Can Penn State still play in the Big Ten championship game?

With two weeks remaining in the regular season, there is still a chance Penn State can play for the Big Ten championship. But in addition to taking care of its remaining schedule, Penn State will need some help from around the conference in order to book a trip to Indianapolis to play for the first Big Ten championship in the 18-team era of the conference.

At 6-1 in Big Tne play, Penn State sits in fourth place in the Big Ten standings following the result of Week 12. Oregon essentially clinched its spot in the Big Ten championship game with a defensive victory at Wisconsin on Saturday night. There is a bizarre tiebreaker that could bite Oregon in the end, but that is considered highly unlikely at this stage. That leaves one spot up for grabs between three teams, including Penn State.

And there will be some clarity to the Big Ten championship game situation in Week 13 when the two other teams competing for a spot in Indy, Ohio State and Indiana, square off in the game of the week. Indiana is undefeated this season and Ohio State has just one loss (to Oregon). Indiana owns a one-game lead on Penn State in the standings and Ohio State holds the edge over the Nittany Lions due to a head-to-head victory a couple of weeks ago.

The winner of next weekend’s Ohio State-Indiana will have the inside track to Indianapolis going into the final week of the regular season. Indiana will wither be 11-0 and 8-0 in Big Ten play going into its final game of the regular season against 1-9 Purdue, or Ohio State will go into the final game of the regular season at home against Michigan already owning head-to-head tiebreakers against both Penn State and Indiana.

What are the tiebreakers?

The Big Ten released its conference championship game tiebreakers prior to the start of the season. They are mostly the same as they have been in previous…

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Author : Nittany Lions Wire

Publish date : 2024-11-17 14:00:08

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