2002 Big Ten Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I-A
Sportfootball
DurationAugust, 2002
through January, 2003
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)ABC, ESPN, ESPN2
2003 NFL Draft
Top draft pickCharles Rogers (Michigan State)
Picked byDetroit Lions, first round (2nd overall)
Regular Season
Co-ChampionsOhio State
Iowa
  Runners-upMichigan
Season MVPBrad Banks (Iowa)
2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Ohio State $#+  8 0   14 0  
No. 8 Iowa %+  8 0   11 2  
No. 9 Michigan  6 2   10 3  
No. 16 Penn State  5 3   9 4  
Purdue  4 4   7 6  
Illinois  4 4   5 7  
Minnesota  3 5   8 5  
Wisconsin  2 6   8 6  
Michigan State  2 6   4 8  
Northwestern  1 7   3 9  
Indiana  1 7   3 9  
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2002 Big Ten Conference football season was the 107th season for the Big Ten Conference.

Rankings

Bowl games

Date Bowl game Big Ten team Opp. team Score
Dec. 28, 2002Alamo BowlWisconsinColorado31–28 (OT)
Dec. 30, 2002Music City BowlMinnesotaArkansas29–14
Dec. 31, 2002Sun BowlPurdueWashington34–24
Jan. 1, 2003Outback BowlMichiganFlorida38–30
Jan. 1, 2003Capital One BowlPenn StateAuburn9–13
Jan. 1, 2003Orange BowlIowaUSC38–17
Jan. 3, 2003Fiesta Bowl (BCS Championship)Ohio StateMiami (FL)31–24 (2OT)

See also

References

  1. "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
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