Michigan football still leads the Big Ten Conference with 12 national championships, outpacing new addition USC and still ahead of traditional power Ohio State
College football is set to look very different in 2024 with a fresh round of conference realignment and the expansion of the College Football Playoff going into affect this fall.
With the addition of USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington, the Big Ten's 18-member lineup rivals that of any other conference in America, and the conference will be well-represented on the football field in less than a month's time. However, even with the four West Coast schools, even with the history that programs like Ohio State and Penn State bring to the table, it's clear who remains the "leaders and best" of the Big Ten — the Michigan Wolverines.
While Oregon has become a recent power in college football, the Ducks have a long way to go before they can be considered among the premier programs in the history of the sport. Oregon has never won a national championship in football, though quarterback Marcus Mariota did with the Heisman Trophy in 2014. Despite the lack of hardware, the Ducks do not lack in boisterous energy, and their
If more evidence of Michigan's dominance is needed, both on and off the football field, look no further than to the graphic below, which lists the total number of Big Ten championships across all sports over the last five years.As the Big Ten enters a new era, its clear that the rest of the 18-member field is still looking up at the Wolverines.
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