1. OSU- when playing king of the hill you are there until you get knocked off
2. Wisconsin- similar to above until proven wrong
I kinda look at this the same way.
Back in 2004 Michigan and Iowa shared the Big11Ten Championship. In the fifteen years since Ohio State has nine league titles while UW, MSU, and PSU have three each*. The other ten schools in the league (M, MN, IL, IA, NU, PU, IU, UNL, UMD, RU) have none.
In the nine years that we have had a B1GCG, one third of them have been tOSU vs UW. Only one of the nine involved neither tOSU nor UW (2015's MSU over IA game). The other eight were:
- tOSU over UW in 2019, 2017, and 2014
- tOSU over NU in 2018
- PSU over UW in 2016
- MSU over tOSU in 2013
- UW over UNL in 2012
- UW over MSU in 2011
B1GCG appearances - wins - losses:
- tOSU - 5 - 4 - 1
- UW - 6 - 2 - 4
- MSU - 3 - 2 - 1
- PSU - 1 - 1- 0
- NU - 1 - 0 - 1
- IA - 1 - 0 - 1
- UNL - 1 - 0 - 1
Interesting that PSU is the lone B1G school to have made at least one appearance and never lost.
I find it difficult to start my rankings with anything other than:
*That adds up to 18 titles in 15 years because up until 2011 it was possible to have co-champions. tOSU and PSU shared titles in 2005 and 2008 while UW and MSU shared it in 2010.
