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The Big Ten made big news Sunday by announcing its new division alignment for the 2014 season, as well as a move to nine league games beginning in 2016. We covered all the news here and here and here, but several components of the moves merit further...

We're nearing the halfway point of our journey through the Big Ten. In a perfect world, there would be no budgetary restrictions or editors (whoops, did we just type that?), and we could simply pick the games we'll attend each week during the season....

The Big Ten lays claim to several of the best rivalries in college sports and more trophy games than any other league. But not all rivalries are created equal. As the league prepares for Round 2 of division alignment, athletic directors must make ...

Recruiting is a whirlwind, but National Signing Day provides coaches a chance to take a deep breath and reflect on the grind and the top moments along the way. We asked several Big Ten coaches last week to share their favorite recruiting stories from...

The potential demise of Legends and Leaders set off quite the reaction earlier this week, but a much bigger issue than reworking the Big Ten division names is reworking the Big Ten divisions themselves. The divisions will have a new look for the 2...

The Big Ten's bowl lineup is set, and not surprisingly, it looks daunting. A league that failed to put any teams in the top 15 of the final BCS standings faces three teams in the top 10 -- No. 6 Stanford, No. 7 Georgia and No. 10 South Carolina. The ...

Three lessons from a lopsided Big Ten championship game: 1. Wisconsin making the Rose Bowl fits the Big Ten's 2012 narrative: The first five-loss team ever to play in the Rose Bowl? It figures that team comes from the Big Ten after a season like t...

Rather than the normal Friday Q&A, we decided to reach out to two coaches who faced both Big Ten championship game participants -- No. 12 Nebraska and Wisconsin -- earlier this season. Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio and Penn State head c...

The 2012 All-Big Ten teams and individual award winners will be revealed at 7 p.m. ET tonight on the Big Ten Network. We'll post the full lists shortly thereafter as well as reaction. The four major awards -- Offensive Player of the Year, Defensiv...

The Ohio State Buckeyes have been atop the Big Ten power rankings most of the season. They'll stay there for a very long time. Ohio State's win against Michigan secured a 12-0 season, just the sixth undefeated, untied campaign in team history. Whi...

After a historic week off the field, the Big Ten steps between the lines Friday and Saturday for the final time in this regular season. All 12 teams are in action, and several rivalry games are on tap, highlighted by The Game between Michigan and Ohi...

It took a while, but the Big Ten finally has some separation. You've got the top six teams clearly defined. Then you have the next three and finally the three I's -- Indiana, Iowa and Illinois -- at the bottom. The top three teams remain intact fr...

We're two weeks from officially knowing the Big Ten's bowl lineup, but there's still a lot to be decided. Indiana's postseason hopes are dashed after the Hoosiers suffered their seventh loss Saturday at Penn State. Iowa also won't be going bowling...

It's the home stretch of Big Ten play, and Adam Rittenberg already has the champagne on ice. Rittenberg holds a commanding five-game lead against Brian Bennett, who seems likely to suffer the same fate as his beloved St. Louis Cardinals this fall. ...

A knockdown here, a replay reversal there and the power rankings would have a dramatically different look. Northwestern would be higher and perhaps so would Penn State, but losses by the Wildcats and the Nittany Lions put them in the middle of the pa...

What time is it? Prediction time, whoop. Three weeks remain in the regular season, and Brian Bennett needs them to be very good ones. He trails Adam Rittenberg by four games in the season standings. If Bennett can't mount a late surge, Rittenberg ...