According to The Athletics’ Scott Dochterman, the Big Ten is considering getting rid of divisions for football as early as the 2023 season. If you have been following along with B1G Thoughts or “The I-70 Football Show,” you would know that this is something that I believe in wholeheartedly. Why, you ask? Mainly because the conference’s divisions are naturally uneven; aside from Wisconsin, all of the best programs are in the East. Since the creation of the conference championship game, an East division school has won every year.
When you add in the inevitability playoff expansion — where the imperative should be to put your conference in the best position to get two or three teams into the field — division-less football just makes the most sense.