Division 1: Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern, MinnesotaEach school will have one protected out-of-division rivalry -- i.e., The Game will continue to take place on the final Saturday of the regular season.
Division 2: The Ohio State University, Penn State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana, Illinois
The only geographically pure split would have been East/West, with PSU, OSU, both Michigan and both Indiana schools in one half, but that would likely have been imbalanced in terms of sports strength. So this sorta North/South-ish thing is ... interesting.
Also, Brigham Young University has broken up with the Mountain West Conference (but hopes they can still be friends) to go independent in football, West Coast Conference in other matters. In football, they've signed an eight-year deal with ESPN and an agreement to play Notre Dame six times in the next decade.
