Tiebreakers will be more crucial than ever before in determining Big Ten Championship Game participants going forward.
The conference is expanding to 18 teams with the additions of Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington this season and abandoning the two-division structure it had employed since 2012. There's never been a higher likelihood that two or more teams will be tied for a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game.
On Monday, the Big Ten announced its tiebreaking procedures for the 2024 season just three days before Rutgers opens the season for the conference against Howard.
The head-to-head result between the two tied teams was the obvious first place to go, and that will be the main decider in any tiebreaking scenario.