2016 Big Ten Conference football season

2016 Big Ten Conference football season

League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	September 1, 2016 through January 2017
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN2, ESPN Inc., Big Ten Network, FOX (championship game)
2017 NFL Draft
Regular season
Championship Game

2016 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Indiana		0	–	0		0	–	0
Maryland		0	–	0		0	–	0
Michigan		0	–	0		0	–	0
Michigan State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Ohio State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Penn State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Rutgers		0	–	0		0	–	0
West Division
Illinois		0	–	0		0	–	0
Iowa		0	–	0		0	–	0
Minnesota		0	–	0		0	–	0
Nebraska		0	–	0		0	–	0
Northwestern		0	–	0		0	–	0
Purdue		0	–	0		0	–	0
Wisconsin		0	–	0		0	–	0
Championship: December 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Big Ten Conference football season is the 121st season of college football play for the Big Ten Conference and is a part of the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

This is the Big Ten's third season with 14 teams. The defending league champion is Michigan State. The 2016 season will also mark a return to a nine-game conference schedule, something the league hasn't had since 1984.^[1]

The Big Ten also welcomes several new head coaches for the 2016 season. Tracy Claeys at Minnesota had the "interim" tag removed from his title and is now serving as the permanent head coach. D. J. Durkin is the new head coach at Maryland taking over for Randy Edsall after having spent the previous year as the defensive coordinator at Michigan, while Rutgers has replaced Kyle Flood with Chris Ash, who comes to Piscataway after serving as a co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State. In March, new Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman announced he was replacing Bill Cubit as head football coach with Lovie Smith^[2]

Rankings

		Pre
Illinois	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Indiana	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Iowa	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Maryland	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Michigan	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Michigan State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Minnesota	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Nebraska	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Northwestern	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Ohio State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Penn State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Purdue	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Rutgers	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Wisconsin	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
Big Ten member won
Big Ten member lost
Big Ten teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

† denotes Homecoming game

Week 1

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 1	Oregon State	Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	BTN
September 2	Furman	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
September 3	Murray State	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
September 3	Indiana	Florida International	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL
September 3	Miami (OH)	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
September 3	Howard	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
September 3	Hawaii	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
September 3	Fresno State	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	BTN
September 3	Western Michigan	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL
September 3	Bowling Green	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 3	Kent State	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
September 3	Eastern Kentucky	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
September 3	Rutgers	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
September 3	LSU	Wisconsin	Lambeau Field • Green Bay, WI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 2

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 10	North Carolina	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN
September 10	Ball State	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
September 10	Iowa State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Cy-Hawk Series)	BTN
September 10	Maryland	Florida International	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL
September 10	Central Florida	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
September 10	Indiana State	Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
September 10	Wyoming	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
September 10	Illinois State	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL
September 10	Tulsa	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 10	Penn State	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA (PSU-Pitt Rivalry)
September 10	Cincinnati	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
September 10	Howard	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
September 10	Akron	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 10	Michigan State

Week 3

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 17	Western Michigan	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
September 17	North Dakota State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
September 17	Maryland	Central Florida	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL
September 17	Colorado	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
September 17	Michigan State	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)
September 17	Oregon	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
September 17	Duke	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	BTN
September 17	Ohio State	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
September 17	Temple	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
September 17	New Mexico	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
September 17	Georgia State	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 17	Indiana	Minnesota	Purdue

Week 4

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
September 24	Wake Forest	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
September 24	Iowa	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
September 24	Penn State	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
September 24	Wisconsin	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
September 24	Colorado State	Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
September 24	Nebraska	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL
September 24	Nevada	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 24	Illinois	Maryland	Ohio State

Week 5

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 1	Illinois	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
October 1	Michigan State	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)
October 1	Northwestern	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
October 1	Purdue	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
October 1	Wisconsin	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
October 1	Minnesota	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
October 1	Rutgers	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 8	Purdue	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)
October 8	Indiana	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
October 8	Iowa	Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)
October 8	Maryland	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (MD-PSU rivalry)
October 8	Michigan	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ABC, ESPN, -or- ESPN2
October 8	BYU	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 8	Nebraska	Northwestern	Wisconsin

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 15		Illinois	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
October 15		Nebraska	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
October 15		Iowa	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
October 15		Minnesota	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
October 15		Northwestern	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
October 15	8:00 PM	Ohio State	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ABC, ESPN, -or- ESPN2
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 15	Michigan	Penn State

