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2003 Big Ten Conference Year Summary

Record: 77-63, .550 W-L% (5th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 5.83 (3rd of 12), SOS: 3.91 (3rd of 12)

Conference Champion: Michigan

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Michigan, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio 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	10	3	.769	7	1	.875	35.4	16.8	16.10	3.94	4	3	6
Ohio State	11	2	.846	6	2	.750	24.8	17.6	14.00	6.07	2	2	4
Purdue	9	4	.692	6	2	.750	26.8	17.4	10.79	4.25	19	10	18
Iowa	10	3	.769	5	3	.625	28.7	16.2	14.66	4.20		8	8
Minnesota	10	3	.769	5	3	.625	38.7	21.9	11.88	-0.04		17	20
Michigan State	8	5	.615	5	3	.625	27.9	22.5	7.95	3.56		9
Wisconsin	7	6	.538	4	4	.500	27.3	23.5	6.44	4.21	21	14
Northwestern	6	7	.462	4	4	.500	20.2	25.1	0.09	4.47
Penn State	3	9	.250	1	7	.125	19.4	21.3	0.77	4.35
Indiana	2	10	.167	1	7	.125	14.8	32.3	-9.87	3.38
Illinois	1	11	.083	0	8	.000	16.9	33.2	-8.63	4.62

8 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
2004-01-02	Fiesta Bowl	Ohio State (7)	35	Kansas State (8)	28	Tempe, AZ
2004-01-01	Capital One Bowl	Georgia (11)	34	Purdue (12)	27	Orlando, FL
2004-01-01	Outback Bowl	Iowa (13)	37	Florida (17)	17	Tampa, FL
2004-01-01	Rose Bowl	Southern California (1)	28	Michigan (4)	14	Pasadena, CA
2003-12-31	Music City Bowl	Auburn	28	Wisconsin	14	Nashville, TN
2003-12-31	Sun Bowl	Minnesota (24)	31	Oregon	30	El Paso, TX
2003-12-29	Alamo Bowl	Nebraska (22)	17	Michigan State	3	San Antonio, TX
2003-12-26	Motor City Bowl	Bowling Green	28	Northwestern	24	Detroit, MI

Award Winners Table
Award	Name	School
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year	Will Smith	Ohio State
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year	Chris Perry	Michigan
Big Ten Coach of the Year	John Smith	Michigan State