Is the Big Ten the best conference in college football? For those looking to make the case, count Mark Ingram II as a firm believer ahead of Saturday’s highly-anticipated conference title game.
The FOX Sports college football analyst and 2009 Heisman Trophy winner offered his hot take as the CFB world prepares to watch the nation’s top two teams in No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana clash to crown a Big Ten champion. Adding to the already high stakes will be the quarterback battle between Indy’s Fernando Mendoza, the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, and OSU’s Julian Sayin, the conference freshman of the year.
After suggesting there may be a “changing of the guards,” Ingram declared the Big Ten’s showing in 2025 has been enough to move the conference into pole position as the best in the land.
Said Ingram: “Big Ten won the last two national championships. We got the two best teams in the country playing for the Big Ten championship. Three of the top 5 are in the CFP [field]. So, proper now, the Huge Ten has convention supremacy. The Huge Ten is one of the best convention in soccer proper now.”
Whereas some SEC lovers could have a bone to choose, it is arduous to debate the details when you think about Ohio State, Indiana and Oregon (No. 5) occupy prime actual property within the School Soccer Playoff rankings. To not point out, fellow FOX CFB analyst and former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn was additionally fast to agree with Ingram’s stance.
It stays to be seen, after all, if the Huge Ten will make it three nationwide titles in a row, with Ohio State seeking to go back-to-back two years after Michigan received all of it. However given the expertise, the odds are, for now, within the convention’s favor.
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