2007 Big Ten Conference football season
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The 2007 season was the Big Ten Conference's 112th overall. For the second straight year, Ohio State won the conference title and advanced to the national championship game.
| 2007 Big Ten Conference football season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) |
| Sport | football |
| Duration | August, 2007 through January, 2008 |
| Teams | 11 |
| TV partner(s) | ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Big Ten Network |
| 2008 NFL Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Jake Long (Michigan) |
| Picked by | Miami Dolphins, first round (1st overall) |
| Regular Season | |
| Season Champions | Ohio State |
| Season MVP | Rashard Mendenhall (Offensive) and James Laurinaitis (Defensive) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Ohio State $ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Michigan | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Illinois % | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Wisconsin | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 4 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowl games
| Date | Bowl Game | Big Ten Team | Opp. Team | Score |
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| Dec. 26, 2007 | Motor City Bowl | Purdue | Central Michigan | 51-48 |
| Dec. 28, 2007 | Champs Sports Bowl | Michigan State | Boston College | 21-24 |
| Dec. 29, 2007 | Alamo Bowl | Penn State | Texas A&M | 24-17 |
| Dec. 31, 2007 | Insight Bowl | Indiana | Oklahoma State | 33-49 |
| Jan. 1, 2008 | Outback Bowl | Wisconsin | Tennessee | 17-21 |
| Jan. 1, 2008 | Capital One Bowl | Michigan | Florida | 41-35 |
| Jan. 1, 2008 | Rose Bowl | Illinois | USC | 17-49 |
| Jan. 7, 2008 | BCS National Championship | Ohio State | LSU | 24-38 |
| Bowl scores sourced from Sports-Reference.com[1] | ||||
All-Big Ten selections
Offense
| Pos. | First Team | Second Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Player | School | |
| QB | Chad Henne | Michigan | Kellen Lewis | Indiana |
| RB | Rashard Mendenhall | Illinois | Mike Hart | Michigan |
| RB | Chris Wells | Ohio State | Javon Ringer | Michigan State |
| WR | James Hardy | Indiana | Devin Thomas | Michigan State |
| WR | Mario Manningham | Michigan | Dorien Bryant | Purdue |
| C | A. Q. Shipley | Penn State | Ryan McDonald | Illinois |
| G | Martin O'Donnell | Illinois | Rich Ohrnberger | Penn State |
| G | Adam Kraus | Michigan | Kraig Urbik | Wisconsin |
| T | Jake Long | Michigan | Xavier Fulton | Illinois |
| T | Kirk Barton | Ohio State | Alex Boone | Ohio State |
| TE | Travis Beckum | Wisconsin | Dustin Keller | Purdue |
| K | Taylor Mehlhaff | Wisconsin | Austin Starr | Indiana |
| Pos. | First Team | Second Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Player | School | |
| DL | Greg Middleton | Indiana | Terrance Taylor | Michigan |
| DL | Mitch King | Iowa | Jonal Saint-Dic | Michigan State |
| DL | Vernon Gholston | Ohio State | Cliff Avril | Purdue |
| DL | Maurice Evans | Penn State | Matt Shaughnessy | Wisconsin |
| LB | Jeremy Leman | Illinois | Shawn Crable | Michigan |
| LB | James Laurinaitis | Ohio State | Marcus Freeman | Ohio State |
| LB | Dan Connor | Penn State | Sean Lee | Penn State |
| DB | Vontae Davis | Illinois | Tracy Porter | Indiana |
| DB | Malcolm Jenkins | Ohio State | Charles Godfrey | Iowa |
| DB | Justin King | Penn State | Jamar Adams | Michigan |
| DB | Jack Ikegwuonu | Wisconsin | Dominique Barber | Minnesota |
| P | Jeremy Boone | Penn State | Ken DeBauche | Wisconsin |
Statistical leaders
| Passing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | COMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
| Curtis Painter | Purdue | 356 | 569 | 3846 | 29 | 11 |
| C. J. Bachér | Northwestern | 318 | 521 | 3656 | 19 | 19 |
| Kellen Lewis | Indiana | 265 | 442 | 3043 | 28 | 10 |
| Rushing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | ATT | YDS | YPC | TD |
| Rashard Mendenhall | Illinois | 262 | 1681 | 6.4 | 17 |
| Chris Wells | Ohio State | 274 | 1609 | 5.9 | 15 |
| Javon Ringer | Michigan State | 245 | 1447 | 5.9 | 6 |
| Mike Hart | Michigan | 265 | 1361 | 5.1 | 14 |
| Rodney Kinlaw | Penn State | 243 | 1329 | 5.5 | 10 |
| Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | REC | YDS | YPR | TD |
| Devin Thomas | Michigan State | 79 | 1260 | 15.9 | 8 |
| Mario Manningham | Michigan | 72 | 1174 | 16.3 | 12 |
| James Hardy | Indiana | 79 | 1125 | 14.2 | 16 |
| Travis Beckum | Wisconsin | 75 | 982 | 13.1 | 6 |
| Tackles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | ||
| Dan Connor | Penn State | 69 | 76 | 145 | ||
| Sean Lee | Penn State | 54 | 84 | 138 | ||
| J Leman | Illinois | 71 | 61 | 132 | ||
| Adam Kadela | Northwestern | 53 | 72 | 125 | ||
| Sacks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | SACKS | ||||
| Greg Middleton | Indiana | 16.0 | ||||
| Vernon Gholston | Ohio State | 14.0 | ||||
| Maurice Evans | Penn State | 12.5 | ||||
| Interceptions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | INT | ||||
| Shane Carter | Wisconsin | 7 | ||||
| Tracy Porter | Indiana | 6 | ||||
Awards
- LB Dan Connor, Penn State[2]
- LB James Laurinaitis, Ohio State[2]
Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award
- Coach Lloyd Carr, Michigan
Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award
- Coach Ron Zook, Illinois
- Assistant coach Jim Heacock, Ohio State