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125 Years

as major schools, W-L-T records may be incomplete

125 Years Table
				Overall				Bowls				SRS
Rk	Year	Conference	Schs	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP	Champion	Notes
1	2020	Big Ten Conference	14	53	52	0	.505	3	2		.600	4.30	4.49	4
2	2019	Big Ten Conference	14	102	77	0	.570	4	5	0	.444	7.20	4.51	6	Ohio State
3	2018	Big Ten Conference	14	97	82	0	.542	5	4	0	.556	6.16	4.42	5	Ohio State
4	2017	Big Ten Conference	14	103	75	0	.579	7	1	0	.875	9.26	6.74	5	Ohio State
5	2016	Big Ten Conference	14	99	81	0	.550	3	7	0	.300	5.13	3.60	4	Penn State
6	2015	Big Ten Conference	14	105	75	0	.583	5	5	0	.500	6.34	4.02	6	Michigan State
7	2014	Big Ten Conference	14	105	76	0	.580	6	5	0	.545	4.52	2.29	3	Ohio State
8	2013	Big Ten Conference	12	88	65	0	.575	2	5	0	.286	5.05	2.22	3	Michigan State
9	2012	Big Ten Conference	12	85	68	0	.556	2	5	0	.286	3.74	1.82	4	Wisconsin
10	2011	Big Ten Conference	12	88	68	0	.564	4	6	0	.400	4.42	1.85	4	Wisconsin
11	2010	Big Ten Conference	11	82	58	0	.586	3	5	0	.375	4.31	1.31	3	Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin	record adjusted to 70-57-0 by NCAA
12	2009	Big Ten Conference	11	80	59	0	.576	4	3	0	.571	3.54	0.82	4	Ohio State
13	2008	Big Ten Conference	11	77	62	0	.554	1	6	0	.143	4.22	1.84	4	Ohio State, Penn State
14	2007	Big Ten Conference	11	82	58	0	.586	3	5	0	.375	3.42	0.03	4	Ohio State
15	2006	Big Ten Conference	11	79	61	0	.564	2	5	0	.286	3.37	0.91	4	Ohio State
16	2005	Big Ten Conference	11	75	54	0	.581	3	4	0	.429	9.67	6.79	3	Ohio State, Penn State
17	2004	Big Ten Conference	11	71	58	0	.550	3	3	0	.500	5.55	3.39	4	Iowa, Michigan
18	2003	Big Ten Conference	11	77	63	0	.550	3	5	0	.375	5.83	3.91	5	Michigan
19	2002	Big Ten Conference	11	82	59	0	.582	5	2	0	.714	5.88	3.42	4	Iowa, Ohio State
20	2001	Big Ten Conference	11	68	60	0	.531	2	4	0	.333	5.79	4.33	2	Illinois
21	2000	Big Ten Conference	11	69	61	0	.531	2	4	0	.333	4.99	3.73	3	Michigan, Northwestern, Purdue
22	1999	Big Ten Conference	11	77	53	0	.592	5	2	0	.714	8.40	5.33	7	Wisconsin
23	1998	Big Ten Conference	11	74	56	0	.569	5	0	0	1.000	6.74	4.37	5	Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin
24	1997	Big Ten Conference	11	72	60	0	.545	2	5	0	.286	4.80	3.15	4	Michigan
25	1996	Big Ten Conference	11	74	56	0	.569	4	3	0	.571	7.94	5.58	5	Northwestern, Ohio State
26	1995	Big Ten Conference	11	71	53	5	.570	2	4	0	.333	11.20	8.81	5	Northwestern
27	1994	Big Ten Conference	11	69	53	5	.563	4	1	0	.800	10.05	7.14	3	Penn State	record adjusted to 68-54-5 by NCAA
28	1993	Big Ten Conference	11	70	56	2	.555	4	3	0	.571	7.50	5.93	4	Ohio State, Wisconsin
