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1997 Big Ten Conference Year Summary

Record: 72-60, .545 W-L% (4th of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 4.80 (4th of 11), SOS: 3.15 (4th of 11)

Conference Champion: Michigan

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 6 (Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Purdue)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall			Conference			Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
School	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Michigan	12	0	1.000	8	0	1.000	26.8	9.5	20.14	4.47	14	1	1
Ohio State	10	3	.769	6	2	.750	30.3	13.1	17.41	4.18	9	4	12
Penn State	9	3	.750	6	2	.750	30.5	21.2	10.31	2.40	1	1	16
Purdue	9	3	.750	6	2	.750	33.0	22.3	8.49	1.07		15	15
Wisconsin	8	5	.615	5	3	.625	22.4	23.5	1.66	1.58	24	23
Iowa	7	5	.583	4	4	.500	34.3	13.3	8.77	-0.81	21	11
Michigan State	7	5	.583	4	4	.500	28.5	19.8	9.47	4.05	25	11
Northwestern	5	7	.417	3	5	.375	20.3	24.0	2.56	4.48		21
Minnesota	3	9	.250	1	7	.125	19.8	27.8	-5.78	2.39
Indiana	2	9	.182	1	7	.125	10.9	32.6	-7.23	5.41
Illinois	0	11	.000	0	8	.000	10.8	33.5	-12.97	5.40

7 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
1998-01-01	Citrus Bowl	Florida (6)	21	Penn State (11)	6	Orlando, FL
1998-01-01	Outback Bowl	Georgia (12)	33	Wisconsin	6	Tampa, FL
1998-01-01	Rose Bowl	Michigan (1)	21	Washington State (8)	16	Pasadena, CA
1998-01-01	Sugar Bowl	Florida State (4)	31	Ohio State (9)	14	New Orleans, LA
1997-12-31	Sun Bowl	Arizona State (16)	17	Iowa	7	El Paso, TX
1997-12-30	Alamo Bowl	Purdue (17)	33	Oklahoma State (24)	20	San Antonio, TX
1997-12-25	Aloha Bowl	Washington (21)	51	Michigan State (25)	23	Honolulu, HI

Award Winners Table
Award	Name	School
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year	Charles Woodson	Michigan
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year	Tavian Banks	Iowa
Big Ten Coach of the Year	Joe Tiller	Purdue