Big Ten standings, explained: Updated 2025 tiebreakers for Ohio State, Indiana, Oregon, USC and Michigan originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana appear on a collision course for the Big Ten championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium on Dec. 6.

The situation has some at Michigan questioning the future of the school’s 129-year relationship with the Big Ten.

Analyzing tiebreaker scenarios and laying out the Wolverines' path to the Big Ten title game in the case they win out

Game of the week Iowa (6-3, 4-2 Big Ten, No. 21 College Football Playoff ) at No. 17 Southern California (7-2, 5-1, No. 17 CFP), 3:30 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network) Iowa's playoff hopes likely disintegrated last week when they lost 18-16 to No.

The four former Pac-12 schools finished toward the middle and bottom of the Big Ten in rushing last season. That isn’t the case this year.

These fans haven't let the extra travel and headaches associated with watching the Ducks play Big Ten road games get in their way.

The conference says it is continuing to review the situation, which occurred in Friday night’s game, with both USC and Northwestern.

When the Big Ten added former Pac-12 schools Oregon, Washington, UCLA and USC to the conference last fall, there was belief those programs would struggle to adjust to the run.

The Big Ten is in danger of devolving into a two-bid conference if a specific sequence of results plays out involving Oregon, Michigan and USC.