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1961 Big Ten Conference Year Summary

Record: 52-38-1, .577 W-L% (1st of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 11.51 (1st of 12), SOS: 8.95 (1st of 12)

Conference Champion: Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Iowa, Michigan State and Ohio State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Michigan State, Minnesota and Ohio State)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Ohio State	8	0	1	.944	6	0	0	1.000	24.6	9.2	19.20	6.76	2	2	2
Minnesota	8	2	0	.800	6	1	0	.857	16.1	7.8	17.43	9.83		3	6
Michigan State	7	2	0	.778	5	2	0	.714	21.3	5.6	20.05	7.38	6	1	8
Purdue	6	3	0	.667	4	2	0	.667	16.2	9.7	12.35	6.69		7
Wisconsin	6	3	0	.667	4	3	0	.571	19.9	17.6	10.75	8.75
Michigan	6	3	0	.667	3	3	0	.500	23.6	18.1	16.83	11.72		6
Iowa	5	4	0	.556	2	4	0	.333	23.9	18.0	14.86	9.19	1	1
Northwestern	4	5	0	.444	2	4	0	.333	14.6	11.7	9.53	8.64
Indiana	2	7	0	.222	0	6	0	.000	10.7	18.0	1.32	8.32
Illinois	0	9	0	.000	0	7	0	.000	5.9	32.1	-7.21	12.23