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Big Ten & Championship Attendance: It’s all about the Benjamins

Penn State 38, Wisconsin 31

PSU wins the Big Ten Conference Championship.

And Ohio State, which Penn State defeated, goes to the College Football Playoff.

So, we have these championship games, and you start to ask, why?

"We come back to our mission and that's to select the four very best teams in football... Conference championships is only one piece." pic.twitter.com/f9ZKzVh4LT

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 4, 2016

So, according to the CFP, Penn State was not one of the four best teams, and therefore the Lions go to the Rose Bowl.