2000 Big Ten Conference Team Defense

Next Year

Record: 69-61, .531 W-L% (6th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 4.99 (5th of 12), SOS: 3.73 (3rd of 12)

Conference Champion: Michigan, Northwestern and Purdue

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 7 (Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Michigan, Purdue and Wisconsin)

Team Defense

Team Defense Table
				Passing					Rushing				Total Offense			First Downs				Penalties		Turnovers
Rk	School	G	Pts	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	Pass	Rush	Pen	Tot	No.	Yds	Fum	Int	TO
1	Ohio State	11	18.0	19.5	35.8	54.3	227.7	1.3	36.0	91.6	2.5	0.9	71.8	319.4	4.4	9.5	6.5	2.4	18.4	6.2	51.5	0.9	1.6	2.5
2	Michigan	11	18.3	19.9	35.0	56.9	229.1	1.2	38.6	152.1	3.9	1.0	73.6	381.2	5.2	11.0	8.0	1.4	20.4	5.7	49.2	1.1	1.3	2.4
3	Wisconsin	12	20.4	17.3	35.3	49.2	238.1	1.2	34.7	153.7	4.4	0.9	69.9	391.8	5.6	9.9	8.2	1.8	19.9	6.9	52.1	0.5	1.7	2.2
4	Purdue	11	21.1	17.8	29.7	59.9	201.4	1.2	36.6	139.1	3.8	1.2	66.4	340.5	5.1	8.5	8.4	1.0	17.9	6.6	51.5	0.8	0.9	1.7
5	Michigan State	11	21.2	14.5	28.2	51.6	164.1	1.0	38.2	154.2	4.0	1.4	66.4	318.3	4.8	7.5	7.1	1.5	16.1	6.3	55.0	0.5	1.1	1.6
6	Penn State	12	24.4	17.1	30.8	55.4	208.2	1.3	42.8	155.6	3.6	1.2	73.6	363.8	4.9	9.8	8.5	0.8	19.1	5.8	48.8	0.6	1.4	2.0
7	Minnesota	11	25.5	15.6	30.5	51.2	193.4	1.4	42.5	171.3	4.0	1.8	73.1	364.6	5.0	7.9	9.6	2.5	20.0	6.5	54.5	1.2	0.5	1.7
8	Illinois	11	26.0	16.1	29.4	54.8	179.9	0.7	48.9	232.5	4.8	2.4	78.3	412.5	5.3	8.5	13.6	1.2	23.4	7.5	66.7	0.7	1.1	1.8
9	Iowa	12	27.5	18.0	31.8	56.7	246.7	1.8	43.4	194.3	4.5	1.4	75.2	440.9	5.9	10.9	9.8	1.2	21.9	6.1	53.8	0.7	0.8	1.4
10	Northwestern	11	30.4	17.6	33.4	52.9	228.0	2.1	42.7	180.1	4.2	1.7	76.1	408.1	5.4	10.5	8.8	2.5	21.9	7.1	59.9	1.2	1.1	2.3
11	Indiana	11	38.8	21.8	33.7	64.7	270.9	2.3	39.3	186.4	4.7	2.2	73.0	457.3	6.3	11.8	11.2	1.5	24.5	7.8	63.5	0.9	0.4	1.3

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