In 2023, Jim Harbaugh's Michigan Wolverines completed a nine-year title pursuit, filled with setbacks and plenty of losses to Ohio State, by defeating future conference mate Washington in the College Football Playoff championship. In 2024, Ryan Day's Ohio State Buckeyes used the extra mulligan offered by a 12-team CFP to get right after a tough rivalry loss to Michigan -- OSU's fourth in a row -- and maul the rest of the field on the way to four wins and a title.
Top to bottom, the Big Ten isn't college football's best conference, but it's the biggest, and it has produced the past two national champions.