If the Big Ten eliminates divisions, that could help Ohio State – and other teams currently in the Big Ten East – make more trips to the Big Ten Championship Game.
If the Big Ten didn’t have divisions, Ohio State wouldn’t have had to wait a year for a shot at revenge against Michigan following November's rivalry loss.
That would make both Big Ten Championship Game berths available to every team in the conference, with the two teams with the best records in Big Ten play earning trips to Indianapolis, and that would likely mean more trips to Lucas Oil Stadium for the current powers of the Big Ten East – especially Ohio State.
In a divisionless conference, the top teams in the Big Ten East – namely Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and Michigan State – could also benefit from not having to play all three of each other every year. Since the conference realigned into East and West divisions in 2014, at least half of each of those four teams’ Big Ten losses have come in games against each other.
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