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2009 Big Ten Conference Year Summary

Record: 80-59, .576 W-L% (3rd of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 3.54 (6th of 12), SOS: 0.82 (6th of 12)

Conference Champion: Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Iowa, Ohio State and Penn State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Iowa, Ohio State, Penn 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
Ohio State	11	2	.846	7	1	.875	29.0	12.5	14.71	1.71	6	5	5
Iowa	11	2	.846	6	2	.750	23.2	15.4	10.26	1.87	22	7	7
Penn State	11	2	.846	6	2	.750	28.8	12.2	13.86	-0.75	9	5	9
Wisconsin	10	3	.769	5	3	.625	31.8	21.8	8.19	0.35		16	16
Northwestern	8	5	.615	5	3	.625	25.9	24.5	-0.39	-1.93
Michigan State	6	7	.462	4	4	.500	29.7	26.3	2.52	1.68
Purdue	5	7	.417	4	4	.500	27.8	29.1	0.79	1.70
Minnesota	6	7	.462	3	5	.375	20.9	23.8	-0.10	2.67
Illinois	3	9	.250	2	6	.250	24.2	30.2	-3.67	2.24
Michigan	5	7	.417	1	7	.125	29.5	27.5	-1.51	-0.26		22
Indiana	4	8	.333	1	7	.125	23.5	29.5	-5.75	-0.25

7 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
2010-01-05	Orange Bowl	Iowa (10)	24	Georgia Tech (9)	14	Miami, FL
2010-01-02	Alamo Bowl	Texas Tech	41	Michigan State	31	San Antonio, TX
2010-01-01	Outback Bowl	Auburn	38	Northwestern	35	Tampa, FL
2010-01-01	Capital One Bowl	Penn State (11)	19	Louisiana State (13)	17	Orlando, FL
2010-01-01	Rose Bowl	Ohio State (8)	26	Oregon (7)	17	Pasadena, CA
2009-12-31	Insight Bowl	Iowa State	14	Minnesota	13	Tempe, AZ
2009-12-29	Champs Sports Bowl	Wisconsin (24)	20	Miami (FL) (14)	14	Orlando, FL

Award Winners Table
Award	Name	School
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year	Greg Jones	Michigan State
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year	John Clay	Wisconsin
Big Ten Coach of the Year	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa