WEEKLY RELEASE - OCTOBER 15, 2012

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BIG TEN FOOTBALL

2012 CONFERENCE & OVERALL STANDINGS

LEGENDS DIVISION
1. Iowa Michigan 3. Northwestern 4. Nebraska 5. Michigan State 6. Minnesota W-L 2-0 2-0 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-2 Conference Games PCT H A 1.000 1-0 1-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 .667 1-0 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 .333 0-2 1-0 .000 0-1 0-1 Div. 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 Strk W2 W2 W1 L1 L1 L2 All Games W-L PCT H A 4-2 .667 2-2 1-0 4-2 .667 3-0 1-1 6-1 .857 4-0 2-1 4-2 .667 4-0 0-2 4-3 .571 2-3 2-0 4-2 .667 3-1 1-1 N Top 25^ 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 Strk W2 W2 W1 L1 L1 L2

TOP STORIES
Fourth week of Big Ten play features three intradivision contests this weekend. Ohio State improves to 7-0, one of two teams nationally with seven wins in 2012. Wisconsins Ball becomes Big Tens all-time leader in total touchdowns and points. Northwestern reaches bowl eligibility with sixth win last weekend, Wisconsin one victory away. Iowas Ferentz records win No. 100 on Saturday, the 12th coach in Big Ten history to reach the milestone.

LEADERS DIVISION
1. Ohio State* Penn State* 3. Wisconsin 4. Purdue Indiana Illinois
^ AP or USA Today

W-L 3-0 2-0 2-1 0-2 0-3 0-3

Conference Games PCT H A 1.000 1-0 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 .667 1-0 1-1 .000 0-2 0-0 .000 0-2 0-1 .000 0-1 0-2

Div. 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 0-1 0-2

Strk W3 W2 W2 L2 L3 L3

W-L 7-0 4-2 5-2 3-3 2-4 2-5

All Games PCT H A 1.000 5-0 2-0 .667 3-1 1-1 .714 4-0 1-2 .500 3-2 0-1 .333 1-3 1-1 .286 2-2 0-3

N Top 25^ 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1

Strk W7 W4 W2 L2 L4 L4

WEEK 7 RESULTS
SATURDAY, OCT. 13 Iowa def. Michigan State, 19-16 (2OT)* Northwestern def. Minnesota, 21-13* Wisconsin def. Purdue, 38-14* #25/-/- Michigan def. Illinois, 45-0 #8/-/- Ohio State def. Indiana, 52-49* Byes: Nebraska, Penn State Rankings: AP/USA Today/Harris * Indicates Divisional Game

* Ineligible for postseason play

BIG TEN. BIG NEWS.

The Race for Division Championships: After three weeks of Big Ten play, two teams from each division boast unblemished records, standing atop their respective divisions. In the Legends Division, Iowa and Michigan have each opened the conference season with a pair of victories, while Northwestern is in third at 2-1. Nebraska had a bye last week and remains 1-1 in conference play. Ohio State and Penn State hold undefeated marks in the Leaders Division, with the Buckeyes winning their first three conference games of the season, while the Nittany Lions were off last weekend and boast a 2-0 Big Ten record. Wisconsin is third in the standings, having won its last two conference games for a 2-1 mark in Big Ten action. More Division Matchups: This weeks slate of Big Ten matchups features five conference contests, including three intra-division showdowns. In the Legends Division, Michigan and Nebraska open divisional play, the last teams to begin their division schedules, as the Wolverines host in-state rival Michigan State, while the Cornhuskers travel to Northwestern. In the Leaders Division, Ohio State hosts Purdue in the second division game for each team. As part of divisional play, the Big Ten instituted a tiebreaker to determine the Big Ten Football Championship Game participants, if necessary. After head-to-head matchups, the next tiebreaker is records within the division, which makes winning divisional games an important part of the Big Ten title chase. See Page 11 of this release for the full tiebreaker. Lucky Seven: Ohio State held off Indiana on Saturday for its seventh straight win to start the 2012 season. The Buckeyes are one of just two teams in the country, joining Ohio, to hold 7-0 records, and are one of just 12 teams in the country with an unblemished mark this year. Head coach Urban Meyer became the third coach in program history to win seven straight contests to begin his tenure. It marks just the third time since 1946 a Big Ten coach has won seven or more games in his debut season, following former Ohio State coach Earle Bruce, who won 11 straight in 1979, and former Michigan coach Bennie Oosterbaan, who posted a perfect 9-0 season in 1948. Hes a Ball-er: Wisconsin running back Montee Ball had a career day against Purdue on Saturday, leading to record-setting results. With 247 yards and three touchdowns, Ball became the Big Tens all-time leader in total touchdowns and points, overtaking the previous marks set by former Badger Ron Dayne. Ball boasts 72 touchdowns and 434 points in his career, bettering the former standards of 71 and 426, respectively, from Dayne. Ball ranks third in conference history with 66 rushing scores, needing six more touchdowns to pass Daynes record of 71 career rushing scores. Just the third player in Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) history to score 70 or more touchdowns, Ball is six total scores away from matching the all-time FBS record of 78, held by Travis Prentice of Miami (Ohio).

WEEK 8 SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, OCT. 20 Minnesota at Wisconsin Noon ET - ESPNU Purdue at #7/-/- Ohio State* Noon ET - ABC (regional), ESPN2 (outer market) Michigan State at #23/25/- Michigan* 3:30 p.m. ET - BTN Indiana at Navy 3:30 p.m. ET - CBS Sports Network Nebraska at Northwestern* 3:30 p.m. ET - ABC (regional), ESPN2 (outer market) Penn State at Iowa 8 p.m. ET - BTN Bye: Illinois Rankings: AP/USA Today/Harris * Indicates Divisional Game

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BIG TEN. BIG NEWS.

