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Revision as of 01:47, 29 August 2017

2017 Big Ten Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 31, 2017
through January 2018
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)ABC, ESPN2, ESPN Inc., Big Ten Network, FOX, FS1
2018 NFL Draft
Regular season
Championship Game
Football seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 5 Ohio State xy$   8 1     12 2  
No. 15 Michigan State   7 2     10 3  
No. 8 Penn State   7 2     11 2  
Michigan   5 4     8 5  
Rutgers   3 6     4 8  
Indiana   2 7     5 7  
Maryland   2 7     4 8  
West Division
No. 7 Wisconsin xy   9 0     13 1  
No. 17 Northwestern   7 2     10 3  
Iowa   4 5     8 5  
Purdue   4 5     7 6  
Nebraska   3 6     4 8  
Minnesota   2 7     5 7  
Illinois   0 9     2 10  
Championship: Ohio State 27, Wisconsin 21
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Big Ten conference football season is the 122nd season of college football play for the Big Ten Conference and is part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

This will be the Big Ten's fourth season with 14 teams. The defending league champion is 2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team. The 2017 season will consist of a nine–game conference schedule for the second year in a row.[1]

Previous season

Penn State defeated Wisconsin 38–31 for the Big Ten Football Championship Game.[2]

Ten teams participated in bowl games. Maryland lost to Boston College 30–36 in the Quick Lane Bowl.[3] Minnesota won 12–17 over Washington State in the Holiday Bowl.[4] Northwestern won over Pittsburgh 31–24 in the Pinstripe Bowl.[5] Indiana lost to Utah 24–26 at the Foster Farms Bowl.[6] Nebraska lost to Tennessee 24–38 in the Music City Bowl.[7] Iowa lost to Florida 3–30 in the Outback Bowl.[8] Michigan lost by 1 to Florida State by a score of 33–32 in the Orange Bowl.[9] Wisconsin won over Western Michigan 24–16 in the Cotton Bowl.[10] Penn State lost to USC 49–52 in the Rose Bowl.[11]

Ohio State was defeated by eventual national champion Clemson 0–31 in the semifinal round of the College Football Playoffs at the Fiest Bowl.[12]

Rankings

  Pre Wk
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Final
Illinois AP
C
CFP Not released
Indiana AP
C
CFP Not released
Iowa AP
C RV
CFP Not released
Maryland AP
C RV
CFP Not released
Michigan AP 11
C 9
CFP Not released
Michigan State AP
C RV
CFP Not released
Minnesota AP
C RV
CFP Not released
Nebraska AP
C RV
CFP Not released
Northwestern AP
C RV
CFP Not released
Ohio State AP 2 (3)
C 2 (5)
CFP Not released
Penn State AP 6
C 6
CFP Not released
Purdue AP
C
CFP Not released
Rutgers AP
C
CFP Not released
Wisconsin AP 9
C 10
CFP Not released
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
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedule

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

All times Eastern time.

† denotes Homecoming game

Week 1

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
August 31 7:00 PM Buffalo Minnesota TCF Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN BTN      
August 31 8:00 PM No. 2 Ohio State Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN ESPN      
September 1 8:00 PM No. 8 Washington Rutgers High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ FS1      
September 1 9:00 PM Utah State No. 9 Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI ESPN      
September 2 12:00 PM Akron No. 6 Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA ABC      
September 2 12:00 PM Maryland No. 23 Texas Darrell K. Royal StadiumAustin, TX FS1      
September 2 12:00 PM Bowling Green Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI ESPNU      
September 2 12:00 PM Wyoming Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA BTN      
September 2 12:00 PM Ball State Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL BTN      
September 2 3:30 PM No. 17 Florida No. 11 Michigan AT&T StadiumArlington, TX ABC      
September 2 3:30 PM Nevada Northwestern Ryan FieldEvanston, IL BTN      
September 2 7:30 PM No. 16 Louisville Purdue Lucas Oil StadiumIndianapolis, IN FOX      
September 2 8:00 PM Arkansas State Nebraska Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE BTN      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 2

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 8 8:00 PM Ohio Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN FS1      
September 9 12:00 PM Iowa Iowa State Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA (Cy-Hawk Trophy) ESPN/ESPN2      
September 9 12:00 PM Towson Maryland Maryland StadiumCollege Park, MD BTN      
September 9 12:00 PM Cincinnati Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI ABC/ESPN      
September 9 12:00 PM Florida Atlantic Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI BTN      
September 9 12:00 PM Northwestern Duke Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC ESPNU      
September 9 3:30 PM Western Michigan Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI BTN      
September 9 3:30 PM Pittsburgh Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA (PSU-Pitt Rivalry) ABC      
September 9 3:30 PM Eastern Michigan Rutgers High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ BTN      
September 9 3:30 PM Indiana Virginia Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA ACCN      
September 9 4:30 PM Nebraska Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR FOX      
September 9 7:30 PM Oklahoma Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH ABC      
September 9 8:00 PM Western Kentucky Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL BTN      
September 9 10:00 PM Minnesota Oregon State Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR FS1      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 3