29	1992	Big Ten Conference	10	52	57	5	.478	1	2	0	.333	3.10	3.75	2	Michigan
30	1991	Big Ten Conference	10	58	55	2	.513	1	3	1	.300	3.20	3.00	2	Michigan
31	1990	Big Ten Conference	10	57	56	3	.504	2	4	0	.333	5.47	4.89	4	Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State
32	1989	Big Ten Conference	10	57	57	0	.500	2	2	0	.500	2.68	3.09	4	Michigan
33	1988	Big Ten Conference	10	48	57	11	.461	2	3	0	.400	1.73	2.89	2	Michigan
34	1987	Big Ten Conference	10	58	52	5	.526	3	1	0	.750	3.36	3.07	3	Michigan State
35	1986	Big Ten Conference	10	62	56	0	.525	2	3	0	.400	4.39	3.34	3	Michigan, Ohio State
36	1985	Big Ten Conference	10	66	48	2	.578	3	3	0	.500	7.63	5.37	3	Iowa
37	1984	Big Ten Conference	10	56	59	2	.487	1	5	0	.167	2.86	3.34	2	Ohio State
38	1983	Big Ten Conference	10	57	55	2	.509	1	3	0	.250	3.99	4.72	4	Illinois
39	1982	Big Ten Conference	10	55	60	0	.478	3	2	0	.600	4.46	5.16	1	Michigan
40	1981	Big Ten Conference	10	59	55	0	.518	2	2	0	.500	4.53	4.92	3	Iowa, Ohio State
41	1980	Big Ten Conference	10	53	59	1	.473	2	1	0	.667	4.87	5.81	3	Michigan
42	1979	Big Ten Conference	10	58	54	2	.518	2	2	0	.500	7.09	6.90	4	Ohio State
43	1978	Big Ten Conference	10	51	55	7	.482	1	2	0	.333	4.79	5.81	3	Michigan, Michigan State
44	1977	Big Ten Conference	10	56	55	2	.504	0	3	0	.000	6.44	6.74	2	Michigan, Ohio State	record adjusted to 57-54-2 by NCAA
45	1976	Big Ten Conference	10	55	55	2	.500	1	1	0	.500	7.84	7.95	2	Michigan, Ohio State
46	1975	Big Ten Conference	10	53	55	4	.491	0	2	0	.000	5.93	6.48	2	Ohio State
47	1974	Big Ten Conference	10	55	53	3	.509	0	1	0	.000	7.27	7.24	3	Michigan, Ohio State
48	1973	Big Ten Conference	10	52	56	2	.482	1	0	0	1.000	10.29	10.19	2	Michigan, Ohio State
49	1972	Big Ten Conference	10	51	57	2	.473	0	1	0	.000	5.99	6.95	2	Michigan, Ohio State
50	1971	Big Ten Conference	10	50	58	1	.463	0	1	0	.000	4.93	5.63	1	Michigan
51	1970	Big Ten Conference	10	46	51	3	.475	0	1	0	.000	8.38	9.16	2	Ohio State
52	1969	Big Ten Conference	10	47	52	1	.475	0	1	0	.000	5.79	6.93	3	Michigan, Ohio State
53	1968	Big Ten Conference	10	50	50	0	.500	1	0	0	1.000	7.19	7.85	3	Ohio State
54	1967	Big Ten Conference	10	46	52	2	.470	0	1	0	.000	3.68	4.64	2	Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue
55	1966	Big Ten Conference	10	45	50	5	.475	1	0	0	1.000	3.12	4.36	2	Michigan State
56	1965	Big Ten Conference	10	48	49	3	.495	0	1	0	.000	10.05	10.08	1	Michigan State
57	1964	Big Ten Conference	10	48	43	0	.527	1	0	0	1.000	12.25	11.79	2	Michigan
58	1963	Big Ten Conference	10	46	37	7	.550	1	0	0	1.000	12.14	10.73	2	Illinois
59	1962	Big Ten Conference	10	47	42	2	.527	0	1	0	.000	14.10	12.19	2	Wisconsin
