The main appeal to scrapping divisions, to me anyway, is the additional flexibility in scheduling. You can guarantee everybody plays everybody else in the conference at least 50% of the time, and every team visits your campus at least once every 4 years.

As for the need to have the top 2 teams in the CCG, I personally think that is over-rated. The key is did every team get their shot at least 1 team playing in the CCG. If they had their shot, they don't need to play again. If OSU beats Mich in the last week of the season, do the 2 teams really need to play again a week later. Give somebody else a shot to beat OSU.