Ohio State Is The Big Ten Pre-Season Favorite To Win Conference Title

A poll of Writers who cover Big Ten football have unanimously picked defending champion Ohio State to win the Big Ten Championship this Fall.

This is the third time the Buckeyes have been voted the favorite in five years, but a revote held after Braxton Miller was declared out for the season in 2014 resulted in Michigan State being named the favorite.

Ohio State received all 40 first-place votes in the Big Ten East with Michigan State picked to finish second in the division.

Wisconsin won the voting for the West Division. Nebraska received five first place votes and Minnesota received three. Iowa was picked to finish 4th. The Badgers haved played in three of the first four Big Ten Championship Games. Ohio State has played in two, and the Golden Gophers are looking for their first appearance.

The Buckeyes and Badgers faced off in the Big Ten Championship Game last season with Ohio State destroying Wisconsin 59-0 and helped vault them into the inaugural College Football Playoff.

EAST
1. Ohio State
2. Michigan State
3. Penn State
4. Michigan
5. Maryland
6. Rutgers
7. Indiana

WEST
1. Wisconsin
2. Nebraska
3. Minnesota
4. Iowa
5. Northwestern
6. Illinois
7. Purdue