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Iowa’s path to the Big Ten Championship widens without divisions

The Big Ten just got done with their meetings and much of the very online discussion has swirled around divisions as the NCAA simultaneously relaxed “restrictions for FBS football conference championship games.

The Pac-12 immediately announced their intentions to move towards a Big 12-style conference game with the top two teams facing off, irrespective of the divisional alignment which will remain in place through this season.

Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff, in statement: "Our goal is to place our two best teams in our Pac-12 football championship game, which we believe will provide our conference with the best opportunity to optimize CFP invitations and ultimately win national championships.