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2001 Big Ten Conference Year Summary

Record: 68-60, .531 W-L% (6th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 5.79 (5th of 12), SOS: 4.33 (2nd of 12)

Conference Champion: Illinois

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Illinois and Michigan)

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
Illinois	10	2	.833	7	1	.875	32.5	23.8	12.71	3.79		7	12
Michigan	8	4	.667	6	2	.750	26.7	19.8	12.65	5.73	12	6	20
Ohio State	7	5	.583	5	3	.625	26.0	20.3	8.56	3.73	23	21
Iowa	7	5	.583	4	4	.500	32.6	21.5	9.96	3.21
Purdue	6	6	.500	4	4	.500	20.8	23.2	2.95	4.95		17
Indiana	5	6	.455	4	4	.500	27.7	27.1	4.15	5.51
Penn State	5	6	.455	4	4	.500	22.5	25.5	5.21	7.39
Michigan State	7	5	.583	3	5	.375	31.2	25.9	6.26	2.93		22
Wisconsin	5	7	.417	3	5	.375	26.1	28.8	2.91	5.33	22	22
Minnesota	4	7	.364	2	6	.250	28.0	27.2	-0.70	1.76
Northwestern	4	7	.364	2	6	.250	29.1	34.4	-1.01	3.26	16	14

6 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
2002-01-01	Citrus Bowl	Tennessee (8)	45	Michigan (17)	17	Orlando, FL
2002-01-01	Outback Bowl	South Carolina (14)	31	Ohio State (22)	28	Tampa, FL
2002-01-01	Sugar Bowl	Louisiana State (12)	47	Illinois (7)	34	New Orleans, LA
2001-12-31	Silicon Valley Bowl	Michigan State	44	Fresno State (20)	35	San Jose, CA
2001-12-31	Sun Bowl	Washington State (13)	33	Purdue	27	El Paso, TX
2001-12-29	Alamo Bowl	Iowa	19	Texas Tech	16	San Antonio, TX

Award Winners Table
Award	Name	School
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year	Larry Foote	Michigan
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year	Antwaan Randle El	Indiana
Big Ten Coach of the Year	Ron Turner	Illinois