Record*: 77-62, .554 W-L% (6th of 12) (Schedule and Results)
*W-L-T adjusted to 66-62 by NCAA.
SRS: 4.22 (4th of 12) ▪ SOS: 1.84 (5th of 12)
Conference Champion: Ohio State and Penn State
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Illinois, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State and Penn State)
The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and
defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game
adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total
columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
| SRS | Scoring | Passing | Rushing | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | OSRS | DSRS | SRS | Off | Def | Off | Def | Off | Def | Off | Def |
| 1 | Penn State | 8.19 | 9.62 | 17.82 | 42.91 | 12.63 | 7.72 | 6.97 | 4.85 | 3.36 | 6.56 | 4.65 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 1.50 | 12.44 | 13.94 | 32.29 | 10.17 | 6.76 | 6.04 | 4.43 | 4.22 | 5.61 | 4.66 |
| 3 | Iowa | 0.60 | 10.51 | 11.11 | 31.98 | 12.03 | 6.45 | 6.42 | 4.37 | 4.03 | 5.60 | 4.81 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 2.23 | 5.70 | 7.92 | 28.94 | 18.56 | 6.41 | 7.37 | 2.95 | 4.40 | 4.92 | 5.34 |
| 5 | Northwestern | 0.48 | 4.33 | 4.82 | 26.28 | 19.30 | 5.21 | 7.03 | 3.23 | 4.31 | 4.67 | 5.17 |
| 6 | Illinois | 4.23 | -1.28 | 2.96 | 31.23 | 23.85 | 7.37 | 7.78 | 4.02 | 4.37 | 6.01 | 5.34 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 2.63 | -0.81 | 1.82 | 29.45 | 24.54 | 6.39 | 7.25 | 4.32 | 4.36 | 5.54 | 5.26 |
| 8 | Minnesota | -1.34 | 1.35 | 0.01 | 25.55 | 24.38 | 6.18 | 8.65 | 2.53 | 4.72 | 4.80 | 6.09 |
| 9 | Purdue | -1.12 | 0.58 | -0.54 | 28.02 | 22.13 | 5.18 | 6.92 | 3.54 | 5.16 | 4.92 | 5.45 |
| 10 | Michigan | -2.11 | -2.55 | -4.66 | 24.70 | 26.27 | 4.52 | 8.16 | 3.48 | 4.25 | 4.38 | 5.49 |
| 11 | Indiana | -4.11 | -4.62 | -8.73 | 23.27 | 33.93 | 5.23 | 8.68 | 3.98 | 4.88 | 4.97 | 6.06 |