The nature of the Big Ten’s football race, with 18 teams and no divisions, required a process that accounted for each team missing eight of the others.
The seventh and final step calls for commissioner Tony Petitti to conduct a random draw, which is safer than throwing darts but perhaps not as visually satisfying as a coin flip.No process so potentially complex should be solved in a few steps — not when the issue is a conference race unlike any in the history of the sport.
For the first time in Big Ten history, the teams with the best winning percentage in conference games, not division winners, will meet for the championship. — In the event of an unbalanced schedule , the records of the two tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents, regardless of how many conference opponents each team played. If winning percentage is equal for all conference opponents, move to next step in tiebreaker.The representative will be chosen by the highest ranking by SportSource Analytics following the regular season.
— a) If the ineligible team is tied for the No. 1 position in the standings, then the teams in the No. 2 and No. 3 position in the standings shall be the Big Ten Championship Game representatives.
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