Dantonio also has done a great job helping Michigan State navigate a much more difficult schedule and record back-to-back great seasons for the first time in recent memory. Difference is he did it with a team he recruited, unlike Hoke."

On the Dantonio side is Bennett, who argues that Michigan could finish 8-4 without a signature victory.

"The Spartans' only loss in conference play was on the road at Nebraska after three straight emotional, high-stakes games in October," Bennett writes. "All Michigan State has to do is beat Indiana at home and Northwestern in Evanston, and it will finish 10-2 with a 7-1 conference record and a spot in the first Big Ten title game."