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2016 Big Ten Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	September 2016 through January 2017
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Big Ten 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
No. 7 Michigan		0	–	0					0	–	0
No. 12 Michigan State		0	–	0					0	–	0
No. 6 Ohio State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Penn State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Rutgers		0	–	0					0	–	0
West Division
Illinois		0	–	0					0	–	0
No. 17 Iowa		0	–	0					0	–	0
Minnesota		0	–	0					0	–	0
Nebraska		0	–	0					0	–	0
No. thwestern		0	–	0					0	–	0
Purdue		0	–	0					0	–	0
Wisconsin		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 2016
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.

Preseason poll

East Division

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West Division

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Head coaches

East

• Kevin Wilson, Indiana – 6th year
• D.J. Durkin, Maryland – 1st year
• Jim Harbaugh, Michigan – 2nd year
• Mark Dantonio, Michigan State – 10th year
• Urban Meyer, Ohio State – 5th year
• James Franklin, Penn State - 3rd year
• Chris Ash, Rutgers - 1st year

West

• Lovie Smith, Illinois – 1st year
• Kirk Ferentz, Iowa – 18th year
• Tracy Claeys, Minnesota – 2nd year
• Mike Riley, Nebraska – 2nd year
• Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern – 11th year
• Darrell Hazell, Purdue – 4th year
• Paul Chryst, Wisconsin - 2nd year

Rankings

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

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
Illinois	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Indiana	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Iowa	AP	Not released
	C	17
	BCS	Not released
Maryland	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Michigan	AP	Not released
	C	7
	BCS	Not released
Michigan State	AP	Not released
	C	12
	BCS	Not released
Minnesota	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Nebraska	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Northwestern	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Ohio State	AP	Not released
	C	6
	BCS	Not released
Penn State	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Purdue	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Rutgers	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released
Wisconsin	AP	Not released
	C
	BCS	Not released

Team schedules

Indiana

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Maryland

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Michigan

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Michigan State

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Ohio State

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Penn State

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Rutgers

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Illinois

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Iowa

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Minnesota

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Nebraska

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Northwestern

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Purdue

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Wisconsin

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Record	0–0 (0–0 )

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Awards and honors

Conference awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Big Ten Conference football coaches at the end of the season

2016 Big Ten Conference Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Special Teams Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Coach of the Year

2016 All-Big Ten Conference Football Teams
First Team		Second Team
Offense	Defense	Offense	Defense
WR - WR - OT - OT - OG - OG - C - TE - QB - RB - K - RS -	DL - DL - DL - DL - LB - LB - LB - LB - CB - CB - S - S - P -	WR - WR - OT - OT - OG - OG - C - TE - QB - RB - K - RS -	DL - DL - DL - DL - DL - LB - LB - LB - CB - CB - S - S - P -
^ - denotes unanimous selection  Additional players added to the All-American teams due to ties in the voting