Editing Big Ten Conference (section)

===Bowl games===
Since 1946, the Big Ten champion has had a tie-in with the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl game]]. Michigan appeared in the first [[bowl game]], the [[1902 Rose Bowl]]. After that, the Big Ten only allowed one other team to participate in the Rose Bowl (the [[1920 Ohio State Buckeyes football team]]), until the agreement struck with the Pacific Coast Conference for the [[1947 Rose Bowl]]. The spread of civilian air travel plus the fact that the US military had publicly encouraged college football during World War II were primary causes of the Big Ten finally allowing the Rose Bowl.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Madsen |first1=Rob |date=Spring 2023 |title=The Cost of Conservatism: The University of Minnesota's Lofted Ideals and Fallen Football Teams |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/article/918698 |journal=Journal of Sport History |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=85–100 |doi= 10.5406/21558450.50.1.06|access-date=}}</ref> From 1946 through 1971, the Big Ten did not allow the same team to represent the conference in consecutive years in the Rose Bowl with an exception made after the 1961 season in which Minnesota played in the [[1962 Rose Bowl]] after playing in the [[1961 Rose Bowl]] due to Ohio State declining the bid because of Ohio State faculty concerns about academics.

It was not until the 1975 season that the Big Ten allowed teams to play in bowl games other than the Rose Bowl. Michigan, which had been shut out of the postseason the previous three years, was the first beneficiary of the new rule when it played in the Orange Bowl vs. Oklahoma. Due to the pre-1975 rules, Big Ten teams such as Michigan and Ohio State have lower numbers of all-time bowl appearances than powerhouse teams from the [[Big 12 Conference]] (previously Big Eight and Southwest Conferences) and [[Southeastern Conference]], which always placed multiple teams in bowl games every year.

==== 2025 Bowl Tie-ins ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | Name<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-18 |title=Big Ten Bowl Ties: How College Football's First Mega Conference Affects Bowl Tie-Ins in 2024 |url=https://collegefootballnetwork.com/big-ten-bowl-ties-changes-tie-ins-2024/#:~:text=What%20Bowls%20Are%20Tied%20In%20With%20the%20Big,Big%2012)%207%20Quick%20Lane%20Bowl%20(vs.%20MAC) |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=collegefootballnetwork.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Location
! scope="col" | Opposing<br />Conference
|-
| [[Citrus Bowl]]
| [[Orlando, Florida]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| [[ReliaQuest Bowl]]<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=https://bigten.org/news/2019/6/4/football-big-ten-announces-new-postseason-slate-with-at-least-11-different-bowls-across-the-country.aspx |title=Big Ten Announces New Postseason Slate With at Least 11 Different Bowls Across the Country |publisher=Big Ten Conference |date=April 6, 2019 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208050231/https://bigten.org/news/2019/6/4/football-big-ten-announces-new-postseason-slate-with-at-least-11-different-bowls-across-the-country.aspx |archive-date=December 8, 2019 }}</ref>
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
|-
| [[Duke's Mayo Bowl]]
| [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| [[Music City Bowl]]<ref name="ReferenceA" />
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| SEC
|-
| [[Pinstripe Bowl]]<ref name="ReferenceA" />
| [[New York City]]
| ACC
|-
| [[Rate Bowl]]<ref name="ReferenceA" />
| [[Phoenix, Arizona]]
| [[Big 12]]
|-
| [[GameAbove Sports Bowl]]<ref name="ReferenceA" />
| [[Detroit, Michigan]]
|[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
|}

====Bowl selection procedures====
Although the pick order usually corresponds to the conference standings, the bowls are not required to make their choices strictly according to the win–loss records; many factors influence bowl selections, especially the likely turnout of the team's fans. Picks are made after CFP selections; the bowl with the #2 pick will have the first pick of the remaining teams in the conference.

For all non-College Football Playoff partners, the bowl partner will request a Big Ten team. The Big Ten will approve or assign another team based on internal selection parameters.

When not hosting a semifinal, the Orange Bowl will select the highest-ranked team from the Big Ten, SEC or Notre Dame to face an ACC opponent. (However, in an 8-game cycle [12 years due to not counting when the Orange Bowl is a semifinal], the Big Ten must be selected at least three times and no more than four times; the SEC similarly will be selected between three and four times while Notre Dame may be selected up to two times.)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailypress.com/sports/columns/david-teel/dp-teel-time-acc-orange-sec-notre-dame-story.html |title=Teel Time: ACC, Orange Bowl announce ties with SEC, Big Ten, Notre Dame, ESPN |work=Daily Press |last=Teel |first=David |date=November 15, 2012 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118180119/https://www.dailypress.com/sports/columns/david-teel/dp-teel-time-acc-orange-sec-notre-dame-story.html |archive-date=January 18, 2021 }}</ref> The Big Ten Champion cannot play in the Orange Bowl. If a Big Ten team is not selected by the Orange Bowl, the Citrus Bowl will submit a request for a Big Ten team.