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Topic: B1G Divisional races headed into week 8

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medinabuckeye1

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B1G Divisional races headed into week 8
« on: October 16, 2018, 12:44:38 PM »
Is Rutgers eliminated yet, that is the question!  No, they aren't, but it is REALLY close.  

B1G-E race:
  • 4-0/7-0 Ohio State - controls their own destiny
  • 4-0/6-1 Michigan - controls their own destiny
  • 2-1/4-2 Michigan State - controls their own destiny
  • 2-1/4-2 Maryland - needs two M losses or one M loss and a three way tie that works for them
  • 1-2/4-2 Penn State - needs three tOSU losses and two MSU losses
  • 1-3/4-3 Indiana - needs four tOSU losses, three MSU losses, two M losses, and a Maryland loss
  • 0-4/1-6 Rutgers* - needs five tOSU losses, four UMD losses, three M losses, three MSU losses, two IU losses, and a PSU loss
* Is this actually possible?
  • Ohio State would have to lose out which would give MSU, UMD, and M an additional win.  Cumulative wins:  5 for M, 3 for UMD, 3 for MSU.  
  • Other than beating Ohio State, Michigan would have to lose out which would give MSU, PSU, and IU an additional win.  Cumulative wins:  4 for MSU, 3 for UMD, 5 for M, 2 for PSU, 2 for IU.  
  • MSU can still win one other game (doesn't matter which as long as it isn't RU).  
  • Indiana has to beat M but lose two out of PSU, MN, UMD, PU.  
  • Maryland has to beat tOSU but lose four out of five of IA, IL, MSU, IU, PSU
  • Penn State has to beat Michigan but lose one of IU, IA, UW, UMD
It is mathematically possible for Rutgers to win the B1G-E!

B1G-W race:
  • 3-1/3-3 Northwestern - controls their own destiny
  • 2-1/4-2 Wisconsin - controls their own destiny
  • 2-1/5-1 Iowa - needs a UW loss
  • 2-1/3-3 Purdue - needs a NU loss
  • 1-2/3-3 Illinois - needs two PU losses
  • 0-3/3-3 Minnesota - needs three IA losses (or two and a three-way tie that works), an NU loss, a UW loss, and a PU loss
  • 0-4/0-6 Nebraska* - needs four NU losses, four UW losses, and four PU losses
*Is this actually possible?
  • Northwestern would have to four out of five of RU, UW, IA, MN, IL
  • Wisconsin would have to lose four out of six of IL, NU, RU, PSU, PU, MN
  • Purdue would have to lose four out of six of tOSU, MSU, IA, MN, UW, IU
It is mathematically possible for Nebraska to win the B1G-W!

Brutus Buckeye

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Re: B1G Divisional races headed into week 8
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2018, 04:37:15 PM »
So it will definitely be Rutgers-Nebraska? 
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Re: B1G Divisional races headed into week 8
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2018, 05:34:21 PM »
So it will definitely be Rutgers-Nebraska?
I think that is mathematically impossible.  I'm not sure and it would take more thought than I care to put into it.
Either one is mathematically possible as I outlined above but I think that they couldn't both make it because RU getting there would require a whole bunch of B1G-E losses to B1G-W teams and UNL getting there would require a whole bunch of B1G-W losses to B1G-E teams and there must be something mutually exclusive in there somewhere.  

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Re: B1G Divisional races headed into week 8
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2018, 06:03:45 PM »
So it will definitely be Rutgers-Nebraska?
Inshallah

 

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