Bowl-ieve It: With its victory over Minnesota on Saturday, Northwestern notched its sixth win of the season, becoming bowl eligible for the sixth consecutive campaign. Northwestern has earned bowl invitations 10 times previously in program history, with seven berths since 2000. The Wildcats have appeared in a postseason bowl four seasons in a row. Wisconsin is one victory away from cementing its bowl eligibility after defeating Purdue on Saturday to improve its record to 5-2 this season. The Badgers eye their 24th bowl appearance in program history, having appeared in the postseason in each of the last 10 seasons. An Exclusive Club: Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz guided the Hawkeyes to a double-overtime victory over Michigan State on Saturday, giving the longest-tenured coach in the Big Ten his 100th victory on the Iowa sidelines. He is the 12th coach in conference history to win 100 or more games while a member of the Big Ten and is the second Hawkeye mentor to reach the 100-wins mark, joining former coach Hayden Fry, who won 143 games in his 20-year tenure on the Iowa bench. Another Week of Achievements: Michigans Denard Robinson continued his drive through Big Ten and NCAA record books following his performance against Illinois on Saturday. With 287 yards of total offense, Robinson became just the eighth player in Big Ten history to reach 10,000 yards of offense, and the fifth conference player to accomplish the feat since 2005. In addition, with two rushing scores and two passing strikes on Saturday, he became the second Big Ten player in history, and eighth in NCAA annals, to rush for 40 touchdowns and throw for 40 more. Now with 41 career rushing scores and 49 passing touchdowns, Robinson joins former Indiana quarterback Antwaan Randle El as the only two players to achieve the feat in Big Ten history. Road Warriors: Four of the five conference matchups were won by road teams on Saturday, giving road squads a winning record through the first three weeks of conference play. All three road teams won in the early afternoon games on Saturday, as Iowa knocked off Michigan State in double overtime, while Northwestern held off Minnesota and Wisconsin defeated Purdue. On Saturday night, Ohio State gave the road contingent its fourth victory of the weekend after defeating Indiana. Overall, Big Ten road teams own an 8-7 mark in conference games, with Ohio State enjoying a 2-0 road record, while Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State and Penn State are each 1-0 in conference road games, with Northwestern and Wisconsin splitting their two road contests this season. Twice Over the Century: Finding itself down 18 points at 52-34 with less than two minutes to play against Ohio State, Indiana rallied to close within three before ultimately falling 52-49 on Saturday. It marks the second consecutive week Big Ten teams have combined for more than 100 points in a single game, with both contests involving Ohio State. The Buckeyes defeated Nebraska on Oct. 6, 63-38, to match the 101 total points combined on Saturday night between Ohio State and Indiana. It marks the second time in three seasons that Big Ten teams have combined for 100 or more points in consecutive weeks. On Nov. 6, 2010, Michigan defeated Illinois, 67-65 in triple overtime, a week before Wisconsin defeated Indiana, 83-20, on Nov. 13, 2010. Trophy Games: This weekend, two of the longest running series in the Big Ten will be renewed and each will have one of the conferences 16 traveling trophies at stake. The longest running series in the country will stage its 122nd matchup when Wisconsin hosts Minnesota in the annual battle for Paul Bunyans Axe. The Gophers and Badgers have battled for the axe since 1948, with Wisconsin holding a 38-23-3 advantage and a current eight-game winning streak. Michigan and Michigan State will meet for the 105th time overall and the 60th time with the Paul Bunyan trophy up for grabs. The Wolverines own a 34-23-2 advantage in trophy games, but Michigan State has won the last four contests.

BIG TEN PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Offensive Player of the Week Montee Ball, Wisconsin Sr., RB, Wentzville, Mo./Timberland Became the Big Tens all-time leader in touchdowns and points after finding the end zone three times against Purdue on Saturday Has 72 touchdowns and 434 points in his career, passing the previous marks of 71 and 426 set by Wisconsins Ron Dayne Rushed for a career-high 247 yards, the third 200-yard effort of his career, on 29 carries, including a career-best 67-yard touchdown run in the third quarter Wins the fifth Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honor of his career and first this season Last Wisconsin Offensive Player of the Week: Montee Ball (Nov. 28, 2011) Defensive Player of the Week Jake Ryan, Michigan So., LB, Westlake, Ohio/St. Ignatius Matched a career high with a game-best 11 tackles in helping Michigan shut out Illinois on Saturday Also posted 3.5 tackles for loss, including 1.5 sacks, and forced a fumble on his solo sack in the third quarter to set up a Michigan score Part of a Michigan defense that allowed just 134 yards, including 29 through the air, and seven first downs Wins the first Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award of his career Last Michigan Defensive Player of the Week: Ryan Van Bergen (Nov. 14, 2011) Special Teams Player of the Week Mike Meyer, Iowa Jr., PK, Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert Was a perfect four-for-four in field goal attempts against Michigan State, helping the Hawkeyes to a doubleovertime victory on Saturday Converted on attempts from 23, 27, 28 and 42 yards, the latter coming in the second overtime to give Iowa the win Has made 13 straight field goal attempts and ranks second in the nation in field goals made per game (2.33) Wins his third Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week award and second this season Last Iowa Special Teams Player of the Week: Mike Meyer (Sept. 3, 2012) Freshman of the Week Nick VanHoose, Northwestern CB, Urbana, Ohio/Graham Broke up three passes in the game, all of which came in the end zone, including one on third-and-goal in the fourth quarter against Minnesota Also added three tackles to help Northwestern become bowl eligible with a win over the Gophers Was part of the Wildcat defense that held Minnesota to just 169 yards passing on Saturday Wins his first Big Ten Freshman of the Week accolade Last Northwestern Freshman of the Week: Venric Mark (Nov. 29, 2010)