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 22		Illinois	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
October 22		Indiana	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL
October 22		Wisconsin	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Heartland Trophy)
October 22		Michigan State	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
October 22		Rutgers	Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
October 22		Purdue	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
October 22	8:00 PM	Ohio State	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (OSU-PSU rivalry)	ABC, ESPN, -or- ESPN2
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 29		Minnesota	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
October 29		Maryland	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
October 29		Michigan	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)
October 29	5:30 PM	Northwestern	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ESPN -or- ESPN2
October 29	7:00 PM	Nebraska	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Freedom Trophy)	ABC, ESPN, -or- ESPN2
October 29		Penn State	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 29	Iowa	Rutgers

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 5		Michigan State	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
November 5		Indiana	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
November 5		Iowa	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
November 5		Maryland	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
November 5		Purdue	Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
November 5	8:00 PM	Nebraska	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC, ESPN, -or- ESPN2
November 5		Wisconsin	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 11

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 12	Illinois	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
November 12	Penn State	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
November 12	Michigan	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ABC, ESPN, -or- ESPN2
November 12	Ohio State	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
November 12	Rutgers	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
November 12	Minnesota	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE ($5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy)
November 12	Northwestern	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 12

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 19	Iowa	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
November 19	Indiana	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
November 19	Maryland	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
November 19	Ohio State	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
November 19	Northwestern	Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
November 19	Penn State	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
November 19	Wisconsin	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 13

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 25	Nebraska	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Heroes Trophy)
November 26	Illinois	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Land of Lincoln Trophy)
November 26	Purdue	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)
November 26	Rutgers	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
November 26	Michigan	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game)
November 26	Michigan State	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy)
November 26	Minnesota	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Big Ten Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 3	8:00 PM			Lucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, IN	FOX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bowl games

Big Ten bowl games for the 2016 season are:

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television
Pinstripe Bowl		Yankee Stadium • New York, NY
Foster Farms Bowl		Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA
Quick Lane Bowl		Ford Field • Detroit, MI
Holiday Bowl		Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA
Citrus Bowl	December 31	Florida Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL	ABC
TaxSlayer Bowl	December 31	EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL	ESPN
Outback Bowl	January 2	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ABC
New Year's Six Bowls
Rose Bowl	January 2	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN
College Football Playoff
Peach Bowl (Semifinal)	December 31	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA	ESPN
Fiesta Bowl (Semifinal)	December 31	University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ	ESPN
CFP National Championship Game	January 9	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN

Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Eastern Time Zone.

Records against FBS conferences

2016 records against FBS conferences

Conference	Record
ACC	0-0
American	0-0
Big 12	0-0
C-USA	0-0
Independents	0-0
MAC	0-0
Mountain West	0-0
Pac-12	0-0
SEC	0-0
Sun Belt	0-0
Total	0-0

Attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Illinois	Memorial Stadium	60,670
Indiana	Memorial Stadium	52,929
Iowa	Kinnick Stadium	70,585
Maryland	Byrd Stadium	51,802
Michigan	Michigan Stadium	107,601
Michigan State	Spartan Stadium	75,005
Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium	52,525
Nebraska	Memorial Stadium	87,091
Northwestern	Ryan Field	47,130
Ohio State	Ohio Stadium	104,944
Penn State	Beaver Stadium	106,572
Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium	57,236
Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium	52,454
Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium	80,321
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

2016 NFL Draft

Main article: 2016 NFL Draft

= Compensatory Selections

	Rnd.	Pick #	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	1		[[]]
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	4		[[]]
	5		[[]]
	6		[[]]
	7		[[]]

Head coaches

Note: All stats shown are before the beginning of the season.

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	B1G record
Illinois	Lovie Smith	1	0-0	0-0	0-0
Indiana	Kevin Wilson	6	20–41	20–41	8–32
Iowa	Kirk Ferentz	18	139–87	127–87	76–60
Maryland	D.J. Durkin	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Michigan	Jim Harbaugh	2	68–30	10–3	6–2
Michigan State	Mark Dantonio	10	105–50	87–33	52–20
Minnesota	Tracy Claeys	2	2–4	2-4	1–4
Nebraska	Mike Riley	5	99–87	6–7	3–5
Northwestern	Pat Fitzgerald	11	70–56	70-56	36–44
Ohio State	Urban Meyer	5	154–27	50–4	31–1
Penn State	James Franklin	3	38-27	14-12	6-10
Purdue	Darrell Hazell	4	22–40	6–30	2–22
Rutgers	Chris Ash	1	0-0	0-0	0-0
Wisconsin	Paul Chryst	2	29-22	10-3	6-2

References

Big Ten Conference football

East Division	Indiana Hoosiers Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Nittany Lions Rutgers Scarlet Knights

West Division	Illinois Fighting Illini Iowa Hawkeyes Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Purdue Boilermakers Wisconsin Badgers

Championships & awards	Champions Championship Game Individual awards Chicago Tribune Silver Football

Seasons	1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season

Conference seasons	The American ACC Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

Inter-conference	Bowl games Rankings

All-Americans	2016 College Football All-America Team

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