Record: 40-38-4, .512 W-L% (6th of 10) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 10.75 (2nd of 10) ▪ SOS: 10.36 (1st of 10)
Conference Champion: Michigan
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Illinois, Michigan and Ohio State)
| Overall | Conference | Pts/G | SRS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| Michigan | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 15.0 | 11.4 | 16.32 | 12.62 | |
| Ohio State | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 31.8 | 12.3 | 19.86 | 9.42 | |
| Wisconsin | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 15.2 | 10.8 | 15.99 | 10.65 | |
| Illinois | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 15.2 | 6.2 | 18.18 | 10.07 | |
| Northwestern | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 10.41 | 8.41 | |
| Iowa | 3 | 5 | 1 | .389 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 13.4 | 22.3 | 4.58 | 9.14 | |
| Minnesota | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 8.8 | 21.8 | 2.48 | 12.59 | |
| Indiana | 3 | 5 | 1 | .389 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 11.0 | 17.2 | 5.66 | 10.66 | |
| Purdue | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 15.9 | 22.2 | 3.27 | 9.72 | |
| School | Pre | 10/2 | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 3 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 9 | |||||
| Illinois | 8 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Ohio State | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | |
| Indiana | 19 | |||||||||
| Iowa | 17 | |||||||||
| Minnesota | 18 | |||||||||
| Northwestern | 20 | 9 | ||||||||
| Purdue | 9 | |||||||||
| Wisconsin | 15 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 15 |
| Date | Bowl | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-01-01 | Rose Bowl | Michigan | 14 | California | 6 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) |