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The Big Ten laid out its new tiebreaker guidelines after expanding to 18 teams and ditching divisions starting with the 2024 college football season.
Head-to-head matchups will be the first and most straightforward way to determine a representative for the championship game if two teams have the same conference record. Things branch off from there and culminate in a random draw if a differentiator can't be found.
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