Record: 85-68, .556 W-L% (5th of 12) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 3.74 (4th of 12) ▪ SOS: 1.82 (4th of 12)
Division Champions: Ohio State (Leaders) and Nebraska (Legends)
Conference Champion: Wisconsin (Won Championship Game 70-31)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern and Ohio State)
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| Rk | Player | School | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Braxton Miller | Ohio State | 148 | 254 | 58.3 | 2039 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 15 | 6 | 140.5 | 227 | 1271 | 5.6 | 13 |
| 2 | Taylor Martinez* | Nebraska | 228 | 368 | 62.0 | 2871 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 23 | 12 | 141.6 | 195 | 1019 | 5.2 | 10 |
| 3 | Matt McGloin | Penn State | 270 | 446 | 60.5 | 3271 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 24 | 5 | 137.7 | 59 | -51 | -0.9 | 5 |
| 4 | Robert Marve* | Purdue | 166 | 253 | 65.6 | 1734 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 15 | 5 | 138.8 | 40 | 6 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 5 | Cameron Coffman | Indiana | 247 | 407 | 60.7 | 2734 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 15 | 11 | 123.9 | 37 | -1 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 6 | Caleb Terbush* | Purdue | 108 | 189 | 57.1 | 1150 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 12 | 8 | 120.7 | 49 | 63 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 7 | Trevor Siemian* | Northwestern | 128 | 218 | 58.7 | 1312 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6 | 3 | 115.6 | 21 | 48 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 8 | Andrew Maxwell* | Michigan State | 234 | 446 | 52.5 | 2606 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 13 | 9 | 107.1 | 37 | -106 | -2.9 | 0 |
| 9 | James Vandenberg | Iowa | 223 | 389 | 57.3 | 2249 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 7 | 8 | 107.7 | 63 | 16 | 0.3 | 4 |
| 10 | Nathan Scheelhaase | Illinois | 149 | 246 | 60.6 | 1361 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4 | 8 | 105.9 | 125 | 303 | 2.4 | 4 |