2024 Big Ten Football Championship Game


The 2024 Big Ten Football Championship Game was a college football game that was played on December 7, 2024, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the 14th edition of the Big Ten Football Championship Game and determined the champion of the conference for the 2024 season, as well as earning the winner an automatic bye to the quarterfinals of the 2024 College Football Playoff. The game began at 8:00 p.m. EST and aired on CBS. The game featured the Oregon Ducks and the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Teams

The Big Ten eliminated divisions for the 2024 season and featured the two teams with the best overall conference record for the first time, those being Oregon and Penn State. This was the first Big Ten title game appearance for Oregon in its first season in the Big Ten, while it was Penn State's second.
This matchup was the fifth game between the two schools; they last played each other in the 1995 Rose Bowl, where the Nittany Lions defeated the Ducks 38–20.
This was the first Big Ten Championship game since 2020 to not feature the Michigan Wolverines, who previously appeared in three straight championship games.

Oregon Ducks

Oregon clinched a spot in the game following their defeat of Wisconsin on November 16. The Ducks entered the game as the last remaining undefeated team in the FBS, having achieved their first undefeated regular season since 2010.

Penn State Nittany Lions

Penn State clinched a spot in the game following Ohio State's upset loss to Michigan and the Nittany Lions' defeat of Maryland on November 30. Penn State made their first Big Ten Championship Game appearance since 2016, in which they defeated Wisconsin 38–31.