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1980-81 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary

Record: 174-118, .596 W-L% (3rd of 29) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 11.75 (1st of 29)

SOS: 8.87 (1st of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Indiana

Coach of the Year: Bob Knight

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 3 teams (Illinois, Indiana and Iowa)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Indiana, Iowa and Ohio State)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (Illinois, Indiana and Iowa)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Indiana	14	4	.778	26	9	.743	70.0	58.5	21.2	9.7	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; NCAA FF; NCAA Champion
2	Iowa	13	5	.722	21	7	.750	74.8	64.4	18.0	8.1	NCAA Tournament
3	Illinois	12	6	.667	21	8	.724	77.7	67.2	18.1	8.5	NCAA Tournament
4	Purdue	10	8	.556	21	11	.656	72.9	69.5	10.5	7.1
5	Minnesota	9	9	.500	19	11	.633	75.1	68.6	14.7	9.2
5	Ohio State	9	9	.500	14	13	.519	71.2	70.5	10.6	10.1
7	Michigan	8	10	.444	19	11	.633	76.1	70.6	12.3	7.8
8	Michigan State	7	11	.389	13	14	.481	67.6	69.7	6.4	8.5
9	Wisconsin	5	13	.278	11	16	.407	65.0	68.4	5.1	9.2
10	Northwestern	3	15	.167	9	18	.333	64.0	72.0	0.7	10.7

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
Ohio State	9	9	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	14	12	16	16	14	14	11	14	9	13	15	14	12	8	8	13
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	20	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	5	5	7	11	15	15	-	-	-	-	17	20	16	16	14	9
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois	-	-	-	17	18	16	12	18	15	-	18	17	15	14	16	19
Michigan	-	-	18	15	13	12	10	9	16	17	14	13	18	-	-	-
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Indiana	35	26	9	.743	14	4	12	2	7	5				27.9	52.7	.530					14.1	19.0	.744		32.7	16.6	6.4	2.2	12.9	18.5	70.0	58.5	21.18	9.67
2	Iowa	28	21	7	.750	13	5	11	2	8	4				29.6	62.9	.471					15.6	21.7	.720		41.2	16.3	7.1	1.6		18.8	74.8	64.4	18.02	8.06
3	Illinois	29	21	8	.724	12	6	10	2	6	4				31.6	62.0	.509					14.6	19.9	.731		38.6	18.9	6.4	4.1	13.7	19.3	77.7	67.2	18.11	8.47
4	Purdue	32	21	11	.656	10	8	12	3	6	7				27.6	55.3	.499					17.7	24.7	.717		36.9	15.6	6.2	3.1		19.0	72.9	69.5	10.50	7.07
5	Minnesota	30	19	11	.633	9	9	9	6	7	5				31.4	59.9	.525					12.3	18.2	.674		33.0	13.2	7.4	3.4	14.6	18.7	75.1	68.6	14.70	9.21
6	Ohio State	27	14	13	.519	9	9	11	4	3	9				29.2	61.6	.474					12.8	18.4	.695		37.7	13.2	6.1	5.9	17.2	21.6	71.2	70.5	10.61	10.09
7	Michigan	30	19	11	.633	8	10	12	4	6	7				31.1	60.9	.511					13.9	19.3	.720		31.7	15.8	6.5	1.6	14.0	19.2	76.1	70.6	12.26	7.81
8	Michigan State	27	13	14	.481	7	11	8	5	5	8				27.4	53.9	.509					12.7	18.0	.706		29.7	13.5	5.6	1.7		20.6	67.6	69.7	6.43	8.47
9	Wisconsin	27	11	16	.407	5	13	7	6	2	10				25.6	55.5	.461					13.9	20.7	.674		33.3	12.6	5.6	2.4	16.9	20.6	65.0	68.4	5.07	9.23
10	Northwestern	27	9	18	.333	3	15	4	7	1	8				23.8	54.7	.436					16.3	23.0	.710		31.4					17.3	64.0	72.0	0.67	10.67

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.