Big Ten 2024

[Vogel]

18 teams
- Big Ten will have the defending National Champs
- Big Ten will have the defending National Runner-Up

Michigan has a ROUGH schedule. 5 teams should match up talent wise
Texas
USC
at Washington
Oregon
at Ohio State

Washington has 4 big matchups
Michigan
USC
at Penn State - in November
at Oregon


Ohio State is once again playing it's typical 3 teams with equal talent
at Oregon
at Penn St
Michigan

Oregon has 3 big matchups, you could say 4 since a trip to Camp Randall in November is never easy
Ohio State
at Michigan - in November
at Wisconsin - in November
Washington


USC has a rough schedule like Michigan
LSU - in Vegas to open the season
at Michigan
Penn State
at Washington
Notre Dame
- they also play solid Wisconsin, solid Minnesota, solid Maryland, solid Rutgers, up and coming Nebraska and a rivalry game with UCLA
USC isn't a top 5 caliber team so those TOUGH games plus all those solid teams on the schedule could mean a 6-6 type season

Penn State - like Ohio St, just 3 top teams
at USC
Ohio State
Washington


Looking forward to the 12 team playoff.
Really looking forward to northern schools like Ohio St, Michigan, Penn St, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska getting a HOME playoff game in mid-December.
Ole Miss at Michigan on December 20th - that would be awesome
LSU at Ohio State on December 20th - that would be awesome
I want to see some Southern schools up north in the elements in December.

FCS is dominated by northern schools in a playoff with home field advantage
NFL is dominated by northern teams in a playoff with home field advantage
FBS is finally not having it's top postseason games featured in the South 100% of the time - will this mean the return of the Big Ten being the dominate conference?

[jakethesnake2]

A couple points:

Washington at Penn State in November isn't much different than PSU at Seattle in November. Seattle is chilly, rainy, and the kicker, windy in November

Let's not kid ourselves: it's not equal talent when comes to Ohio State. Buckeyes still more talented. Hence, in some circles, why Ryan Day is Ryan Cooper.

Remember kids, they don't go to OSU to play school. It's an NFL football factory

[BellevueBuckeye]

A change happening to the national championship format tends to be good news historically for Ohio State.

In another thread I highlighted that Michigan tends to win their national titles at the tail end of various national championship format eras, that made me realize that in contrast, Ohio State tends to win their national titles near the beginning of various format eras. It seems that any time a considerable change is made to the format, Ohio State can be expected to win a title within 7 years.

1936 - AP poll created:
Ohio State wins title in 1942

1950 - Coaches Poll created:
Ohio State wins title in 1954 (AP only, but does win Coaches Poll itself in 1957)

1968 - AP Poll moves to post bowl game final poll
Ohio State wins title in 1968

1998 - BCS begins
Ohio State wins title in 2002

2014 - CFP 4 team format begins
Ohio State wins title in 2014

2024 - CFP 12 team format begins
Time to see how it takes this time