So the East leads 11-5 after the West had an awful week in Week 10, going 0-3 against the East.
Looking ahead to week 11, there are 3 cross-division games
Ind @ILL
MD @Neb
Rut @Iowa
So each West team should be favored but not by much. You got to figure the East would win at least 1 out of 3, which will clinch it for the east (again). But even if the West goes 3-0 this week, you got Minn @OSU the next week.
So really all the West is fighting for now is respectability. The worst the West has ever done I believe is 8-13 (8-14 with CCG). But 2023 may be by far the worse effort ever because the West actually had home field advantage this year and still has no teams ranked today.