B1G: East vs West vs Pac

[DarrenTheGreek]

Since 2014 I've been keeping annual stats of the East vs West division. The last 2 seasons I've added a hypothetical "Pac" division. Here are the results from 2025 as well as historical results.

2025
East vs West: East wins 15-10
West vs Pac: Pac wins 10-4
East vs Pac: Pac wins 9-4

2024
East vs West: East wins 16-8
West vs Pac: Pac wins 8-3
East vs Pac: East wins 8-7

2023: East wins 13-8
2022: East wins 13-8
2021: East wins 11-10
2020: East/West tied 7-7
2019: East wins 11-10
2018: East wins 11-10
2017: East wins 13-8
2016: West wins 11-10 (only time West has won)
2015: East/West tied 7-7
2014: East/West tied 7-7

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Standings for only East vs West games (since 2014)

Ohio State	32​	2​	0.941​
Michigan	28​	6​	0.824​
Penn State	25​	10​	0.714​
Iowa	21​	13​	0.618​
Indiana	17​	16​	0.515​
Wisconsin	16​	17​	0.485​
Michigan State	15​	18​	0.455​
Minnesota	15​	19​	0.441​
Nebraska	15​	20​	0.429​
Illinois	15​	20​	0.429​
Northwestern	13​	20​	0.394​
Maryland	10​	23​	0.303​
Purdue	9​	25​	0.265​
Rutgers	7​	29​	0.194​

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Standings for only West vs Pac games (since 2024)

Oregon	7​	0​	1.000​
USC	6​	2​	0.750​
Minnesota	2​	1​	0.667​
Washington	3​	2​	0.600​
UCLA	2​	3​	0.400​
Illinois	1​	2​	0.333​
Iowa	1​	3​	0.250​
Wisconsin	1​	3​	0.250​
Nebraska	1​	3​	0.250​
Northwestern	1​	3​	0.250​
Purdue	0​	3​	0.000​

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Standings for only East vs Pac games (since 2024)

Indiana	4	0	1.000​
Oregon	6	1	0.857​
Ohio State	2	1	0.667​
Penn State	3	2	0.600​
UCLA	4	4	0.500​
USC	3	3	0.500​
Washington	3	4	0.429​
Maryland	1	3	0.250​
Michigan	1	3	0.250​
Rutgers	1	4	0.200​
Michigan State	0	3	0.000​

 

[Some guy]

If Indiana was a unit during the east west days then the divisions would’ve been REALLY imbalanced

 

[MNVCGUY]

Interesting breakdowns. Issue with the East/West setup was always that the heavy hitters were in the East. Once you got past the big 3 of OSU/Mich/PSU the rest were very comparable.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

If Indiana was a unit during the east west days then the divisions would’ve been REALLY imbalanced

Agree....but Indiana has benefitted from having an annual matchup against Purdue. Their record before they became a power was higher than it should have been.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Can't people just admit the West was overall weak? There are always excuses...and BTW you can't discount the top three in the east, they were in there.

 

[Ope3]

Can't people just admit the West was overall weak? There are always excuses...and BTW you can't discount the top three in the east, they were in there.

It does not need to be admitted when it is clearly self-evident.

West, 0 and whatever in Indianapolis.

 

[Some guy]

Agree....but Indiana has benefitted from having an annual matchup against Purdue. Their record before they became a power was higher than it should have been.

Indiana was 4-5 vs Purdue during the days of the big ten west

I think Minnesota was 2-0 vs Indiana

 

[Some guy]

Can't people just admit the West was overall weak? There are always excuses...and BTW you can't discount the top three in the east, they were in there.

It wasn’t really weak. It was middle heavy lol

Same with ACC coastal

 

[MNVCGUY]

Can't people just admit the West was overall weak? There are always excuses...and BTW you can't discount the top three in the east, they were in there.

The thing is....the West wasn't weak it was very balanced from top to bottom. Under the old format (and old rules of college football) the East was basically a 3 team race every year - MSU, Indiana, Rutgers and Maryland were eliminated before the season even started. That was not the case in the West.

The East absolutely had the best teams in the conference.....there is no disputing that. But I would not call the West weak.