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RE: Big Ten's Next Move(s)?
(06-28-2026 03:37 PM)NotoriousOne Wrote: (06-26-2026 12:17 PM)jrj84105 Wrote: B1G should effectively make everybody quasi-independent by implementing 4 schools divisions like the NFL.
- GT, Duke, UVA, UMD
- PSU, OSU, UM, MSU
- IU, PU, IL, NW
- WI, MN, IO, NE
- UO, UW, UCLA, UU
- USC, ND, MIA, RU
Game Breakdown
- 3 versus division
- 5 cross division, rotating (play each school every 4 years)
- 2 preference (e.g. Miami gets 3 games (1 rotating plus 2 preference) vs GT/Duke/UVA/UMD annually; ND can use one preference to play UCLA and keep an annual game in California and one preference to play UM annually).
MBB
- East: ND, PSU, RU, UMD, UVA, Duke, GT, Miami
- Central: OSU, UI, NW, WI, IU, PU, UM, MSU
- West: IO, MN, NE, UU, UO, UW, USC, UCLA
Schedule: 14 in division; 4 fixed rotating (play each school every 4 years), 2 preference.
I may be in the minority here, but four team divisions in any sport suck. I hate them in the NFL and would not like any conference to go this route. The only reason for it is to keep more teams “in it” down the stretch. There are better options, like 7 teams which allows everyone an even number of home games inside the division. Divisions of 8 work for sports with home and home formats, like basketball. Having said all that, I actually like the current division-less format for football.
I don’t like divisions either, but I like the mechanics of group play in the World Cup. In NFL the divisions play H:H which is a lot of games. In this setup, only 3 division games at the end; the first 7 games would be a non-divisional points race:
I would do a simplified strength of record. Add up the wins of the teams you beat (tWIN or transitive wins) minus the losses of the teams that beat you (tLOSS) for a tSCORE.
So if you went 7-3 and the 7 teams you beat collectively went 20W-50L your tWIN would be 20. And if the 3 teams you lost to went 20-10 your tLOSS would be 10. tWIN-tLOSS= tSCORE. 20-10=10.
Finish the season vs division (3 games) for division champs with final tSCORE as the tiebreaker.
Assume a 16 team playoff with 8 from the B1G and 8 from the SEC.
The 6 division champs are in. CCG weekend is replaced with wildcard weekend to determine the final 2 spots utilizing the four non-champs with highest tSCORE.
I simulated a season on ChatGPT and got this:
Record and tSCORE shown
Division Champs
- Miami: 8-2, 30
- Virginia 5-5, 4
- Ohio State 10-0, 51
- Indiana 5-5, 3
- Nebraska 6-4, 12
- Oregon 9-1, 39
- Wildcard A: USC (7-3, 20) vs PSU (8-2, 33)
- Wildcard B: UU (7-3, 20) vs ND (8-2, 29)
- First Out: Minnesota (5-5, 4)
The format makes the out of division meaningful as every game effects your tSCORE for division champ tiebreaker and wildcard positioning.
Every single team can play in by winning out in group stage (division) at the end. This also allows teams that are downtrending/injured at the end of the season to be removed from the playoff field improving the B1G’s chances against the SEC in the playoff.
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