The Big Ten will announce its much-anticipated, two six-team divisional setup for the 2011-12 season later Wednesday, with traditional football powers Ohio State and Michigan in opposing divisions and new member Nebraska aligned with the Wolverines.
Multiple sources told ESPN.com that the two divisions in the Big Ten will look like:
• Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern and Minnesota.
• And Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana and Illinois.
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That second division looks stacked. Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin and Illinois, plus Indiana (if they can rebound with Crean) would be a terribly difficult division. Meanwhile, MSU has a cakewalk to the title seemingly every year (from the looks of it right now).
It will be interesting to see if these are the actual divisions for basketball. If so, the Big 10 could see a division seperation much like the SEC has.
Northwestern is going to hate that division
Also, it seems to me that Northwestern and Illinois should be in the same division. Perhaps Wisconsin goes to the western division?
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