60	1961	Big Ten Conference	10	52	38	1	.577	1	0	0	1.000	11.51	8.95	4	Ohio State
61	1960	Big Ten Conference	10	53	36	2	.593	0	1	0	.000	16.28	12.65	5	Iowa, Minnesota
62	1959	Big Ten Conference	10	46	40	5	.533	0	1	0	.000	10.78	9.42	2	Wisconsin
63	1958	Big Ten Conference	10	47	35	9	.566	1	0	0	1.000	13.10	10.84	4	Iowa
64	1957	Big Ten Conference	10	49	40	2	.549	1	0	0	1.000	10.60	8.65	4	Ohio State
65	1956	Big Ten Conference	10	48	33	10	.582	1	0	0	1.000	12.49	9.61	5	Iowa
66	1955	Big Ten Conference	10	46	41	4	.527	1	0	0	1.000	7.41	6.74	3	Ohio State
67	1954	Big Ten Conference	10	49	41	1	.544	1	0	0	1.000	13.25	10.84	3	Ohio State
68	1953	Big Ten Conference	10	50	37	4	.571	1	0	0	1.000	13.76	11.73	5	Illinois, Michigan State
69	1952	Western Conference	9	35	41	6	.463	0	1	0	.000	9.33	9.91	3	Purdue, Wisconsin
70	1951	Western Conference	9	40	35	7	.530	1	0	0	1.000	11.35	10.68	2	Illinois
71	1950	Western Conference	9	40	38	4	.512	1	0	0	1.000	10.75	10.36	3	Michigan
72	1949	Western Conference	9	41	35	6	.537	1	0	0	1.000	16.78	15.50	3	Michigan, Ohio State
73	1948	Western Conference	9	44	38	0	.537	1	0	0	1.000	12.97	11.05	3	Michigan
74	1947	Western Conference	9	44	33	5	.567	1	0	0	1.000	14.17	11.48	1	Michigan
75	1946	Western Conference	9	44	33	5	.567	1	0	0	1.000	12.54	10.09	3	Illinois
76	1945	Western Conference	9	45	34	5	.565	0	0	0		11.77	9.63	3	Indiana
77	1944	Western Conference	9	44	37	3	.542	0	0	0		14.43	12.61	3	Ohio State
78	1943	Western Conference	9	40	39	3	.506	0	0	0		12.92	12.37	3	Michigan, Purdue
79	1942	Western Conference	9	50	37	1	.574	0	0	0		9.41	6.37	4	Ohio State
80	1941	Western Conference	9	37	32	3	.535	0	0	0		11.83	10.08	4	Minnesota
81	1940	Western Conference	9	39	33	0	.542	0	0	0		14.87	12.52	3	Minnesota
82	1939	Western Conference	10	35	36	9	.494	0	0	0		6.04	5.96	3	Ohio State
83	1938	Western Conference	10	36	35	9	.506	0	0	0		5.15	4.72	3	Minnesota
84	1937	Western Conference	10	38	37	4	.506	0	0	0		3.15	2.50	2	Minnesota
85	1936	Western Conference	10	41	34	5	.544	0	0	0		7.49	5.79	2	Northwestern
86	1935	Western Conference	10	43	33	4	.563	0	0	0		7.92	5.56		Minnesota, Ohio State
87	1934	Western Conference	10	44	33	3	.569	0	0	0		8.15	6.22		Minnesota
88	1933	Western Conference	10	41	26	13	.594	0	0	0		12.18	8.48		Michigan, Minnesota
89	1932	Western Conference	10	45	28	8	.605	0	0	0		12.12	8.26		Michigan, Purdue
90	1931	Western Conference	10	49	36	6	.571	0	0	0		6.35	4.33		Michigan, Northwestern, Purdue
91	1930	Western Conference	10	46	30	7	.596	0	0	0		9.60	5.99		Michigan, Northwestern
92	1929	Western Conference	10	52	28	6	.640	0	0	0		9.05	3.99		Purdue
