Is the best division in college football.
Not the best as in best teams...best as in deepest with solid teams. Enough good teams year to year to have legitimate top 10 teams in most years.
Only other competition for depth is ACC coastal but ACC is depth of mediocrity not depth of above average play.
We should thank the big ten that they changed their original thinking to preserve Big Ten West rivalries (even Purdue’s crossover is protected every year...which is why we play Maryland every year for a 5 year cycle). Since the beginning of the big ten west Minnesota has played a division championship game against wisconsin multiple times. That couldn’t have happened in the legends/leaders set up.
outside appearance would say the big ten has imbalanced divisions. But reality is, in a divisional set up...whichever division has Ohio state is going to be clearly the better division at the top.
Not the best as in best teams...best as in deepest with solid teams. Enough good teams year to year to have legitimate top 10 teams in most years.
Only other competition for depth is ACC coastal but ACC is depth of mediocrity not depth of above average play.
We should thank the big ten that they changed their original thinking to preserve Big Ten West rivalries (even Purdue’s crossover is protected every year...which is why we play Maryland every year for a 5 year cycle). Since the beginning of the big ten west Minnesota has played a division championship game against wisconsin multiple times. That couldn’t have happened in the legends/leaders set up.
outside appearance would say the big ten has imbalanced divisions. But reality is, in a divisional set up...whichever division has Ohio state is going to be clearly the better division at the top.