Breaking Down The Schedules: Big Ten
The Big Ten welcomes Maryland and Rutgers into the fold for 2014 and realigned their divisions into a much more logical East and West format. While I was always critical of it, I'm going to miss going through the exercise of trying to figure out who was a Legendary Leader every fall.
Michigan State: The Spartans beat Ohio State in the Big Ten title game last year, but now, they are in the same division. Sparty has the league's toughest non-conference game when it plays at Oregon on Sept. 6th. Their conference schedule is nice though. Along with the Buckeyes, they also host Nebraska and Michigan. Their other cross-division game besides the Cornhuskers is at Purdue. The Spartans could be a popular pick to win the league again with this schedule.
Michigan: The Wolverines will relive one of its nightmares when it hosts newly-minted, FBS opponent Appalachian State to open the season. They also have road games with all three of its big rivals, Notre Dame, Michigan State and Ohio State.
Click HERE for the full Big Ten schedule from CBSSports.com