With there being no divisions in the Big 10 conference now, the easiest conference schedules will help teams get to the conference championship game. I’ve been curious about how things shook out this year, so I did some analysis. Here are some initial things that jumped out to me:
- Indiana played 7 of the bottom 8 teams.
- Iowa also played 7 of the bottom 8 teams.
- Iowa only played 1 team in the top 6.
- Michigan played 4 of the top 5 teams (only team in the top 14 of the standings to do so), with 3 of the 4 being on the road.
- Michigan played 7 of the top 11 teams.
- Osu is the only team in the top 10 to play the top 3 teams.
- UCLA is the only team to not play an opponent lower than 12.
- Purdue is the only team to play the top 5 teams (their other 4 games were against teams 12-16).
- MSU played 7 of the top 9 teams, and also played the worst 2.
- USC played 1 team in the top 6.
- Indiana played 7 of the bottom 8 teams.
- Iowa also played 7 of the bottom 8 teams.
- Iowa only played 1 team in the top 6.
- Michigan played 4 of the top 5 teams (only team in the top 14 of the standings to do so), with 3 of the 4 being on the road.
- Michigan played 7 of the top 11 teams.
- Osu is the only team in the top 10 to play the top 3 teams.
- UCLA is the only team to not play an opponent lower than 12.
- Purdue is the only team to play the top 5 teams (their other 4 games were against teams 12-16).
- MSU played 7 of the top 9 teams, and also played the worst 2.
- USC played 1 team in the top 6.
