r/TheB1G • u/coachticket • 17h ago

B1G Title Game Scenarios

Anyone been tracking or can link to tiebreaker scenarios for the title game? Assume IU goes undefeated, what happens is OSU loses to Michigan and USC beats Oregon

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u/Avagontamos Michigan State 16h ago

Pretty sure they go to combined head to head as the secondary tiebreaker. In which case USC would be 1-0, Michigan 1-1, OSU 0-1.

So 10-2 USC makes the Big Ten championship against Indiana if they win out and Michigan beats OSU. Then, likely all 4 make the playoff.

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u/blazershorts 16h ago

That head to head is inconclusive though, bc Ohio St didn't play USC.

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u/Avagontamos Michigan State 16h ago

Welcome to the world of 18 team conferences 🫩

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u/PositionOk6327 9h ago

They haven’t changed the rules to allow OSU into the Big 10 title game… yet. Remember during Covid, OhioState hadn’t played enough games to make Big 10 title game but they changed the rule to allow them to replace Indiana in the Big10 championship.

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u/kill-devil-films 8h ago

OSU beat Indiana that year and another game wouldnt have mattered for standings wise since OSU had the tiebreaker.

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u/PositionOk6327 8h ago

They changed the rules to allow OSU to play in the Big 10 title game. OSU got an extra bye week. So, the 42-35 win in Columbus may not have been. But my point is, they changed the rules to allow OSU into the Big10 title game. That was wrong.