We know the conference didn't do OSU any favors in scheduling this year, and they never do. I hate to see the tiebreakers this year. The conference is whoring OSU out for TV money.

Oregon has to play OSU at home, and @UM.

PSU plays OSU at home and @USC.

Iowa has the lamest schedule of them all, @OSU, that's it for the top contenders on the Hawkeyes schedule.

UM plays @OSU, Oregon, USC at home.

USC plays @UM and PSU.

None of this compares to OSU's schedule Iowa & UM in the Horseshoe, and @PSU and @Oregon.

Iowa can easily run their schedule outside of OSU, but if they played OSU's schedule, they have 4 potential losses to OSU, Oregon, UM and USC. Rutgers is much improved, but not a top team, their only ranked game is USC, again, they very well could have only 1 or 2 losses too. This is just terribly unbalanced scheduling by the conference.