B1G: East vs West vs Pac

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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
 

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​
 

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​
 

Standings for only East vs Pac games (since 2024)

Indiana40
1.000​
Oregon61
0.857​
Ohio State21
0.667​
Penn State32
0.600​
UCLA44
0.500​
USC33
0.500​
Washington34
0.429​
Maryland13
0.250​
Michigan13
0.250​
Rutgers14
0.200​
Michigan State03
0.000​
 



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.
 

Some guy said:
If Indiana was a unit during the east west days then the divisions would’ve been REALLY imbalanced
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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.
 

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.
 

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

West, 0 and whatever in Indianapolis.
 



DarrenTheGreek said:
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.
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Indiana was 4-5 vs Purdue during the days of the big ten west

I think Minnesota was 2-0 vs Indiana
 


gopherbadgerman said:
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.
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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.
 

MNVCGUY said:
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.
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In the East/West era Michigan State won 10 or more games, with 7 or more B1G wins in each of those season, 4 times (2014, 2015, 2017, & 2021) and won more division championships than Illinois, Minnesota, & Nebraska did combined. They would have been the best team in the West in 3 of those seasons and possibly all 4. Wisconsin was pretty good in 2017.

The fact is that both divisions were very similar in a few ways. Both had a dominant team. Ohio State won 5 championships in the East, Wisconsin won 4 in the West.

Both division had a second team that won quite a bit. Michigan & Iowa both had 3 division championships.

The rest of the championships were random teams lead by NW with 2 (1 of those was kinda weird but that is NW football in a nutshell) PSU, Michigan State, & Purdue each having 1 championship.

The big difference is of course the best 3 teams in the entire conference were usually in the East. And nearly half the time of the East/West era the 4th best team in the conference was also from the East.
 



MNVCGUY said:
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.
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Heh. This is stupid even for you.
 

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