93	1928	Western Conference	10	50	28	4	.634	0	0	0		8.85	3.60		Illinois
94	1927	Western Conference	10	48	28	4	.625	0	0	0		10.72	5.29		Illinois, Minnesota
95	1926	Western Conference	10	50	28	2	.638	0	0	0		10.95	5.14		Michigan, Northwestern
96	1925	Western Conference	10	46	28	6	.613	0	0	0		8.63	3.53		Michigan
97	1924	Western Conference	10	42	24	13	.614	0	0	0		7.50	3.16		Chicago
98	1923	Western Conference	10	46	27	4	.623	0	0	0		6.46	2.02		Illinois, Michigan
99	1922	Western Conference	10	35	27	8	.557	0	0	0		6.00	3.86		Chicago, Iowa, Michigan
100	1921	Western Conference	10	39	29	2	.571	0	0	0		6.73	3.10		Iowa
101	1920	Western Conference	10	42	29	0	.592	0	1	0	.000	9.78	6.07		Ohio State
102	1919	Western Conference	10	41	27	2	.600	0	0	0		9.29	5.36		Illinois
103	1918	Western Conference	10	38	25	4	.597	0	0	0		7.42	2.48		Illinois, Michigan, Purdue
104	1917	Western Conference	10	48	22	4	.676	0	0	0		13.12	5.53		Ohio State
105	1916	Western Conference	9	37	22	4	.619	0	0	0		4.82	-0.24		Ohio State
106	1915	Western Conference	9	36	21	6	.619	0	0	0		7.69	2.61		Illinois, Minnesota
107	1914	Western Conference	9	39	22	2	.635	0	0	0		9.35	3.78		Illinois
108	1913	Western Conference	9	36	22	5	.611	0	0	0		7.66	2.68		Chicago
109	1912	Western Conference	8	32	20	3	.609	0	0	0		9.27	5.16		Wisconsin
110	1911	Western Conference	8	33	19	4	.625	0	0	0		5.97	1.91		Minnesota
111	1910	Western Conference	8	29	19	3	.598	0	0	0		2.13	-1.23		Illinois, Minnesota
112	1909	Western Conference	8	27	20	5	.567	0	0	0		4.26	1.26		Minnesota
113	1908	Western Conference	8	29	18	3	.610	0	0	0		5.29	1.27		Chicago
114	1907	Western Conference	7	17	16	3	.514	0	0	0		3.67	2.58		Chicago
115	1906	Western Conference	8	24	16	1	.598	0	0	0		2.56	-0.20		Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
116	1905	Western Conference	9	76	14	3	.833	0	0	0		14.09	0.51		Chicago
117	1904	Western Conference	9	77	19	2	.796	0	0	0		15.08	3.31		Michigan, Minnesota
118	1903	Western Conference	9	78	20	7	.776	0	0	0		8.12	-2.88		Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern
119	1902	Western Conference	9	71	25	4	.730	0	0	0		9.30	0.70		Michigan
120	1901	Western Conference	9	69	21	5	.753	1	0	0	1.000	10.42	-0.12		Michigan, Wisconsin
121	1900	Western Conference	9	63	19	12	.734	0	0	0		7.95	-1.73		Iowa, Minnesota
122	1899	Western Conference	7	53	22	6	.691	0	0	0		5.56	-0.84		Chicago
123	1898	Western Conference	7	53	20	2	.720	0	0	0		3.22	-4.80		Michigan
124	1897	Western Conference	7	46	15	2	.746	0	0	0		3.33	-5.54		Wisconsin
125	1896	Western Conference	7	53	11	6	.800	0	0	0		6.53	-4.23		Wisconsin

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