I'm expecting a 20-team B1G will include 3 divisions, 10 game conference schedule and a 4-team conference B1G Championship playoff.
Would be our current E/W divisions plus a 6-team Pacific Division.
Things stay sort of the same and are yet new.
Don't say the NCAA will not allow a 4-team conference play-off. The B1G will be telling the NCAA what they will be doing at that point.
I’m expecting a 20 team big ten will have 4 scheduling groups.
No divisions. But you play your group plus one entire group.
You okay every team in the conference home and home in 6 years.
West: USC, UCLA, Nebraska, Washington, Oregon
North: Minnesota, wisconsin, Iowa, Northwestern, Illinois
Central: Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Indiana, Purdue
East: Rutgers, Maryland, Penn State, 2 of Florida State, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Virginia, Clemson
If you add all 6 you no longer are at a number to build a schedule consistently as a conference as we know it. Would need to accept some teams never playing each other or go to a 12 game game conference schedule.
Play your group (5), play an entire other group (6), play one locked opponent for a rival OR a random opponent. You would still play everyone home and home over 6 years in this model.
West:
USC
UCLA
Oregon
Washington
Iowa (locked Minnesota)
Nebraska
North:
Minnesota (locked Iowa)
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Illinois
Michigan (locked Ohio state)
Michigan state
East
Ohio State (locked Michigan)
Notre Dame
Indiana
Purdue
Penn State
Rutgers
South :
Maryland
Florida State
North Carolina
Virginia
Clemson
Georgia Tech