Big ten Championship Game
Legends champion: No. 11 Michigan State (11-1, 8-0) vs. Leaders champion: No. 3 Ohio State (12-0, 8-0)
7:17 p.m. Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis (Ch. 9)
• This will be Michigan State's second appearance in the title game and Ohio State's first.
• Michigan State finished with a perfect conference mark for the first time since finishing 7-0 in 1966. Its last unbeaten conference season was in 1987 when it finished 7-0-1.
• Ohio State finished the conference season with a perfect mark for the second straight season and for the fourth time since 2002.
• The last time two Big Ten teams went undefeated in the same conference season was in 2002 (Iowa, Ohio State).
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