Our overall record is worse, but what matters for conference standings is conference W/L, and the the tiebreaker is head-to-head results. We should be ahead of Minnesota and Illinois.
I'm not saying ESPN hates us - they've been pumping sunshine for us since Frost was hired, really - but it's true their B1G West standings are incorrect. (Also, see that Wisconsin is ranked behind Purdue, despite identical conference records and Wisconsin's superior overall record.)