Record*: 68-60, .531 W-L% (6th of 12) (Schedule and Results)
*W-L-T adjusted to 63-60 by NCAA.
SRS: 5.79 (5th of 12) ▪ SOS: 4.33 (2nd of 12)
Conference Champion: Illinois
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Illinois and Michigan)
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| Rk | Player | School | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Jeff Smoker | Michigan State | 144 | 230 | 62.6 | 2203 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 18 | 7 | 162.8 | 72 | -51 | -0.7 | 2 |
| 2 | Steve Bellisari | Ohio State | 98 | 185 | 53.0 | 1599 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8 | 6 | 133.4 | 72 | 97 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 3 | Kyle McCann | Iowa | 148 | 226 | 65.5 | 1867 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 16 | 11 | 148.5 | 51 | 52 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 4 | Kurt Kittner | Illinois | 207 | 374 | 55.3 | 2994 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 23 | 13 | 135.9 | 38 | -4 | -0.1 | 2 |
| 5 | Asad Abdul-Khaliq | Minnesota | 107 | 187 | 57.2 | 1393 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 12 | 6 | 134.6 | 69 | 266 | 3.9 | 3 |
| 6 | Zack Mills | Penn State | 127 | 230 | 55.2 | 1669 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 9 | 12 | 118.7 | 74 | 187 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 7 | Antwaan Randle El | Indiana | 118 | 231 | 51.1 | 1664 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 120.1 | 188 | 964 | 5.1 | 8 |
| 8 | Brooks Bollinger | Wisconsin | 91 | 177 | 51.4 | 1257 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6 | 4 | 117.7 | 92 | 388 | 4.2 | 6 |
| 9 | Zak Kustok | Northwestern | 231 | 404 | 57.2 | 2692 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 20 | 10 | 124.5 | 175 | 580 | 3.3 | 11 |
| 10 | John Navarre | Michigan | 186 | 346 | 53.8 | 2195 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 17 | 12 | 116.3 | 45 | -100 | -2.2 | 0 |
| 11 | Brandon Hance | Purdue | 136 | 258 | 52.7 | 1529 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 8 | 10 | 105.0 | 112 | 242 | 2.2 | 4 |