The Big Ten Set Another Record It Won't Be Happy About

Despite Ohio State sneaking into the playoff, this really hasn't been the Big Ten's year.

Traditional powers like Michigan and Penn State are still down, Wisconsin and Nebraska failed to meet expectations, and only Ohio State, Maryland and Minnesota can really be happy about how this season went.

10 teams from the conference are going bowling this year, and on the surface, that's a pretty good number...especially given how much flak the Big Ten took this season. What isn't good, though, are the Vegas odds: for the first time ever, every single Big Ten team is an underdog in their respective bowl matchup. That's never happened before, and having it happen in a year when 10 teams were bowl eligible...not a good look.

The Big Ten is 10-21 in bowl games over the past four seasons. Here are the current spreads, courtesy of VegasInsider.com:

HEART OF DALLAS BOWL

Louisiana Tech by 5.5 over Illinois

QUICK LANE BOWL

North Carolina by 3.5 over Rutgers

PINSTRIPE BOWL

Boston College by 3 over Penn State

HOLIDAY BOWL

USC by 6 over Nebraska

FOSTER FARMS BOWL

Stanford by 13.5 over Maryland

OUTBACK BOWL

Auburn by 5.5 over Wisconsin

COTTON BOWL

Baylor by 3 over Michigan State

CITRUS BOWL

Missouri by 6 over Minnesota

SUGAR BOWL

Alabama by 9.5 over Ohio State

TAXSLAYER BOWL

Tennessee by 3.5 over Iowa

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