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2002 Big Ten Conference Year Summary

Record: 82-59, .582 W-L% (1st of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 5.88 (4th of 12), SOS: 3.42 (4th of 12)

Conference Champion: Iowa and Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State)

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
Ohio State	14	0	1.000	8	0	1.000	29.3	13.1	18.13	3.99	13	1	1
Iowa	11	2	.846	8	0	1.000	37.2	19.7	15.94	2.87		3	8
Michigan	10	3	.769	6	2	.750	27.8	20.4	13.44	6.82	12	7	9
Penn State	9	4	.692	5	3	.625	34.3	17.5	14.59	3.98	24	10	16
Purdue	7	6	.538	4	4	.500	29.7	22.2	7.59	2.44
Illinois	5	7	.417	4	4	.500	28.8	25.6	2.56	2.89
Minnesota	8	5	.615	3	5	.375	28.9	24.5	5.02	1.17		23
Wisconsin	8	6	.571	2	6	.250	26.6	23.0	8.55	4.77	25	19
Michigan State	4	8	.333	2	6	.250	26.3	33.2	-2.67	3.09	18	15
Indiana	3	9	.250	1	7	.125	21.5	37.1	-10.42	2.25
Northwestern	3	9	.250	1	7	.125	22.7	41.1	-8.05	3.36

7 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
2003-01-03	Fiesta Bowl	Ohio State (2)	31	Miami (FL) (1)	24	Tempe, AZ
2003-01-02	Orange Bowl	Southern California (5)	38	Iowa (3)	17	Miami, FL
2003-01-01	Capital One Bowl	Auburn (19)	13	Penn State (10)	9	Orlando, FL
2003-01-01	Outback Bowl	Michigan (12)	38	Florida (22)	30	Tampa, FL
2002-12-31	Sun Bowl	Purdue	34	Washington	24	El Paso, TX
2002-12-30	Music City Bowl	Minnesota	29	Arkansas (25)	14	Nashville, TN
2002-12-28	Alamo Bowl	Wisconsin	31	Colorado (14)	28	San Antonio, TX

Award Winners Table
Award	Name	School
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year	Michael Haynes	Penn State
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year	Brad Banks	Iowa
Big Ten Coach of the Year	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa