2000 Big Ten Conference Year Summary

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)

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	9	3	.750	6	2	.750	33.7	19.1	12.93	2.93	6	3	11
Northwestern	8	4	.667	6	2	.750	36.8	33.3	8.85	4.26		12
Purdue	8	4	.667	6	2	.750	31.8	22.2	9.26	2.93	14	9	13
Ohio State	8	4	.667	5	3	.625	27.6	18.5	10.97	4.13	16	6
Wisconsin	9	4	.692	4	4	.500	25.2	20.4	9.65	4.42	4	4	23
Minnesota	6	6	.500	4	4	.500	31.3	26.5	3.02	0.10		22
Penn State	5	7	.417	4	4	.500	22.0	24.4	-0.05	3.71	22	22
Iowa	3	9	.250	3	5	.375	16.9	27.5	-2.40	6.86
Illinois	5	6	.455	2	6	.250	26.7	26.0	2.59	2.31	21	19
Michigan State	5	6	.455	2	6	.250	17.9	21.2	2.79	5.52	25	18
Indiana	3	8	.273	2	6	.250	30.6	38.8	-2.67	3.88

6 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
2001-01-01	Citrus Bowl	Michigan (17)	31	Auburn (20)	28	Orlando, FL
2001-01-01	Outback Bowl	South Carolina	24	Ohio State (19)	7	Tampa, FL
2001-01-01	Rose Bowl	Washington (4)	34	Purdue (14)	24	Pasadena, CA
2000-12-30	Alamo Bowl	Nebraska (9)	66	Northwestern (18)	17	San Antonio, TX
2000-12-29	Sun Bowl	Wisconsin	21	UCLA	20	El Paso, TX
2000-12-28	Micron PC Bowl	North Carolina State	38	Minnesota	30	Miami, FL

Award Winners Table
Award	Name	School
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year	Jamar Fletcher	Wisconsin
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year	Drew Brees	Purdue
Big Ten Coach of the Year	Randy Walker	Northwestern