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2004 Big Ten Conference Year Summary

Record: 71-58, .550 W-L% (3rd of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 5.55 (4th of 12), SOS: 3.39 (4th of 12)

Conference Champion: Iowa and Michigan

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 6 (Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State 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
Iowa	10	2	.833	7	1	.875	24.3	17.6	14.39	5.97	19	8	8
Michigan	9	3	.750	7	1	.875	30.8	23.3	12.24	4.82	8	7	14
Wisconsin	9	3	.750	6	2	.750	20.8	15.4	8.69	2.35	21	4	17
Northwestern	6	6	.500	5	3	.625	24.6	28.5	1.71	5.04
Ohio State	8	4	.667	4	4	.500	24.2	18.3	11.31	5.14	9	7	20
Purdue	7	5	.583	4	4	.500	31.8	17.2	10.93	4.02	24	5
Michigan State	5	7	.417	4	4	.500	29.4	27.2	2.30	2.30
Minnesota	7	5	.583	3	5	.375	30.1	22.8	5.74	1.49	25	13
Penn State	4	7	.364	2	6	.250	17.7	15.3	3.24	2.24
Illinois	3	8	.273	1	7	.125	21.8	29.4	-4.53	1.83
Indiana	3	8	.273	1	7	.125	23.8	31.2	-4.98	2.11

6 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
2005-01-01	Capital One Bowl	Iowa (11)	30	Louisiana State (12)	25	Orlando, FL
2005-01-01	Outback Bowl	Georgia (8)	24	Wisconsin (16)	21	Tampa, FL
2005-01-01	Rose Bowl	Texas (6)	38	Michigan (13)	37	Pasadena, CA
2004-12-31	Music City Bowl	Minnesota	20	Alabama	16	Nashville, TN
2004-12-31	Sun Bowl	Arizona State (21)	27	Purdue	23	El Paso, TX
2004-12-29	Alamo Bowl	Ohio State (24)	33	Oklahoma State	7	San Antonio, TX

Award Winners Table
Award	Name	School
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year	Erasmus James	Wisconsin
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year	Braylon Edwards	Michigan
Big Ten Coach of the Year	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa