2016 Big Ten Conference Team Defense

Record: 99-81, .550 W-L% (4th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 5.13 (4th of 11), SOS: 3.60 (3rd of 11)

Conference Champion: Penn State (Won Championship Game 38-31)

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

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	Michigan	13	14.1	11.0	25.2	43.6	142.5	0.8	37.0	119.2	3.2	0.7	62.2	261.8	4.2	5.5	7.0	1.8	14.3	5.4	41.8	0.5	1.0	1.5
2	Ohio State	13	15.5	15.1	30.8	48.9	172.2	0.8	36.6	127.9	3.5	0.6	67.5	300.2	4.4	8.0	6.8	0.6	15.4	4.5	41.2	0.5	1.6	2.1
3	Wisconsin	14	15.6	16.4	31.1	52.5	202.6	0.9	30.1	98.8	3.3	0.6	61.2	301.4	4.9	9.3	5.9	1.1	16.4	4.4	34.9	0.4	1.6	2.0
4	Iowa	13	18.8	15.5	30.8	50.4	201.4	1.4	37.8	149.8	4.0	0.8	68.7	351.2	5.1	8.8	8.2	1.2	18.2	5.2	40.2	0.7	0.7	1.4
5	Minnesota	13	22.1	21.1	37.5	56.3	230.9	1.7	34.8	117.8	3.4	0.9	72.3	348.8	4.8	9.9	7.3	1.8	19.0	4.7	42.1	1.2	0.7	1.9
6	Northwestern	13	22.2	23.3	38.2	61.1	265.2	1.0	36.8	139.2	3.8	1.5	74.9	404.4	5.4	12.0	8.7	0.8	21.5	4.7	45.6	0.7	1.2	1.9
7	Nebraska	13	23.9	19.5	32.5	60.2	215.8	1.2	33.2	148.0	4.5	1.7	65.7	363.8	5.5	9.3	7.0	1.5	17.8	5.0	44.5	0.2	1.2	1.5
8	Penn State	14	25.4	20.9	33.7	61.9	216.6	1.3	39.4	151.3	3.8	1.6	73.1	367.9	5.0	10.0	7.8	1.8	19.6	7.2	62.8	0.8	0.7	1.5
9	Indiana	13	27.2	16.8	32.1	52.5	219.7	1.3	42.6	160.4	3.8	1.5	74.7	380.1	5.1	9.5	8.6	1.4	19.5	6.8	56.5	0.8	1.0	1.8
10	Michigan State	12	27.8	16.5	27.7	59.6	206.2	1.6	38.3	158.7	4.1	1.8	66.0	364.8	5.5	9.0	7.7	1.9	18.6	4.2	38.6	0.4	0.7	1.1
11	Maryland	13	29.5	17.0	30.3	56.1	212.3	1.5	45.1	214.8	4.8	2.4	75.4	427.1	5.7	9.9	11.0	2.1	23.0	6.2	56.3	0.5	0.4	0.9
12	Illinois	12	31.9	16.2	25.7	63.0	185.9	0.9	47.4	219.2	4.6	2.9	73.1	405.1	5.5	9.3	10.5	1.7	21.5	5.2	44.8	0.9	0.6	1.5
13	Rutgers	12	37.5	14.3	24.6	58.3	186.5	1.8	46.1	264.6	5.7	2.8	70.7	451.1	6.4	7.3	11.9	1.0	20.2	5.8	46.3	0.5	0.7	1.2
14	Purdue	12	38.3	15.6	26.3	59.4	207.4	1.8	45.3	238.5	5.3	2.9	71.6	445.9	6.2	9.3	11.3	1.2	21.8	7.1	63.9	0.3	1.0	1.3

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