BIG TEN COACHING RECORDS

Coach, School LEGENDS DIVISION Kirk Ferentz, IOWA Brady Hoke, MICH Mark Dantonio, MSU Jerry Kill, MINN Bo Pelini, NEB Pat Fitzgerald, NU LEADERS DIVISION Tim Beckman, ILL Kevin Wilson, IND Urban Meyer, OSU Bill OBrien, PSU Danny Hope, PUR Bret Bielema, WIS Career (Yrs) 112-89 (17th) 62-54 (10th) 66-42 (9th) 134-84 (19th) 43-18 (5th) 46-37 (7th) 23-21 (4th) 3-15 (2nd) 111-23 (11th) 4-2 (1st) 54-46 (9th) 65-21 (7th) At School (Yrs) 100-68 (14th) 15-4 (2nd) 48-25 (6th) 7-11 (2nd) 43-18 (5th) 46-37 (7th) 2-5 (1st) 3-15 (2nd) 7-0 (1st) 4-2 (1st) 19-24 (4th) 65-21 (7th) Big Ten Only 60-47 8-2 28-15 2-8 6-4 23-28 0-3 0-11 3-0 2-0 10-16 35-16

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NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
(Number in parenthesis indicates total times a Big Ten team will face an opponent from this conference.) ACC (2) Boston College Virginia Big 12 (1) Iowa State Big East (3) Syracuse (2) Temple Big Sky (1) Idaho State Big South (1) Charleston Southern Colonial (1) New Hampshire Conference USA (5) Central Florida Marshall Southern Miss UAB UTEP Great West (1) South Dakota Independent (5) Navy (2) Notre Dame (3) MAC (12) Ball State Central Michigan (2) Eastern Michigan (2) Massachusetts (2) Miami (Ohio) Northern Illinois Ohio Western Michigan (2) Missouri Valley (3) Indiana State Northern Iowa (2) Mountain West (3) Air Force Boise State UNLV Ohio Valley (1) Eastern Kentucky Pac-12 (4) Arizona State California Oregon State UCLA SEC (2) Alabama Vanderbilt Sun Belt (1) Arkansas State WAC (2) Louisiana Tech Utah State 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 5-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-3 1-0 0-3 9-3 0-1 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 2-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-3 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-0

BIG TEN IN THE NCAA TOP 30

according to NCAA national database as of Oct. 14
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rk Player, School Statistic TOTAL OFFENSE 14. Denard Robinson, MICH 317.50 17. Braxton Miller, OSU 311.86 RUSHING YARDS PER GAME 4. Denard Robinson, MICH 6. LeVeon Bell, MSU 7. Braxton Miller, OSU 14. Montee Ball, WIS 15. Venric Mark, NU 24. Mark Weisman, IOWA PASS EFFICIENCY 12. Taylor Martinez, NEB RECEPTIONS PER GAME 20. Allen Robinson, PSU 134.00 130.86 130.29 116.57 113.86 105.17 161.32 6.83 Rk Player, School Statistic TACKLES FOR LOSS PER GAME 26. Kawann Short, PUR 1.50 SACKS PER GAME 26. Eric Martin, NEB INTERCEPTIONS PER GAME 14. Landon Feichter, PUR 27. Travis Howard, OSU PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7. Ameer Abdullah, NEB PUNTING AVERAGE 16. Mike Sadler, MSU 22. Cody Webster, PUR FIELD GOALS PER GAME 2. Mike Meyer, IOWA 6. Dan Conroy, MSU 17. Jeff Budzien, NU 30. Brett Maher, NEB TEAM LEADERS Rk School SCORING OFFENSE 8. Nebraska 20. Ohio State TOTAL OFFENSE 14. Nebraska 27. Indiana PASSING OFFENSE 15. Indiana Statistic 43.67 40.43 507.33 473.00 313.00 0.92 0.50 0.43 16.46 43.87 43.29 2.33 2.00 1.57 1.33 TEAM LEADERS, cont. Rk School RUSHING OFFENSE 5. Nebraska 8. Ohio State 17. Michigan 18. Northwestern TOTAL DEFENSE 7. Michigan State 10. Michigan 17. Minnesota 19. Iowa 21. Wisconsin PASS DEFENSE 3. Michigan 9. Minnesota 15. Nebraska 17. Michigan State 28. Iowa RUSH DEFENSE 8. Michigan State 22. Northwestern 30. Wisconsin SCORING DEFENSE 14. Michigan State 15. Penn State 21. Iowa 23. Michigan 26. Wisconsin 30. Minnesota TURNOVER MARGIN 14. Michigan State Penn State 29. Northwestern 30. Indiana Statistic 292.00 263.57 232.50 229.86 270.14 283.00 313.17 317.17 325.71 134.83 162.50 177.83 178.86 199.83 91.29 109.86 116.57 15.71 16.00 17.17 17.50 18.43 19.83 1.17 1.17 0.71 0.67

RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME 21. Jared Abbrederis, WIS 93.17 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 4. Venric Mark, NU 5. Ameer Abdullah, NEB 17. LeVeon Bell, MSU SCORING PER GAME 20. Brett Maher, NEB 25. Montee Ball, WIS Venric Mark, NU 184.57 184.33 152.29 9.67 9.43 9.43

TACKLES PER GAME 1. Anthony Hitchens, IOWA 13.00 16. Mike Taylor, WIS 10.29 18. James Morris, IOWA 10.00

WEEKLY COACHES TELECONFERENCE

The Big Ten Conference football coaches weekly media teleconferences are held on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. CT and continue through November 20. The calls are available for playback roughly two hours following the conclusion of each call through Thursday of each week. They will also be archived online at www.bigten.org. Contact the Big Ten Communications office for the phone number and weekly passcode. The coaches order on each call is as follows. All times are CT. LEGENDS DIVISION COACHES 11:00 a.m. - Brady Hoke, Michigan 11:10 a.m. - Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 11:20 a.m. - Bo Pelini, Nebraska 11:30 a.m. - Mark Dantonio, Michigan State 11:40 a.m. - Kirk Ferentz, Iowa 11:50 a.m. - Jerry Kill, Minnesota LEADERS DIVISION COACHES 12:00 p.m. - Tim Beckman, Illinois 12:10 p.m. - Danny Hope, Purdue 12:20 p.m. - Bill OBrien, Penn State 12:30 p.m. - Bret Bielema, Wisconsin 12:40 p.m. - Urban Meyer, Ohio State 12:50 p.m. - Kevin Wilson, Indiana

2012 NO PLAYS
LEGENDS DIVISION School Does Not Play: Iowa Illinois, Ohio State, Wisconsin Michigan Indiana, Penn State, Wisconsin Michigan State Illinois, Penn State, Purdue Minnesota Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State Nebraska Illinois, Indiana, Purdue Northwestern Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin School Illinois Indiana Ohio State Penn State Purdue Wisconsin LEADERS DIVISION Does Not Play: Iowa, Michigan State, Nebraska Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern Iowa, Michigan, Northwestern

Combined non-conference record: 34-13

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2012 BIG TEN PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Date 9-3 9-10 9-17 9-24 10-1 10-8 10-15 Offensive LeVeon Bell, MSU Taylor Martinez, NEB Denard Robinson, MICH Braxton Miller, OSU LeVeon Bell, MSU Taylor Martinez, NEB Kain Colter, NU Denard Robinson, MICH Carlos Hyde, OSU Montee Ball, WIS Defensive Derrick Wells, MINN Chi Chi Ariguzo, NU Michael Mauti, PSU Chris Borland, WIS Michael Mauti, PSU Gerald Hodges, PSU Jake Ryan, MICH Special Teams Mike Meyer, IOWA Venric Mark, NU Cody Webster, PUR Jeff Budzien, NU Ameer Abdullah, NEB Brett Maher, NEB Corey Brown, OSU Mike Meyer, IOWA Freshman Frankie Williams, PUR Devin Funchess, MICH Nate Sudfeld, IND Deion Barnes, PSU Imani Cross, NEB Mason Monheim, ILL Aaron Burbridge, MSU Nick VanHoose, NU

BIG TEN FOOTBALL MEDIA CONTACTS

LEGENDS DIVISION Iowa Steve Roe steven-roe@uiowa.edu Phone: (319) 335-9411 Michigan Justin Dickens dickensj@umich.edu Phone: (734) 763-4423 Michigan State John Lewandowski lewski@ath.msu.edu Phone: (517) 355-2271

BIG TEN CAREER RECORDS

Total Offense 12,692 Brees, PUR 11,790 Weber, MINN 11,576 Basanez, NU 11,511 Painter, PUR 11,364 Randle El, IND 10,594 Williams, ILL 10,254 Long, IOWA 10,065 Robinson, MICH 9,653 Orton, PUR 9,300 Henne, MICH 1997-00 2007-10 2002-05 2005-08 1998-01 2006-09 1981-85 20092001-04 2004-07 Forced Fumbles 14 Kerrigan, PUR 13 Rice, ILL Sanders, IOWA 12 Looney, PUR 11 Borland, WIS Rushing Touchdowns 71 Dayne, WIS 68 Thompson, IND 66 Ball, WIS 56 Johnson, OSU 55 Thomas, MICH 48 Sheets, PUR 47 Wheatley, MICH 46 Byars, OSU 44 Marek, WIS George, OSU 41 Robinson, MICH Total Touchdowns 72 Ball, WIS 71 Dayne, WIS 68 Thompson, IND 58 Johnson, OSU 56 Thomas, MICH 54 Wheatley, MICH Sheets, PUR 50 Byars, OSU 45 George, OSU 44 Marek, WIS Hill, WIS 41 Robinson, MICH Points 434 426 Ball, WIS Dayne, WIS 2007-10 1992-95 2000-03 1977-80 2009-10 1996-99 1986-89 20091973-76 1997-00 2005-08 1991-94 1982-85 1972-75 1992-95 200920091996-99 1986-89 1973-76 1997-00 1991-94 2005-08 1982-85 1992-95 1972-75 2006-08 200920091996-99 Kickoff Return Average 28.8 Brown, PUR 1968-70 26.9 Howard, MICH 1989-91 26.3 Carter, MICH 1979-82 26.2 Duncan, NU 1983-86 26.0 Hill, IOWA 1998-01 25.5 Cobb, MSU 2003-04 25.3 Thomas, ILL 2003-06 25.1 Stoudermire, MINN 2008Consecutive PATs Made 126 Carlson, MICH 119 Conway, PSU 111 Summers, PUR 107 Stoyanovich, IND 98 Dimke, ILL 87 Ewald, IND 86 Williams, OSU 83 Nystrom, MINN Nugent, OSU Wagner, PSU 77 Budzien, NU GIbbons, MICH Consecutive FGs Made 24 Nugent, OSU 22 Kaeding, IOWA 16 Nystrom, MINN 15 Janakievski, OSU Swenson, MSU 14 Hamilton, MICH Nystrom, MINN Conroy, MSU 13 Bass, ILL Fayak, PSU Valenzisi, NU Edinger, MSU Nystrom, MINN Meyer, IOWA 12 Budzien, NU 1989-91 1994-96 2006-08 1986-88 2008-11 20101991-93 2000-02 2002-04 2007-10 201020112001-02 2001-02 2002 1979-80 2008 1996 1999-00 2009-10 1982 1992 1995 1998 2000 2012 2011-12

Minnesota Paul Rovnak psrovnak@umn.edu Phone: (612) 625-9379 Nebraska Keith Mann kmann@huskers.com Phone: (402) 472-2263 Northwestern Paul Kennedy pkennedy@northwestern.edu Phone: (847) 467-2028 LEADERS DIVISION Illinois Kent Brown kwbrown3@illinois.edu Derek Neal drneal@illinois.edu Phone: (217)333-1391 Indiana Jeff Keag jkeag@indiana.edu Phone: (812) 855-6209 Ohio State Jerry Emig emig.2@osu.edu Phone: (614) 247-7023 Penn State Jeff Nelson jtn4@psu.edu Phone: (814) 865-1757 Purdue Matt Rector rector@purdue.edu Phone: (765) 494-3196 Wisconsin Brian Lucas bml@athletics.wisc.edu Phone: (608) 262-1811

Rushing Yards by a Quarterback 4,033 Robinson, MICH 20093,895 Randle El, IND 1998-01 2,557 Williams, ILL 2006-09 2,176 Leach, MICH 1975-78 2,150 Foggie, MINN 1984-87 2,080 Greene, OSU 1972-75 1,767 Bollinger, WIS 1999-02 1,714 Kern, OSU 1968-70 1,706 Baggett, MSU 1973-75 1,677 Lewis, IND 2005-08 1,661 Gray, MINN 20091,650 Scheelhaase, ILL 2010Rushing Yards 7,125 Dayne, WIS 1996-99 5,589 Griffin, OSU 1972-75 5,299 A. Thompson, IND 1986-89 5,040 Hart, MICH 2004-07 4,887 White, MSU 1984-87 4,676 Davis, WIS 2001-04 4,654 D. Thompson, MINN 1986-89 4,485 Anderson, NU 1998-01 4,472 Thomas, MICH 1997-00 4,398 Ringer, MSU 2005-08 4,123 Ball, WIS 20094,033 Robinson, MICH 2009Interception Touchdowns 5 Fletcher, WIS 4 Wilbur, IND Allen, PUR 1998-00 1978-82 2010-

Kickoff Returns 135 Gilreath, WIS 2007-10 129 Stoudermire, MINN 2008Kickoff Return Yards 3,233 Stoudermire, MINN 20083,025 Gilreath, WIS 2007-10

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WEEKLY NATIONAL RANKINGS - OCT. 14

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Team (1st Place Votes) 1 Alabama (60) 2 Oregon 3 Florida 4 Kansas State 5 Notre Dame 6 LSU 7 OHIO STATE 8 Oregon State 9 South Carolina 10 Oklahoma 11 USC 12 Florida State 13 Georgia 14 Clemson 15 Mississippi State 16 Louisville 17 West Virginia 18 Texas Tech 19 Rutgers 20 Texas A&M 21 Cincinnati 22 Stanford 23 MICHIGAN 24 Boise State 25 Ohio Record 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-1 7-0 5-0 6-1 4-1 5-1 6-1 5-1 5-1 6-0 6-0 5-1 5-1 6-0 5-1 5-0 4-2 4-2 5-1 7-0 PTS 1500 1436 1361 1296 1283 1153 1071 1050 1042 994 874 836 753 673 591 574 552 444 405 379 294 242 177 133 104 Prev. 1 2 4 6 7 9 8 10 3 13 11 12 14 16 19 18 5 NR 20 22 21 17 25 24 NR

USA TODAY COACHES

Team (1st Place Votes) 1 Alabama (59) 2 Oregon 3 Kansas State 4 Florida 5 Notre Dame 6 LSU 7 Oklahoma 8 South Carolina 9 USC 10 Florida State 11 Oregon State 12 Georgia 13 Clemson 14 Louisville 15 West Virginia 16 Mississippi State 17 Rutgers 18 Cincinnati 19 Texas A&M 20 Texas Tech 21 TCU 22 Boise State 23 Stanford 24 Arizona State 25 MICHIGAN Record 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-1 4-1 6-1 5-1 6-1 5-0 5-1 5-1 6-0 5-1 6-0 6-0 5-0 5-1 5-1 5-1 5-1 4-2 5-1 4-2 PTS 1475 1414 1307 1297 1251 1179 1021 1012 995 919 839 806 741 695 677 671 495 456 397 274 272 271 215 13 96 Prev. 1 2 5 6 7 8 10 3 9 11 14 12 13 16 4 18 19 20 21 NR 23 22 17 NR NR

Others Receiving Votes: Arizona State 92, TCU 88, Louisiana Tech 38, Texas 25, NC State 11, NORTHWESTERN 6, Washington 6, WISCONSIN 6, NEBRASKA 4, North Carolina 2, Tulsa 2, PENN STATE 1, Arizona 1.

