The Big Ten is on the brink of history, one way or another.
The résumé is complete for Ohio State, and it is in line to become the first team to not win a conference championship but make the four-team playoff field. The work isn't yet done for Penn State and Wisconsin, and both programs could use that final "data point" to make a claim for the College Football Playoff.
There's a real chance the conference could get two teams in, thereby completing a remarkable turnaround from being a national punchline a few years ago to being the toughest league in the country by beating the SEC to the two-team punch.