There will be no Big Ten team in the College Football Playoffs for the second consecutive year, after the committee settled on undefeated Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame as well as one-loss and Big 12 champs Oklahoma. Ohio State finished with a similar resume as the Sooners- a conference championship and a 12-1 record, but was left on the outside looking in yet again after missing out in 2017 despite winning the Big Ten.
The Big Ten likes to think of itself as the best conference in college football. If that’s even remotely true, how have they failed to land a playoff spot in the last two years?