Others Receiving Votes: NORTHWESTERN 77, Ohio 54, Texas 54, Louisiana Tech 24, WISCONSIN 16, NEBRASKA 10, Nevada 7, Oklahoma State 6, Western Kentucky 6, Iowa State 4, Northern Illinois 2, Louisiana-Monroe 2, Toledo 2, Tulsa 1, UCLA 1.

HARRIS INTERACTIVE
Team (1st Place Votes) 1 Alabama (110) 2 Oregon (5) 3 Florida 4 Kansas State 5 Notre Dame 6 LSU 7 South Carolina 8 Florida State 9 Oklahoma 10 Oregon State 11 USC 12 Georgia 13 Clemson 14 Mississippi State 15 West Virginia 16 Louisville 17 Rutgers 18 Cincinnati 19 Texas A&M 20 Stanford 21 Texas Tech 22 TCU 23 Boise State 24 Arizona State 25 Texas Record 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-1 4-1 5-0 5-1 5-1 5-1 6-0 5-1 6-0 6-0 5-0 5-1 4-2 5-1 5-1 5-1 5-1 4-2 PTS 2870 2758 2554 2538 2427 2263 1992 1898 1860 1850 1820 1574 1437 1348 1291 1228 947 793 674 634 534 514 488 225 188 Prev. 1 2 6 5 7 8 3 9 13 12 10 11 14 17 4 18 19 20 23 16 NR 21 22 NR 15

BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Team (1st Place Votes) 1 Alabama 2 Florida 3 Oregon 4 Kansas State 5 Notre Dame 6 LSU 7 South Carolina 8 Oregon State 9 Oklahoma 10 USC 11 Georgia 12 Mississippi State 13 West Virginia 14 Florida State 15 Rutgers 16 Louisville 17 Texas Tech 18 Texas A&M 19 Clemson 20 Stanford 21 Cincinnati 22 Boise State 23 TCU 24 Iowa State 25 Texas Record 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-1 5-0 4-1 5-1 5-1 6-0 5-1 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-1 5-1 5-1 4-2 5-0 5-1 5-1 4-2 4-2 PTS .9761 .9092 .8993 .8963 .8774 .7522 .6930 .6808 .6664 .5959 .4980 .4846 .4793 .4277 .4083 .4061 .3572 .3379 .3341 .2654 .2483 .1978 .1377 .1139 .0640 Prev. --------------------------

Others Receiving Votes: MICHIGAN 172, Ohio 153, NORTHWESTERN 95, Louisiana Tech 81, WISCONSIN 27, Iowa State 24, NEBRASKA 24, MICHIGAN STATE 21, Oklahoma State 19, NC State 18, Western Kentucky 11, Tulsa 10, UCLA 5, Nevada 4, Baylor 3, Louisiana-Monroe 1, Virginia Tech 1, Washington 1.

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BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS#

No. Team 42 Michigan 34* 18 15 13 11 8 8 7 7 2 1^ Ohio State Minnesota Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Northwestern Purdue Chicago Michigan State Indiana Penn State Years 1898-01c-02-03c-04c-06c-18c-22c-23c-25-26c-30c-31c-32c-33c-43c-47-48-49c-50-64-69c-71-72c-73c-74c-76c-77c-78c-80-82-86c-88-89-90c91-92-97-98c-00c-03-04c 1916-17-20-35c-39-42-44-49c-54-55-57-61-68-69c-70-72c-73c-74c-75-76c-77c-79-81c-84-86c-93c-96c-98c-02c-05c-06-07-08c-09 1900c-03c-04c-06c-09-10c-11-15c-27c-33c-34-35c-37-38-40-41-60c-67c 1910c-14-15c-18c-19-23c-27c-28-46-51-53c-63-83-90c-01 1896-97-01c-06c-12-52c-59-62-93c-98c-99-10c-11 1900c-21-22c-56-58-60c-81c-85-90c-02c-04c 1903c-26c-30c-31c-36-95-96c-00c 1918c-29-31c-32c-43c-52c-67c-00c 1899-05-07-08-13-22c-24 1953c-65-66-78c-87-90c-10c 1945-67c 1994

* Ohio State vacated 2010 season ^ Penn State vacated wins from 1998-2011 seasons # Beginning in 2011, Big Ten Championship Game determined Big Ten Champion

2012 WEEK BY WEEK ATTENDANCE

Games Aug. 31-Sept. 1 8 Sept. 8 5 Sept. 15 12 Sept. 22 9 Sept. 29 6 Oct. 6 5 Oct. 13 5 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 23-24 TOTAL 50 ALL GAMES Total Average 571,822 71,478 366,518 73,304 840,448 70,037 634,202 70,466 358,596 59,766 378,051 75,610 325,671 65,134 Sellouts 3 3 5 4 3 1 1 Games ----5 5 5 CONFERENCE GAMES Total Average --------313,115 62,623 378,051 75,610 325,671 65,134 Sellouts ----3 1 1

3,475,308

69,506

20

15

691,166

67,789

BIG TEN IN THE POLLS

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Associated Press/USA Today/Harris (NOTE: Harris poll first released on Oct. 7)

