Record*: 82-58, .586 W-L% (3rd of 12) (Schedule and Results)
*W-L-T adjusted to 73-58 by NCAA.
SRS: 3.42 (6th of 12) ▪ SOS: 0.03 (6th of 12)
Conference Champion: Ohio State
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin)
| Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Todd Boeckman* | Ohio State | 190 | 298 | 63.8 | 2372 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 25 | 14 | 148.9 | 56 | 63 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2 | Tyler Donovan* | Wisconsin | 193 | 333 | 58.0 | 2607 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 17 | 11 | 134.0 | 112 | 277 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 3 | Brian Hoyer* | Michigan State | 223 | 376 | 59.3 | 2725 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 20 | 11 | 131.9 | 47 | -105 | -2.2 | 1 |
| 4 | C.J. Bacher | Northwestern | 318 | 521 | 61.0 | 3656 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 19 | 19 | 124.7 | 86 | 31 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 5 | Chad Henne* | Michigan | 162 | 278 | 58.3 | 1938 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 17 | 9 | 130.5 | 24 | -120 | -5.0 | 0 |
| 6 | Kellen Lewis* | Indiana | 265 | 442 | 60.0 | 3043 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 28 | 10 | 134.2 | 147 | 736 | 5.0 | 9 |
| 7 | Curtis Painter* | Purdue | 356 | 569 | 62.6 | 3846 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 29 | 11 | 132.3 | 53 | -20 | -0.4 | 3 |
| 8 | Anthony Morelli* | Penn State | 234 | 402 | 58.2 | 2651 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 19 | 10 | 124.2 | 48 | -13 | -0.3 | 0 |
| 9 | Juice Williams* | Illinois | 153 | 267 | 57.3 | 1743 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 13 | 12 | 119.2 | 165 | 755 | 4.6 | 7 |
| 10 | Adam Weber | Minnesota | 258 | 449 | 57.5 | 2895 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 24 | 19 | 120.8 | 146 | 617 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 11 | Jake Christensen | Iowa | 198 | 370 | 53.5 | 2269 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 17 | 6 | 116.9 | 99 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |