Editing Big Ten Conference (section)

====West and East divisions====
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On April 28, 2013, the Big Ten presidents and chancellors unanimously approved a football divisional realignment that went into effect when Maryland and Rutgers joined in 2014.<ref name="2014 realignment approved">{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/9220734 |title=Big Ten's divisional overhaul OK'd |first=Adam |last=Rittenberg |work=ESPN.com |date=April 28, 2013 |access-date=April 28, 2013}}</ref> Under the new plan, the Legends and Leaders divisions were replaced with geographic divisions.<ref name="2014 realignment approved" /> The West Division included Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin (of which all but Purdue are in the [[Central Time Zone]]), while the East Division included Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers (all of which are in the [[Eastern Time Zone]]). The final issue in determining the new divisions was which of the two Indiana schools would be sent to the West; Purdue was chosen because its [[West Lafayette, Indiana|West Lafayette]] campus is geographically west of Indiana's home city of [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]].<ref name="2014 divisions">{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/9191768 |title=Sources: Big Ten to realign divisions |first1=Brett |last1=McMurphy |first2=Adam |last2=Rittenberg |work=ESPN.com |date=April 19, 2013 |access-date=April 19, 2013}}</ref> The divisional alignment permanently protected the cross-divisional football rivalry [[Old Oaken Bucket|Indiana–Purdue]].<ref name="2014 realignment approved" /> As before, the two division winners played each other in the Big Ten Football Championship Game.  The West and East divisional alignment was in effect for ten football seasons, from 2014 through 2023.