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BIG TEN PLAYERS ON PRESEASON AWARD WATCH LISTS

BIG TEN NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS
Bednarik Award (Nations Top Defensive Player) Jonathan Brown, ILL Michael Buchanan, ILL Micah Hyde, IOWA James Morris, IOWA Johnny Adams, MSU Denicos Allen, MSU Max Bullough, MSU William Gholston, MSU Johnathan Hankins, OSU John Simon, OSU Gerald Hodges, PSU Michael Mauti, PSU Ricardo Allen, PUR Kawann Short, PUR Chris Borland, WIS Nagurski Trophy (Nations Top Defensive Player) Jonathan Brown, ILL Michael Buchanan, ILL Micah Hyde, IOWA Jordan Kovacs, MICH Johnny Adams, MSU Max Bullough, MSU William Gholston, MSU Derrick Wells, MINN Johnathan Hankins, OSU John Simon, OSU Gerald Hodges, PSU Ricardo Allen, PUR Kawann Short, PUR Chris Borland, WIS Mike Taylor, WIS Davey OBrien Award (Nations Top Quarterback) Nathan Scheelhaase, ILL James Vandenberg, IOWA Denard Robinson, MICH Taylor Martinez, NEB Braxton Miller, OSU Manning Award (Nations Top Quarterback) James Vandenberg, IOWA Denard Robinson, MICH Taylor Martinez, NEB Doak Walker Award (Nations Top Running Back) Fitzgerald Toussaint, MICH LeVeon Bell, MSU Rex Burkhead, NEB Jordan Hall, OSU Montee Ball, WIS James White, WIS Biletnikoff Award: (Nations Top Wide Receiver) Keenan Davis, IOWA Roy Roundtree, MICH Corey Brown, OSU Jared Abbrederis, WIS Rimington Trophy (Nations Top Center) Graham Pocic, ILL Will Matte, IND James Ferentz, IOWA Brandon Vitabile, NU Matt Stankiewitch, PSU Travis Frederick, WIS Mackey Award (Nations Top Tight End) Ted Bolser, IND C.J. Fiedorowicz, IOWA Dion Sims, MSU Kyler Reed, NEB Jake Stoneburner, OSU Jacob Pedersen, WIS Outland Trophy (Nations Best Interior Lineman) Graham Pocic, ILL Akeem Spence, ILL James Ferentz, IOWA Taylor Lewan, MICH Chris McDonald, MSU Spencer Long, NEB Baker Steinkuhler, NEB Johnathan Hankins, OSU Jordan Hill, PSU Kawann Short, PUR Travis Frederick, WIS Ricky Wagner, WIS Hendricks Award (Nations Top Defensive End) Michael Buchanan, ILL Craig Roh, MICH William Gholston, MSU Cameron Meredith, NEB John Simon, OSU Thorpe Award (Nations Top Defensive Back) Johnny Adams, MSU Isaiah Lewis, MSU C.J. Barnett, OSU Ricardo Allen, PUR Butkus Award (Nations Top Linebacker) Jonathan Brown, ILL James Morris, IOWA Denicos Allen, MSU Max Bullough, MSU David Nwabuisi, NU Etienne Sabino, OSU Gerald Hodges, PSU Michael Mauti, PSU Chris Borland, WIS Hornung Award (Nations Most Versatile Player) Tommy Davis, ILL Terry Hawthorne, ILL Ameer Abdullah, NEB Venric Mark, NU Jordan Hall, OSU Jared Abbrederis, WIS Groza Award (Nations Top Placekicker) Mitch Ewald, IND Mike Meyer, IOWA Brendan Gibbons, MICH Dan Conroy, MSU Brett Maher, NEB Drew Basil, OSU Ray Guy Award (Nations Top Punter) Brett Maher, NEB Rodgers Return Specialist Award (Nations Top Return Specialist) Ameer Abdullah, NEB Venric Mark, NU Jordan Hall, OSU Raheem Mostert, PUR Jared Abbrederis, WIS Senior CLASS Award Adam Replogle, IND Rex Burkhead, NEB John Simon, OSU Montee Ball, WIS

AFCA Good Works Team (Dedication to community service and off-field accomplishments) Patrick Omameh, MICH Rex Burkhead, NEB

Campbell Trophy (Most Outstanding Student-Athlete) Adam Replogle, IND James Vandenberg, IOWA Rex Burkhead, NEB Patrick Ward, NU Ben Buchanan, OSU Pete Massaro, PSU Robert Maci, PUR Shelton Johnson, WIS

BIG TEN NATIONAL AWARD SEMIFINALISTS

BIG TEN NATIONAL AWARD QUARTERFINALISTS

Lombardi Trophy (College Lineman of the Year) William Gholston, MSU Johnathan Hankins, OSU Kawann Short, PUR Chris Borland, WIS Maxwell Award (Nations Top Player) James Vandenberg, IOWA Denard Robinson, MICH Fitzgerald Toussaint, MICH LeVeon Bell, MSU Rex Burkhead, NEB Braxton Miller, OSU Montee Ball, WIS Walter Camp Award (Nations Top Player) Denard Robinson, MICH William Gholston, MSU Rex Burkhead, NEB Montee Ball, WIS

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2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game

The 2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game will kick off from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis at 8:17 p.m. ET on December 1, 2012. FOX will serve as the official broadcast partner of the Big Ten Football Championship Games through 2016, and Lucas Oil Stadium will host the title games through 2015. The champion of the Legends Division will meet the champion of the Leaders Division, with the winner earning the Big Ten Championship and a chance to play in either the Rose Bowl Game or Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game.

