After a great deal of anticipation, the Big Ten divisional alignments were finally announced.

It will break down officially as an East and a West division. However, geography only seems to play a small part.

The East will consist of: Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Illinois, and Indiana.

The West will be: Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Northwestern, Michigan State, and Minnesota.

The guaranteed cross-divisional rivalries start with Michigan and OSU.

On top of that, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and Illinois and Northwestern preserve their annual rivalries.

That leaves Penn State, Purdue, and Indiana from the East, and Nebrask...

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