Английская Википедия:2011 Big Ten Conference football season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox sports season Шаблон:2011 Big Ten football standings The 2011 Big Ten Conference football season is the 116th for the Big Ten. The conference started its season on Saturday, September 3, as each of the conference's teams began their respective 2011 season of NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition. This season is Nebraska's first season as a member of the Big Ten, and also marks the creation of conference divisions (named Leaders and Legends), and a championship game. The season was also notable for the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.

For the season, Leaders Division champion Wisconsin finished as conference champion by defeating Legends Division champion Michigan State in the 2011 Big Ten Football Championship Game. Penn State was Leaders Division co-Champion, while Legends Division runner-up Michigan finished with the conference's best record. The conference earned two BCS bowl invitations and compiled a 4–6 overall record in 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games.

The Conference had six 2011 College Football All-America Team consensus selections: Montee Ball, Kevin Zeitler, David Molk, Whitney Mercilus (unanimous), Devon Still, and Jerel Worthy, with the Rimington Trophy going to Molk and the Ted Hendricks Award going to Mercilus. Ball won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football and the conference's players won four national statistical championships: Russell Wilson (passing efficiency), Raheem Mostert (kickoff return average), Ball (scoring), and Mercilus (quarterback sacks).

Following the season the conference contributed 41 to the 2012 NFL Draft, including 4 in the first round: Riley Reiff (23rd), Mercilus (26th), Zeitler (27th), and A. J. Jenkins (30th).

Rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Illinois	AP				24	24	19	16	23	RV
	C				RV	22	16	15	21	RV
	Harris	Not released						14	20	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released							23
Indiana	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Iowa	AP	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV				RV			RV
	Harris	Not released								RV
	BCS	Not released
Michigan	AP	RV	RV	RV	22	19	12	11	18	17	13	22	20	17	17	13	12
	C	RV	RV	RV	21	19	11	10	17	17	13	21	18	16	16	12	9
	Harris	Not released						10	17	16	13	21	18	16	16	12
	BCS	Not released							18	18	15	24	18	15	16	13
Michigan State	AP	17	17	15	RV	RV	RV	23	15	9	15	13	12	11	11	12	11
	C	17	16	15	23	25	20	19	13	10	16	13	12	10	9	13	10
	Harris	Not released						22	15	11	17	13	12	11	11	13
	BCS	Not released							16	11	17	17	15	14	11	17
Minnesota	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Nebraska	AP	10	10	10	9	8	14	14	13	13	9	18	16	22	20	21	24
	C	11	10	10	9	8	15	14	11	13	9	17	16	22	19	20	24
	Harris	Not released						13	11	13	9	17	16	21	19	20
	BCS	Not released							13	14	10	19	16	21	20	20
Northwestern	AP	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Ohio State	AP	18	15	17	RV	RV					RV
	C	16	15	16	RV	RV	RV				RV
	Harris	Not released									RV
	BCS	Not released
Penn State	AP	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	16	12	21	20	23	24	RV
	C	25	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22	19	15	12	21	19	22	23	RV
	Harris	Not released						RV	24	19	16	12	19	18	22	23
	BCS	Not released							21	19	16	12	21	19	23	22
Purdue	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Wisconsin	AP	11	8	7	6	7	4	4	4	12	19	16	15	15	15	9	10
	C	10	9	8	7	7	5	4	4	11	17	14	13	12	12	8	11
	Harris	Not released						4	4	12	18	14	13	14	13	8
	BCS	Not released							6	15	20	18	17	16	12	10

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

Spring games

April 9

• Purdue Boilermakers

April 16

• Indiana Hoosiers
• Iowa Hawkeyes
• Michigan Wolverines
• Nebraska Cornhuskers
• Northwestern Wildcats
• Penn State Nittany Lions

April 23

• Illinois Fighting Illini
• Minnesota Golden Gophers
• Ohio State Buckeyes
• Wisconsin Badgers

April 30

• Michigan State Spartans

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Big Ten member won
Big Ten member lost
Big Ten teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Rankings reflect that of the AP poll.Шаблон:Citation needed

