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1951 Western Conference Year Summary

Record: 40-35-7, .530 W-L% (5th of 10) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 11.35 (2nd of 10), SOS: 10.68 (1st of 10)

Conference Champion: Illinois

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Illinois and Wisconsin)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Illinois	9	0	1	.950	5	0	1	.917	22.0	8.3	24.08	10.88	10	2	4
Purdue	5	4	0	.556	4	1	0	.800	17.0	16.9	9.60	9.49
Wisconsin	7	1	1	.833	5	1	1	.786	21.8	5.9	22.02	8.57	15	7	8
Michigan	4	5	0	.444	4	2	0	.667	15.0	13.6	12.72	11.61	17	15
Ohio State	4	3	2	.556	2	2	2	.500	12.1	11.6	13.79	12.79	3	3
Northwestern	5	4	0	.556	2	4	0	.333	12.4	13.8	10.06	10.17		13
Minnesota	2	6	1	.278	1	4	1	.250	18.0	28.7	0.74	8.97
Indiana	2	7	0	.222	1	5	0	.167	13.1	21.2	6.76	13.87
Iowa	2	5	2	.333	0	5	1	.083	17.9	25.9	2.36	9.81