1996 Big Ten Conference football season

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The 1996 Big Ten Conference football season was the 101st season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1996 Big Ten Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I-A
Sportfootball
Teams11
Co-championsOhio State, Northwestern
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1996 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Ohio State + 71  111 
No. 15 Northwestern + 71  93 
No. 7 Penn State 62  112 
No. 18 Iowa 62  93 
No. 20 Michigan 53  84 
Michigan State 53  66 
Wisconsin 35  85 
Purdue 26  38 
Minnesota 17  47 
Indiana 17  38 
Illinois 17  29 
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Regular season

With 7-1 conference marks, Ohio State and Northwestern shared the Big Ten title in 1996.[1] Since Northwestern had just represented the league in the Rose Bowl the year before, Ohio State was granted the opportunity to face Arizona State in the 1997 Rose Bowl, their first since the 1984 team. Ohio State would finish the season ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll and Northwestern at No. 15.

No. 7 Penn State and No. 18 Iowa tied for third with 6-2 conference records. No. 20 Michigan and Michigan State tied for fifth place at 5-3.

Wisconsin came in seventh at 3-5 (8-5 overall), followed by eighth-place Purdue at 2-6 (3-8 overall).

Minnesota, Indiana, and Illinois all went 1-7 in conference play, going 4-7, 3-8, and 2-9 overall, respectively.

Bowl games

Seven Big Ten teams played in bowl games, going 4-3 overall. The conference did not participate in the Bowl Alliance:

Rose Bowl: No. 4 Ohio State 20 No. 2 Arizona St. 17 1/1/97[2]
Fiesta Bowl: No. 7 Penn State 38 No. 20 Texas 15 1/1/97[3]
Florida Citrus Bowl: No. 9 Tennessee 48 No. 11 Northwestern 28 1/1/97[4]
Outback Bowl: No. 16 Alabama 17 No. 15 Michigan 14 1/1/97[5]
Sun Bowl: Stanford 38 Michigan State 0 12/31/96[6]
Alamo Bowl: No. 21 Iowa 27 Texas Tech 0 12/29/96[7]
Copper Bowl: Wisconsin 38 Utah 10 12/27/96[8]
  • *Note: shown rankings were prior to the bowl game matchups.

1997 NFL draft

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