Week 4

Date	Bye Week
September 24	Northwestern	Purdue

Week 5

Date	Bye Week
October 1	Iowa

Week 6

Date	Bye Week
October 8	Michigan State	#4 Wisconsin

Week 7

Date	Bye Week
October 15	Minnesota	#14 Nebraska

Week 8

Date	Bye Week
October 22	#18 Michigan	Ohio State

Week 10

Date	Bye Week
November 5	Illinois	#16 Penn State

Week 11

Date	Bye Week
November 12	Indiana

Players of the week

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special Teams			Freshman
	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Week 1	Russell Wilson	QB	WIS	Brandon Herron	LB	MICH	Brett Maher	P/PK	NEB	Houston Bates	LB	ILL
							Chaz Powell	KR	PSU
Week 2	Denard Robinson	QB	MICH	Mike Taylor	LB	WIS	Ameer Abdullah	KR	NEB	Ameer Abdullah	KR	NEB
Week 3	James Vandenberg	QB	IOWA	Jonathan Brown	LB	ILL	Duane Bennett	RB	MINN	D'Angelo Roberts	RB	IND
Week 4	Denard Robinson	QB	MICH	Tom Nardo	DT	IOWA	Derek Dimke	PK	ILL	Donovonn Young	RB	ILL
	Matt McGloin	QB	PSU
Week 5	A.J. Jenkins	WR	ILL	Mike Taylor	LB	WIS	Anthony Fera	PK/P	PSU	Marcus Rush	DE	MSU
	Russell Wilson	QB	WIS
Week 6	Taylor Martinez	QB	NEB	Tavon Wilson	CB	ILL	Brett Maher	P/PK	NEB	Shayne Wynn	KR	IND
Week 7	Montee Ball	RB	WIS	John Simon	DT	OSU	Anthony Fera	P/PK	PSU	Mike Sadler	P	MSU
Week 8	Marvin McNutt	WR	IOWA	Gerald Hodges	LB	PSU	Kyler Elsworth	LB	MSU	Tre Roberson	QB	IND
	Kirk Cousins	QB	MSU	Kawann Short	DT	PUR
Week 9	Drake Dunsmore	TE	NW	Gerald Hodges	LB	PSU	Jordan Wettstein	PK	MINN	Braxton Miller	QB	OSU
Week 10	Kain Colter	QB	NW	Chris Borland	LB	WIS	Mike Sadler	P	MSU	Raheem Mostert	KR	PUR
	Montee Ball	RB	WIS
Week 11	Russell Wilson	QB	WIS	Ryan Van Bergen	DE	MICH	Brett Maher	P/PK	NEB	Mike Sadler	P	MSU
				Kawann Short	DT	PUR	Bruce Gaston	DT	PUR
Week 12	Denard Robinson	QB	MICH	Chris Borland	LB	WIS	Anthony Fera	P/PK	PSU	Ryan Shazier	LB	OSU
	Montee Ball	RB	WIS
Week 13	Denard Robinson	QB	MICH	Kim Royston	DB	MINN	Carson Wiggs	PK	PUR	Braxton Miller	QB	OSU
	Montee Ball	RB	WIS	Lavonte David	LB	NEB

Attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Illinois	Memorial Stadium	60,670	45,154	42,212	50,669	43,684	53,243	55,229	60,670	54,633	405,494	50,687	83.5%
Indiana	Memorial Stadium	52,929	41,549	41,203	42,621	41,665	39,239	42,005	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	248,282	41,380	78.2%
Iowa	Kinnick Stadium	70,585	70,585	70,585	70,585	70,585	70,585	70,585	70,585	Шаблон:Sort	494,095	70,585	100%
Michigan	Michigan Stadium	109,901	110,506	114,804	110,343	110,707	111,106	112,115	113,718	114,132	897,431	112,179	102%
Michigan State	Spartan Stadium	75,005	75,910	70,249	72,119	77,515	76,405	72,219	74,128	Шаблон:Sort	518,545	74,078	98.8%
Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium	50,805	48,807	49,950	48,802	49,187	46,543	49,158	41,549	Шаблон:Sort	333,996	47,714	93.9%
Nebraska	Memorial Stadium	81,067	84,883	85,101	85,110	85,426	85,641	85,115	85,595	Шаблон:Sort	596,871	85,267	105%
Northwestern	Ryan Field	47,130	28,042	47,330	40,004	26,886	26,215	27,137	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	195,614	32,602	69.1%
Ohio State	Ohio Stadium	102,329	105,001	105,016	105,096	105,306	105,511	105,159	105,493	Шаблон:Sort	736,582	105 226	102.8%
Penn State	Beaver Stadium	107,282	96,461	107,846	95,636	103,497	100,820	97,828	107,193	Шаблон:Sort	709,281	101,326	94.4%
Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium	62,500	42,110	46,116	61,555	38,207	45,146	43,334	40,106	Шаблон:Sort	316,574	45,225	72.3%
Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium	80,312	77,085	80,337	78,880	81,384	80,732	79,708	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	478,126	79,688	99.2%

Post-season awards and honors

Individual Big Ten Award Winners

• Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year: Russell Wilson, Wisconsin
• Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year: Marvin McNutt, Iowa
• Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year: Montee Ball, Wisconsin
• Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year: Drake Dunsmore, Northwestern
• Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year: David Molk, Michigan
• Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year: Devon Still, Penn State
• Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year: Lavonte David, Nebraska
• Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year: Alfonzo Dennard, Nebraska
• Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year: Brett Maher, Nebraska
• Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year: Brett Maher, Nebraska

All-Big Ten

The following players were named by the coaches.: Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Russell Wilson	Sr.	Wisconsin
RB	Montee Ball	Jr.	Wisconsin
RB	Rex Burkhead	Jr.	Nebraska
WR	A.J. Jenkins	Sr.	Illinois
WR	Marvin McNutt	Sr.	Iowa
TE	Drake Dunsmore	Sr.	Northwestern
OT	Riley Reiff	Jr.	Iowa
OG	Joel Foreman	Sr.	Michigan State
C	David Molk	Sr.	Michigan
OG	Kevin Zeitler	Sr.	Wisconsin
OT	Josh Oglesby	Sr.	Wisconsin
First Team Defense
DL	Whitney Mercilus	Jr.	Illinois
DL	Jerel Worthy	Jr.	Michigan State
DL	John Simon	Jr.	Ohio State
DL	Devon Still	Sr.	Penn State
LB	Lavonte David	Jr.	Nebraska
LB	Gerald Hodges	Sr.	Penn State
LB	Chris Borland	So.	Wisconsin
DB	Shaun Prater	Sr.	Iowa
DB	Johnny Adams	Jr.	Michigan State
DB	Alfonzo Dennard	Sr.	Nebraska
DB	Aaron Henry	Sr.	Wisconsin
First Team Special Teams
K	Brett Maher	Jr.	Nebraska
P	Brett Maher	Jr.	Nebraska

Position	Player	Class	Team
Second Team Offense
QB	Kirk Cousins	Sr.	Michigan State
RB	Marcus Coker	So.	Iowa
RB	Silas Redd	So.	Penn State
WR	B.J. Cunningham	Sr.	Michigan State
WR	Nick Toon	Sr.	Wisconsin
TE	Brian Linthicum	Sr.	Michigan State
OT	Taylor Lewan	So.	Michigan
OG	Adam Gettis	Sr.	Iowa
C	Mike Caputo	Sr.	Nebraska
C	Mike Brewster	Sr.	Ohio State
OG	Travis Frederick	So.	Wisconsin
OT	Mike Adams	Sr.	Ohio State
Second Team Defense
DL	Michael Buchanan	Jr.	Illinois
DL	Mike Daniels	Sr.	Iowa
DL	Mike Martin	Sr.	Michigan
DL	William Gholston	So.	Michigan State
DL	Jack Crawford	Sr.	Penn State
DL	Kawann Short	Jr.	Purdue
LB	Max Bullough	So.	Michigan State
LB	Andrew Sweat	Sr.	Ohio State
LB	Mike Taylor	Jr.	Wisconsin
DB	Isaiah Lewis	So.	Michigan State
DB	C.J. Barnett	So.	Ohio State
DB	Nick Sukay	Sr.	Penn State
DB	Ricardo Allen	So.	Purdue
Second Team Special Teams
K	Carson Wiggs	Sr.	Purdue
P	Cody Webster	So.	Purdue

