... the 26,611,200 (Warning: There be math ahead) possible Big Ten divisional splits has been proposed by one writer or another.

Luckily for the conference, it can look at what has worked and what has not in the three other conferences with divisions.

Considering this history, along with the relative strengths and many rivalries of the Big Ten teams, leads to one simple setup: dividing the teams geographically along the Indiana-Illinois border.

First, the obvious benefits.

In geographic divisions, every major rivalry is preserved. The only currently protected games that would become rotating are Northwestern vs. Purdue and Illinois vs. Indiana, which are easily the most forgettable. In the West, various animal and ...

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