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 16 12:00 PM Air Force Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI BTN      
September 16 12:00 PM Northern Illinois Nebraska Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE FS1      
September 16 3:30 PM Middle Tennessee State Minnesota TCF Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN BTN      
September 16 3:30 PM Florida International Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN BTN      
September 16 3:30 PM Morgan State Rutgers High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ BTN      
September 16 3:30 PM Wisconsin BYU LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT ABC / ESPN      
September 16 4:00 PM Purdue Missouri Faurot FieldColumbia, MO SEC Network      
September 16 4:30 PM Army Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH FOX      
September 16 3:30 PM North Texas Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA ESPN2      
September 16 7:00 PM Illinois South Florida Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL ESPN      
September 16 7:30 PM Georgia State Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA BTN      
September 16 7:30 PM Bowling Green Northwestern Ryan FieldEvanston, IL BTN      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
September 16 Maryland Michigan State

Week 4

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 23 Georgia Southern Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN      
September 23 Central Florida Maryland Maryland StadiumCollege Park, MD      
September 23 UNLV Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH      
September 23 Penn State Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA      
September 23† 3:30 PM -or- 4:00 PM Rutgers Nebraska Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE TBA      
September 23† 3:30 PM -or- 4:00 PM Michigan Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN TBA      
September 23 8:00 PM Notre Dame Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy) FOX      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
September 23 Illinois Minnesota Northwestern Wisconsin

Week 5

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 29 8:00 PM Nebraska Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL FS1      
September 30 Northwestern Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI      
September 30 Maryland Minnesota TCF Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN      
September 30 Iowa Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI      
September 30 Ohio State Rutgers High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ      
September 30 Indiana Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
September 30 Michigan Purdue

Week 6

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 7† 12:00 PM Illinois Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA TBA      
October 7† 12:00 PM Penn State Northwestern Ryan FieldEvanston, IL TBA      
October 7† 3:30 PM -or- 4:00 PM Maryland Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH TBA      
October 7 Michigan State Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyon Trophy)      
October 7 Minnesota Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN      
October 7 Wisconsin Nebraska Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE (Freedom Trophy)      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
October 7 Indiana Rutgers

Week 7

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 14† 12:00 PM Michigan Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN TBA      
October 13 3:30 PM -or- 4:00 PM Northwestern Maryland Maryland StadiumCollege Park, MD ESPN/ESPN2      
October 14 Purdue Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI      
October 14 Ohio State Nebraska Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE      
October 14 Michigan State Minnesota TCF Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN      
October 14 Rutgers Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
October 14 Iowa Penn State

Week 8

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 21† 12:00 PM Purdue Rutgers High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ TBA      
October 21† 12:00 PM Maryland Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI TBA      
October 21† 3:30 PM -or- 4:00 PM Indiana Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon) TBA      
October 21† 3:30 PM -or- 4:00 PM Illinois Minnesota TCF Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN TBA      
October 21 Michigan Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA      
October 21 Iowa Northwestern Ryan FieldEvanston, IL      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Date Bye Week
October 21 Nebraska Ohio State

Week 9

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 28 TBA Michigan State Northwestern Ryan FieldEvanston, IL ESPN/ESPN2      
October 28† 12:00 PM Wisconsin Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL TBA      
October 28† 12:00 PM Rutgers Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI TBA      
October 28 3:30 PM Penn State Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH (OSU-PSU Rivalry) FOX      
October 28† 3:30 PM -or- 4:00 PM Indiana Maryland Maryland StadiumCollege Park, MD TBA      
October 28 Nebraska Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN      
October 28 Minnesota Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA (Floyd of Rosedale)      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 10

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 4 Maryland Rutgers Yankee StadiumNew York, NY (MD-RU Rivalry)      
November 4 Wisconsin Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN      
November 4 Minnesota Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)      
November 4 Penn State Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)      
November 4 Ohio State Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA      
November 4 Illinois Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)      
November 4 Northwestern Nebraska Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 11

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 11† 12:00 PM Rutgers Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA TBA      
November 11 Iowa Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI (Heartland Trophy)      
November 11 Purdue Northwestern Ryan FieldEvanston, IL      
November 11 Nebraska Minnesota TCF Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN (MN-NEB Rivalry)      
November 11 Indiana Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL      
November 11 Michigan State Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH      
November 11 Michigan Maryland Maryland StadiumCollege Park, MD      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 12

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 18 Rutgers Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN      
November 18 Maryland Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI      
November 18 Michigan Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI      
November 18 Illinois Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)      
November 18 Nebraska Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA      
November 18 Purdue Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA      
November 18 Minnesota Northwestern Ryan FieldEvanston, IL      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 13

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 24 4:00 PM Iowa Nebraska Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE (Heroes Game) FS1      
November 25 12:00 PM Ohio State Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (The Game) FOX      
November 25 Wisconsin Minnesota TCF Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)      
November 25 Indiana Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)      
November 25 Northwestern Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL (Land of Lincoln Trophy)      
November 25 Michigan State Rutgers High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ      
November 25 Penn State Maryland Maryland StadiumCollege Park, MD (MD-PSU Rivalry)      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Championship game

Week 14 (Big Ten Championship Game)

