With Week 1 of the college football season officially here, the Big Ten Conference is well and truly embarking on a new era with the additions of UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington.

And with those additions, comes new horizons and looks within the conference — on top of the increase in the conference's odds of having one of its 18 teams winning the national championship for the second straight season.

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On Monday, the Big Ten announced the tiebreakers that would be considered to determine the two teams that will play for the Big Ten championship in December in Indianapolis.

In a year where the College Football Playoff is expanding to 12 teams for the first time in its history, the tiebreakers to determine the Big Ten championship game also mean something for the CFP as the champion of the Big Ten earns one of the four first-round byes in the playoff.

Here's what you need to know about the Big Ten's tiebreakers for the 2024 Big Ten football championship game:

Big Ten football tiebreaker rules for 2024

Here are the tiebreakers that the conference will consider in order until the tie is broken:

1. The tied teams will be compared based on head-to-head matchups during the regular season.

2. The tied teams will be compared based on record against all common conference opponents.

3. The tied teams will be compared based on record against common opponents with the best conference record and proceeding through the common conference opponents based on their order of finish within the conference standings.

4. The tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents.

5. The representative will be chosen based on the highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) following the regular season.

6. The representative will be chosen by random draw among the tied teams conducted by the commissioner or designee.

Big Ten football tiebreaker rules for 2024 for three or more teams

Additionally, the Big Ten announced if there is a situation where three or more teams are tied for first place, the following tiebreakers will be considered:

1. The records of the three (or more) tied teams will be compared based on winning percentage in games among the tied teams:

• If all teams involved in the tie did not play each other, but one team defeated all other teams involved in the tie, the team that defeated all other teams in the tie is removed from the tiebreaker, and the remaining teams revert to the beginning of the applicable tiebreaker process (i.e., two team or three or more team tie)

• If all teams involved in the tie did not play each other and no team defeated all other teams involved in the tie, move to the next step in tiebreaker.

2. The records of the three (or more) tied teams will be compared based on winning percentage against all common conference opponents played by all other teams involved in the tie.

3. The records of the three (or more) tied teams will be compared based on winning percentage against the next highest placed common opponent in the standings in order of finish.

4. The records of the three (or more) tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents:

• In the event of an unbalanced schedule (i.e., less than nine conference games are played), the records of the three (or more) tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents, regardless of how many conference opponents each team played. If winning percentage is equal for all conference opponents, move to next step in tiebreaker.

5. The representative will be chosen by the highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) following the regular season.

6. Random draw among the tied teams conducted by Commissioner or designee.

When is the Big Ten football championship game?

• Date: Saturday, Dec. 7

• Location: Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)

The 2024 Big Ten football championship will take place on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Big Ten football tiebreakers: How teams can make conference title game