Per CNN:
The alignments for the new divisions, which have yet to be named, are as follows:
– Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin in one division.
– Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern in the other.
Each school will play its five division mates every year. Each school also will face three teams from the other division, including one cross-division school that it will be guaranteed to face annually, according to the Big Ten.
The guaranteed cross-division match-ups, some of which keep intact longstanding rivalries, are Ohio State-Michigan, Illinois-Northwestern, Wisconsin-Minnesota, Indiana-Michigan State, Penn State-Nebraska and Purdue-Iowa.
Looks like they don't really have geographic boundaries. I figured Nub would be in a Western Division with Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois.
I was secretly hoping Nub would be stuck with OSU, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Penn State, relegating them to 3-5 every year and major obscurity. Still may happen though.
The alignments for the new divisions, which have yet to be named, are as follows:
– Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin in one division.
– Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern in the other.
Each school will play its five division mates every year. Each school also will face three teams from the other division, including one cross-division school that it will be guaranteed to face annually, according to the Big Ten.
The guaranteed cross-division match-ups, some of which keep intact longstanding rivalries, are Ohio State-Michigan, Illinois-Northwestern, Wisconsin-Minnesota, Indiana-Michigan State, Penn State-Nebraska and Purdue-Iowa.
Looks like they don't really have geographic boundaries. I figured Nub would be in a Western Division with Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois.
I was secretly hoping Nub would be stuck with OSU, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Penn State, relegating them to 3-5 every year and major obscurity. Still may happen though.
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