Ohio State has won the past four Big Ten football championships, and the Buckeyes are a unanimous pick to make it five in a row by media members who cover the conference. In the annual preseason poll by Cleveland.com, Ohio State garnered all 34 first-place votes to win both the Big Ten’s East Division title and win the conference championship game. Wisconsin was the pick of 29 pollsters to win the West Division, and Iowa received the other five first-place votes. The Gophers were picked to finish fourth in the West behind third-place Northwestern. Minnesota opens its season against Ohio State on Sept. 2 at Huntington Bank Stadium. Voting was based on seven points for first place and one for seventh in each division. The panel consists of at least one beat writer from all 14 Big Ten teams and a few who cover the entire league or have a…
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