HONORABLE MENTION: Illinois: Jeff Allen, Jonathan Brown, Derek Dimke, Terry Hawthorne, Ian Thomas; Indiana: Mitch Ewald, Jeff Thomas; Iowa: Broderick Binns, James Ferentz, Eric Guthrie, Micah Hyde, James Morris, Markus Zusevics; Michigan: Kenny Demens, J.T. Floyd, Kevin Koger, Junior Hemingway, Denard Robinson, Fitzgerald Toussaint, Ryan Van Bergen; Michigan State: Denicos Allen, Le'Veon Bell, Kenshawn Martin, Trenton Robinson, Marcus Rush; Minnesota: Kim Royston; Nebraska: Will Compton, Ben Cotton, Spencer Long, Marcel Jones, Baker Steinkuhler; Northwestern: Jeremy Ebert, Jordan Mabin, Brian Mulroe, Al Netter, Dan Persa, Brian Peters; Ohio State: Johnathan Hankins, Dan Herron, Jack Mewhort, Jake Stoneburner; Penn State: Drew Astorino, Anthony Fera, Jordan Hill, D'Anton Lynn, Derek Moye, Chima Okoli, Chaz Powell, Johnnie Troutman; Purdue: Joe Holland, Dennis Kelly; Wisconsin: Jared Abbrederis, Patrick Butrym, Antonio Fenelus, Peter Konz, Brad Nortman, Jacob Pedersen, Ricky Wagner.

The following players were named by the media panel. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Russell Wilson	Sr.	Wisconsin
RB	Montee Ball	Jr.	Wisconsin
RB	Rex Burkhead	Jr.	Nebraska
WR	A.J. Jenkins	Sr.	Illinois
WR	Marvin McNutt	Sr.	Iowa
TE	Drake Dunsmore	Sr.	Northwestern
OT	Riley Reiff	Jr.	Iowa
OG	Joel Foreman	Sr.	Michigan State
C	Peter Konz	Jr.	Wisconsin
OG	Kevin Zeitler	Sr.	Wisconsin
OT	Josh Oglesby	Sr.	Wisconsin
First Team Defense
DL	Whitney Mercilus	Jr.	Illinois
DL	Jerel Worthy	Jr.	Michigan State
DL	Devon Still	Sr.	Penn State
DL	Kawann Short	Jr.	Purdue
LB	Lavonte David	Jr.	Nebraska
LB	Chris Borland	So.	Wisconsin
LB	Mike Taylor	Jr.	Wisconsin
DB	Trenton Robinson	Sr.	Michigan State
DB	Alfonzo Dennard	Sr.	Nebraska
DB	Brian Peters	Sr.	Northwestern
DB	Antonio Fenelus	Sr.	Wisconsin
First Team Special Teams
K	Brett Maher	Jr.	Nebraska
P	Brett Maher	Jr.	Nebraska

Position	Player	Class	Team
Second Team Offense
QB	Denard Robinson	Jr.	Michigan
RB	Marcus Coker	So.	Iowa
RB	Silas Redd	So.	Penn State
WR	B.J. Cunningham	Sr.	Michigan State
WR	Jeremy Ebert	Sr.	Northwestern
TE	Jacob Pedersen	So.	Wisconsin
OT	Jeff Allen	Sr.	Illinois
OG	Spencer Long	So.	Nebraska
C	David Molk	Sr.	Michigan
OG	Travis Frederick	So.	Wisconsin
OT	Mike Adams	Sr.	Ohio State
Second Team Defense
DL	Michael Buchanan	Jr.	Illinois
DL	Broderick Binns	Sr.	Iowa
DL	Mike Martin	Sr.	Michigan
DL	William Gholston	So.	Michigan State
DL	John Simon	Sr.	Ohio State
LB	Jonathan Brown	Jr.	Illinois
LB	Denicos Allen	So.	Michigan State
LB	Gerald Hodges	Jr.	Penn State
DB	Micah Hyde	Sr.	Iowa
DB	Johnny Adams	Jr.	Michigan State
DB	Isaiah Lewis	So.	Michigan State
DB	Nick Sukay	Sr.	Penn State
Second Team Special Teams
K	Anthony Fera	Sr.	Penn State
P	Cody Webster	So.	Purdue

HONORABLE MENTION: Illinois: Derek Dimke, Terry Hawthorne, Travon Wilson; Indiana: Mitch Ewald; Iowa: Mike Daniels, James Ferentz, Adam Gettis, Eric Guthrie, James Morris, Tyler Nielsen, Shaun Prater, Markus Zusevics; Michigan: Kenny Demens, J.T. Floyd, Kevin Koger, Jordan Kovacs, Taylor Lewan, Craig Roh, Fitzgerald Toussaint, Ryan Van Bergen; Michigan State: Le'Veon Bell, Max Bullough, Dan Conroy, Kirk Cousins, Darqueze Dennard, Brian Linthicum, Chris McDonald, Chris Norman, Kevin Pickelman, Marcus Rush; Minnesota: Chris Bunders, Kim Royston; Nebraska: Mike Caputo, Austin Cassidy, Will Compton, Ben Cotton, Marcel Jones, Cameron Meredith, Daimion Stafford, Baker Steinkuhler; Northwestern: Kain Colter, Jordan Mabin, Brian Mulroe, Al Netter, Dan Persa; Ohio State: C.J. Barnett, Mike Brewster, Johnathan Hankins, Jack Mewhort, Tyler Moeller, Andrew Norwell, Jake Stoneburner, Andrew Sweat; Penn State: Drew Astorino, Quinn Barham, Jack Crawford, Jordan Hill, D'Anton Lynn, Chima Okoli, Chaz Powell, Nate Stupar, Johnnie Troutman; Purdue: Ricardo Allen, Dwayne Beckford, Joe Holland, Dennis Kelly, Carson Wiggs; Wisconsin: Jared Abbrederis, Patrick Butrym, Aaron Henry, Brad Nortman, Nick Toon, Ricky Wagner, Philip Welch.

National Award Winners

• David Molk, Michigan – Rimington Trophy
• Whitney Mercilus, Illinois – Ted Hendricks Award

First Team All-Americans

There are many outlets that award All-America honors in football. The NCAA uses five official selectors to also determine Consensus and Unanimous All-America honors. The five teams used by the NCAA to compile the consensus team are from the Associated Press, the AFCA, the FWAA, The Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. A point system is used to calculate the consensus honors. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and three points for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation.

The teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named a Consensus All-American. If there is a tie at a position in football for first team then the players who are tied shall be named to the team. A player named first-team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is recognized as a Unanimous All-American.

Player	School	Position	Selector	Consensus/Unanimous
Montee Ball	Wisconsin	RB	AFCA, FWAA, AP, Sporting News, CBS Sports, ESPN, Scout.com, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo! Sports	Consensus
Jay Prosch	Illinois	FB	Pro Football Weekly
Riley Reiff	Iowa	OT	Pro Football Weekly
Kevin Zeitler	Wisconsin	OG	AFCA, AP, Pro Football Weekly	Consensus
Peter Konz	Wisconsin	C	AFCA, CBS Sports, Pro Football Weekly
David Molk	Michigan	C	AP, FWAA, Sporting News, Walter Camp, Scout.com	Consensus
Whitney Mercilus	Illinois	DE	AFCA, AP, FWAA, Sporting News, Walter Camp, CBS Sports, ESPN, Scout.com, Yahoo! Sports	Unanimous
Devon Still	Penn State	DT	AP, FWAA, Sporting News, Walter Camp, CBS Sports, ESPN, Pro Football Weekly, Scout.com, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo! Sports	Consensus
Jerel Worthy	Michigan State	DT	AFCA, AP, Sporting News, Walter Camp, CBS Sports, Scout.com, Yahoo! Sports	Consensus
Lavonte David	Nebraska	LB	AFCA, CBS Sports, ESPN, Yahoo! Sports
Brett Maher	Nebraska	PK	Yahoo! Sports

Academic All-American

The Big Ten led all conferences with 7 Academic All-America selections: 1st team – Rex Burkhead (Nebraska), Austin Cassidy (Nebraska), Patrick Ward (Northwestern) and Joe Holland (Purdue); 2nd team – Mike Sadler (Michigan State), Sean Fisher (Nebraska) and Jacob Schmidt (Northwestern). Cassidy was one of four repeat first-team winners, while Holland was a 2010 second-team selection.

Bowl games

Big Ten Bowl Games
No.	Game	Date	Location/Time*	Television	Big Ten Team+	Score	Opponent+	Score	Payout (US$) per team
1.	Little Caesars Bowl	Dec. 27, 2011	Ford Field Detroit, Michigan 4:30 pm	ESPN	Purdue (6–6)	37	Western Michigan (7–5)	32	$750,000
2.	Insight Bowl	Dec. 30, 2011	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona 10:00 pm	ESPN	Iowa (7–5)	14	#19 Oklahoma (9–3)	31	$1,200,000
3.	Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas	Dec. 31, 2011	Reliant Stadium Houston Texas 12:00 pm	ESPN	Northwestern (6–6)	22	Texas A&M (6–6)	33	$1,700,000
4.	Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl	Dec. 31, 2011	AT&T Park San Francisco, California 3:30 pm	ESPN	Illinois (6–6)	20	UCLA (6–7)	14	$750,000–$825,000
5.	TicketCity Bowl	Jan. 2, 2012	Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas 12:00 pm	ESPNU	#24 Penn State (9–3)	14	#20 Houston (12–1)	30	$1,200,000
6.	Outback Bowl	Jan. 2, 2012	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida 1:00 pm	ABC	#12 Michigan State (10–3)	33	#18 Georgia (10–3)	30	$3,400,000
7.	Capital One Bowl	Jan. 2, 2012	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida 1:00 pm	ESPN	#21 Nebraska (9–3)	13	#10 South Carolina (10–2)	30	$4,250,000
8.	TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl	Jan. 2, 2012	EverBank Field Jacksonville, Florida 1:00 pm	ESPN2	Ohio State (6–6)	17	Florida (6–6)	24	$2,500,000
9.	Rose Bowl	Jan. 2, 2012	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 5:10 pm	ESPN	#9 Wisconsin (11–2)	38	#6 Oregon (11–2)	45	$18,000,000
10.	Allstate Sugar Bowl	Jan. 3, 2012	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 8:30 pm	ESPN	#13 Michigan (10–2)	23	#17 Virginia Tech (11–2)	20	$17,000,000
*Time given is Eastern Time (UTC-5). +Winning team is bolded. Rankings are AP.

2012 NFL Draft

Шаблон:Main The conference lost 4 players in the first round of the NFL Draft: A total of 41 Big Ten players were drafted.

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Total
Illinois	2	2						4
Indiana								0
Iowa	1	1		1	2	1	1	7
Michigan			1				2	3
Michigan State		1		2		2	1	6
Minnesota								0
Nebraska		1		1			2	4
Northwestern							2	2
Ohio State		1	1			2		4
Penn State		1			2		1	4
Purdue					1	1		2
Wisconsin	1	1	1	1	1	1		6

Head coaches

• Ron Zook and Vic Koenning (for bowl game), Illinois
• Kevin R. Wilson, Indiana
• Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
• Brady Hoke, Michigan
• Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
• Jerry Kill, Minnesota

• Bo Pelini, Nebraska
• Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
• Luke Fickell, Ohio State
• Joe Paterno (first nine games) and Tom Bradley (last three games), Penn State
• Danny Hope, Purdue
• Bret Bielema, Wisconsin

Joe Paterno was fired as head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions on November 9 in the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal. Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

Notes

• July 28–29, 2011 – Media Days in Chicago.