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
December 2 8:00 PM East Division Champion West Division Champion Lucas Oil StadiumIndianapolis, IN FOX      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Big Ten vs other conferences

Big Ten vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC along with independents Notre Dame and BYU) the Big Ten plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score
September 1 #8 Washington Rutgers High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ
September 2 Maryland #23 Texas Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX
September 2 #11 Michigan #17 Florida AT&T StadiumArlington, TX Advocare Classic
September 2 Purdue #16 Louisville Lucas Oil StadiumIndianapolis, IN
September 9 Iowa Iowa State Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA
September 9 Northwestern Duke Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC
September 9 Nebraska Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR
September 9 Pittsburgh Penn State Beaver StadiumFayetteville, AR Pittsburgh-Penn State football rivalry
September 9 Minnesota Oregon State Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR
September 16 Wisconsin BYU LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT
September 16 Purdue Missouri Faurot FieldColumbia, MO
September 16 Army Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 23 Notre Dame Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI Megaphone Trophy

Records against other conferences

2017 records against non-conference foes:


Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week Offensive Defensive Special teams Freshman
Player Position Team Player Position Team Player Position Team Player Position Team
Week 1 (Sept. 1)
Week 2 (Sept. 8)
Week 3 (Sept. 15)
Week 4 (Sept. 22)
Week 5 (Sept. 29)
Week 6 (Oct. 6)
Week 7 (Oct. 13)
Week 8 (Oct. 20)
Week 9 (Oct. 27)
Week 10 (Nov. 3)
Week 11 (Nov. 10)
Week 12 (Oct. 6)
Week 13 (Nov. 24)
Week 14 (Dec. 1)
Week 15 (Dec. 8)                  


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                      
Indiana Memorial Stadium 52,929                      
Iowa Kinnick Stadium 70,585                      
Maryland Maryland Stadium 51,802                      
Michigan Michigan Stadium 107,601                      
Michigan State Spartan Stadium 75,005                      
Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium 50,805 [13]                      
Nebraska Memorial Stadium 85,458                      
Northwestern Ryan Field 47,130                      
Ohio State Ohio Stadium 104,944                      
Penn State Beaver Stadium 106,572                      
Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium 57,236                      
Rutgers High Point Solutions Stadium 52,454                      
Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium 80,321                      
Total                        

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

2018 NFL Draft

Head coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2017 season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school B1G record
Illinois Lovie Smith 2 3–9 (.250) 3–9 (.250) 2–7 (.222)
Indiana Tom Allen* 1 0–1 (.000) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–)
Iowa Kirk Ferentz 19 147–92 (.615) 135–92 (.595) 82–63 (.566)
Maryland D.J. Durkin 2 6–7 (.462) 6–7 (.462) 3–6 (.333)
Michigan Jim Harbaugh 3 78–33 (.703) 20–6 (.769) 13–4 (.765)
Michigan State Mark Dantonio 11 108–59 (.647) 90–42 (.682) 53–28 (.654)
Minnesota P.J. Fleck 1 30–22 (.577) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–)
Nebraska Mike Riley 3 108–91 (.543) 15–11 (.577) 9–8 (.529)
Northwestern Pat Fitzgerald 12 77–61 (.558) 77–61 (.558) 41–47 (.466)
Ohio State Urban Meyer 6 165–29 (.851) 61–6 (.910) 39–2 (.951)
Penn State James Franklin 4 49–30 (.620) 25–15 (.625) 15–11 (.577)
Purdue Jeff Brohm 1 30–10 (.750) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–)
Rutgers Chris Ash 2 2–10 (.167) 2–10 (.167) 0–9 (.000)
Wisconsin Paul Chryst 3 40–25 (.615) 21–6 (.778) 13–5 (.722)

* Tom Allen was hired to replace Kevin Wilson in December 2016 at Indiana and coached the Hoosiers in their 2016 bowl game.

References

  1. ^ Big Ten Announces 2016 and 2017 Conference Football Schedules
  2. ^ "ESPN Box Score: Penn State vs. Wisconsin - 2016 Big Ten Championship Game". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "ESPN Box Score: Maryland vs. Boston - Quick Lane Bowl". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "Minnesota outlasts Washington State in sloppy Holiday Bowl". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "ESPN Box Score: Northwestern vs. Pittsburgh - Pinstripe Bowl". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  6. ^ "2016 Foster Farms Bowl final score: Utah beats Indiana in a dramatic game". SBNation.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  7. ^ "ESPN Box Score: Nebraska vs. Tennessee - Music City Bowl". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  8. ^ "ESPN Box Score: Iowa vs. Florida - Outback Bowl". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  9. ^ "ESPN Box Score: Michigan vs. Florida State - Outback Bowl". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  10. ^ "ESPN Box Score: Wisconsin vs. Western Michigan - Cotton Bowl". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  11. ^ "ESPN Box Score: Penn State vs. USC - Rose Bowl". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  12. ^ "ESPN Box Score: Ohio State vs. Clemson - Fiesta Bowl". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  13. ^ http://www.gophersports.com/facilities/tcf-bank-stadium.html