Big Ten football season

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NCAA Division I FBS competition college football season sports league season

The Big Ten football season is the annual college football campaign contested by member universities of the Big Ten Conference, culminating in conference standings, championship games, and individual awards.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Big Ten Conference football	4
Big Ten Conference football program	1
Big Ten Conference football season	1
Big Ten football season canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11761688 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Big Ten football season
Context triple: [Big Ten Coach of the Year, associatedWith, Big Ten football season]

A. Big Ten Football Championship Game
The Big Ten Football Championship Game is the annual title matchup that determines the champion of the Big Ten Conference in NCAA Division I FBS college football.
B. Big Ten regular season championship
The Big Ten regular season championship is the title awarded to the men's college basketball team that finishes with the best record in Big Ten Conference play over the course of the regular season.
C. College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff is the postseason system that determines the national champion of top-tier U.S. college football through a bracket-style tournament of elite teams.
D. Southeastern Conference football season
The Southeastern Conference football season is the annual college football campaign in which SEC member schools compete in conference and non-conference games culminating in a league championship and postseason bowl appearances.
E. The Journey: Big Ten Football
The Journey: Big Ten Football is a documentary-style television series that provides behind-the-scenes coverage and storytelling around Big Ten Conference football teams and players.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Big Ten football season
Target entity description: The Big Ten football season is the annual college football campaign contested by member universities of the Big Ten Conference, culminating in conference standings, championship games, and individual awards.

A. Big Ten Football Championship Game
The Big Ten Football Championship Game is the annual title matchup that determines the champion of the Big Ten Conference in NCAA Division I FBS college football.
B. Big Ten regular season championship
The Big Ten regular season championship is the title awarded to the men's college basketball team that finishes with the best record in Big Ten Conference play over the course of the regular season.
C. College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff is the postseason system that determines the national champion of top-tier U.S. college football through a bracket-style tournament of elite teams.
D. Southeastern Conference football season
The Southeastern Conference football season is the annual college football campaign in which SEC member schools compete in conference and non-conference games culminating in a league championship and postseason bowl appearances.
E. The Journey: Big Ten Football
The Journey: Big Ten Football is a documentary-style television series that provides behind-the-scenes coverage and storytelling around Big Ten Conference football teams and players.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I FBS competition ⓘ college football season ⓘ sports league season ⓘ
award	Big Ten Coach of the Year ⓘ Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ Big Ten Freshman of the Year ⓘ Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year ⓘ
competitionFormat	round‑robin conference schedule as determined by league ⓘ
confederation	NCAA ⓘ linked to: National Collegiate Athletic Association
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determines	Big Ten Conference football champion ⓘ linked to: Big Ten Conference championships Big Ten representative in certain bowl games ⓘ
division	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ linked to: Football Bowl Subdivision
follows	NCAA football rules ⓘ
gender	men ⓘ
hasPart	Big Ten Football Championship Game ⓘ all‑conference team selections ⓘ bowl game appearances ⓘ conference schedule ⓘ final conference standings ⓘ individual awards ⓘ non‑conference games ⓘ regular season ⓘ weekly player of the week honors ⓘ
includesTeam	Illinois Fighting Illini football ⓘ linked to: Illinois Fighting Illini football team Indiana Hoosiers football ⓘ Iowa Hawkeyes football ⓘ linked to: Iowa Hawkeyes Maryland Terrapins football ⓘ Michigan State Spartans football ⓘ Michigan Wolverines football ⓘ Minnesota Golden Gophers football ⓘ linked to: Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers football ⓘ linked to: Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats football ⓘ linked to: Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes football ⓘ Oregon Ducks football ⓘ linked to: Oregon Ducks Penn State Nittany Lions football ⓘ Purdue Boilermakers football ⓘ linked to: Purdue Boilermakers Rutgers Scarlet Knights football ⓘ UCLA Bruins football ⓘ USC Trojans football ⓘ linked to: USC Trojans football team Washington Huskies football ⓘ linked to: Washington Huskies Wisconsin Badgers football ⓘ
level	college ⓘ
organizer	Big Ten Conference ⓘ
partOf	Big Ten Conference ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ
televisionCoverage	Big Ten Network ⓘ ESPN (historically) ⓘ linked to: ESPN Fox Sports ⓘ
timeOfYear	fall ⓘ
typicalEndMonth	January ⓘ
typicalStartMonth	August ⓘ

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