2008 Big Ten Conference Team Defense

Record: 77-62, .554 W-L% (6th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 4.22 (4th of 12), SOS: 1.84 (5th of 12)

Conference Champion: Ohio State and Penn State

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

Team Defense

Team Defense Table
				Passing					Rushing				Total Offense			First Downs				Penalties		Turnovers
Rk	School	G	Pts	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	Pass	Rush	Pen	Tot	No.	Yds	Fum	Int	TO
1	Iowa	13	13.0	19.7	35.6	55.3	197.3	0.7	30.5	94.0	3.1	0.5	66.2	291.3	4.4	9.9	5.2	1.4	16.5	5.0	46.5	0.7	1.8	2.5
2	Ohio State	13	13.9	19.5	33.8	57.5	183.5	0.9	31.2	110.2	3.5	0.5	65.1	293.8	4.5	9.0	7.4	1.5	17.8	4.6	39.0	1.1	1.2	2.2
3	Penn State	13	14.4	17.3	30.7	56.4	186.8	0.8	33.1	93.2	2.8	0.9	63.8	280.1	4.4	8.9	6.1	0.8	15.8	4.8	43.4	0.5	1.2	1.8
4	Northwestern	13	20.2	21.3	36.3	58.7	214.2	1.0	34.9	126.4	3.6	1.2	71.2	340.5	4.8	9.3	8.6	1.3	19.2	6.0	52.9	0.9	1.0	1.9
5	Michigan State	13	22.1	17.2	32.5	53.1	213.4	1.4	34.6	142.5	4.1	1.2	67.1	355.8	5.3	9.1	6.8	1.7	17.5	6.3	54.2	0.8	1.1	1.8
6	Minnesota	13	24.8	18.8	31.9	59.0	240.3	1.6	35.2	143.3	4.1	1.0	67.2	383.6	5.7	10.5	7.6	1.3	19.5	4.2	33.5	1.2	1.2	2.4
7	Purdue	12	25.1	16.8	29.9	56.3	183.3	1.2	38.8	174.8	4.5	1.4	68.8	358.1	5.2	8.1	9.7	1.4	19.2	6.3	50.3	0.8	0.8	1.7
8	Wisconsin	13	26.5	16.3	31.1	52.5	195.8	1.2	34.6	133.3	3.9	1.8	65.7	329.1	5.0	9.3	6.8	1.5	17.7	4.8	40.1	0.8	0.9	1.7
9	Illinois	12	26.6	16.7	28.5	58.5	197.4	1.5	38.7	152.9	4.0	1.3	67.2	350.3	5.2	9.2	8.3	1.3	18.8	3.8	33.0	1.2	0.5	1.7
10	Michigan	12	28.9	18.0	31.2	57.8	230.0	1.6	38.5	136.9	3.6	1.8	69.7	366.9	5.3	8.8	6.8	1.5	17.0	5.4	47.5	0.9	0.8	1.7
11	Indiana	12	35.3	20.8	33.0	63.1	260.5	1.7	41.8	171.7	4.1	2.5	74.8	432.2	5.8	12.3	10.3	1.3	23.8	4.2	41.3	1.3	0.5	1.8

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