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COLUMBUS, Ohio — If you think Ohio State football won a defensive struggle on Saturday, check out the Big Ten West’s marquee matchup of the weekend.
Minnesota used four field goals to creep past Iowa, 12-10. The ugly win — the Gophers’ first in Iowa City since 1999 — a earned a year of ownership of the Floyd of Rosedale traveling trophy.
It might also have helped Ohio State, if it can’t finish off a sweep of the Big Ten East that continued with Saturday’s 20-12 victory over Penn State.
If the Buckeyes, Penn State and Michigan all beat each other in round-robin fashion to finish the regular with one loss apiece, the Big Ten championship game participant would be decided by the league’s established tiebreakers.
In this case, it would take no less than the fifth tiebreaker criteria: Combined record against Big Ten West opponents.
Ohio State and Michigan both play Minnesota, but not Iowa. Penn State plays the Hawkeyes, but not the Gophers.

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After that Minnesota win — its first over Iowa since 2014 — those records look like this:
• Ohio State 6-6 (Wisconsin 3-1, Minnesota 2-2, Purdue 1-3)
• Penn State 5-9 (Illinois 1-4, Iowa 3-2, Northwestern 1-3)
• Michigan 5-7 (Nebraska 2-2, Minnesota 2-2, Purdue 1-3)
Penn State went into the weekend 5-6, but all three of its Big Ten West opponents lost.
Ohio State obviously will try to win out, including at Michigan in the regular season finale, and win the East outright for the first time since 2020. If it slips up in Ann Arbor, though, Saturday’s other results helped create a potential back door route to Indianapolis.
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