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME QUICK FACTS

Date: Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 Time: 8:17 p.m. ET Television: FOX Site: Indianapolis, Ind. Facility: Lucas Oil Stadium Surface: FieldTurf Capacity: 66,159

Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000. New for the 2012 game, tickets can also be reserved at BTN.com/TeamTix, a new ticket reservation system launched by the Big Ten in partnership with Forward Market Media (FMM) and BTN. Go to bigten.org for more information.

Big Ten Football Awards

The Big Ten will continue to honor its past while recognizing its current standouts at the conclusion of the 2012 campaign. The Big Tens enhanced football awards program presents 18 individual trophies in addition to the Big Ten Championship trophy, bearing the names of one or two former standouts. The distinguished names on these football awards honor just a small sampling of the countless student-athletes and coaches who have contributed to the conferences rich and storied history. Seventeen of the honors will be awarded immediately following the regular season, including awards for the best quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end, offensive lineman, defensive lineman, linebacker, defensive back, kicker and punter. Each of these individual position awards features the names of two former student-athletes. The Big Ten will also continue to honor the conferences top coaches, offensive and defensive players and linemen and freshmen with end-of-year trophies. Big Ten coaches have the opportunity to claim two awards. Media voters will continue to select the Dave McClain Coach of the Year, which has been awarded since 1972, while coaches vote for the Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year award. The top offensive player will receive the Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year award, the best defensive player will be awarded the NagurskiWoodson Defensive Player of the Year award and the best first-year standout will receive the ThompsonRandle El Freshman of the Year award. The winner of the Big Ten Football Championship Game will receive the Amos Alonzo Stagg Championship Trophy, while the most outstanding player in the game will be awarded the Grange-Griffin Championship Game MVP award. The conference also created two postcollegiate awards - the Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award and the Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award. The full list of awards, along with a breakdown of the former standouts appearing in each awards name, appears to the right.
NAME OF AWARD Championship Game Awards Amos Alonzo Stagg Championship Trophy Grange-Griffin Championship Game MVP (media vote only) Postcollegiate Awards (vote by school administrators) Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award NAMED FOR Amos Alonzo Stagg, Chicago Harold Edward "Red" Grange, Illinois Archie Griffin, Ohio State

Gerald R. Ford, Michigan Nile Kinnick, Iowa Tony Dungy, Minnesota Anthony Thompson, Indiana

Annual Awards (combined vote by coaches and media, unless otherwise noted) Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year Otto Graham, Northwestern Eddie George, Ohio State Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, Minnesota Charles Woodson, Michigan Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes, Ohio State (coaches vote only) Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler, Michigan Dave McClain Coach of the Year Dave McClain, Wisconsin (media vote only) Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year Darrell Thompson, Minnesota Antwaan Randle El, Indiana Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year Dave Rimington, Nebraska Orlando Pace, Ohio State Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith, Michigan State Courtney Brown, Penn State Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year Bob Griese, Purdue Drew Brees, Purdue Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year Alan Ameche, Wisconsin Ron Dayne, Wisconsin Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year Jack Tatum, Ohio State Rod Woodson, Purdue Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year Dick Butkus, Illinois Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year Pat Richter, Wisconsin Desmond Howard, Michigan Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year Ted Kwalick, Penn State Dallas Clark, Iowa Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year Jim Bakken, Wisconsin Morten Andersen, Michigan State Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year Thomas Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Illinois Brandon Fields, Michigan State

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MINNESOTA at WISCONSIN
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 11 a.m. CT Madison, Wis. Camp Randall Stadium (80,321) ESPNU Announcers: Tom Hart, John Congemi Series: Minnesota leads 59-54-8 Last Meeting Nov. 12, 2011: Wisconsin 42, Minnesota 13 MINNESOTA (4-2 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) Coach: Jerry Kill Career: 134-84 (19th year) At Minnesota: 7-11 (2nd year) Offense: Multiple Rush: Donnell Kirkwood (111-467 yards, 3 TDs) Pass: Max Shortell (60-105, 791 yards, 6 TDs) and MarQueis Gray (33-55, 464 yards, 5 TDs) Rec.: A.J. Barker (22-406 yards, 4 TDs) Defense: 4-3 Tackles: Derrick Wells (37 tackles) Sacks: D.L. Wilhite (4.5-29 yards) Int: Derrick Wells (2-0 yards) Football Contact: Paul Rovnak, 612-625-9379, psrovnak@umn.edu WISCONSIN (5-2 overall, 2-1 Big Ten) Coach: Bret Bielema Career: 65-21 (7th year) At Wisconsin: 65-21 (7th year) Offense: Multiple one- and two-back sets Rush: Montee Ball (172-816 yards, 11 TDs) Pass: Joel Stave (54-92, 871 yards, 5 TDs) Rec.: Jared Abbrederis (31-559 yards, 5 TDs) Defense: 4-3 Tackles: Mike Taylor (72 tackles) Sacks: Chris Borland (4.0-25 yards) Int: Devin Smith (1-0 yards) and Dezmen Southward (1-31 yards) Football Contact: Brian Lucas, 608-262-1811, bml@athletics.wisc.edu

PURDUE at #7/-/- OHIO STATE

Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 Noon ET Columbus, Ohio Ohio Stadium (102,329) ABC (regional), ESPN2 (outer market) Announcers: Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway, Lewis Johnson Series: Ohio State leads 38-14-2 Last Meeting: Nov. 12, 2011: Purdue 26, Ohio State 23 PURDUE (3-3 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) Coach: Danny Hope Career: 54-46 (9th year) At Purdue: 19-24 (4th year) Offense: Spread Rush: Akeem Shavers (77-324 yards, 3 TDs) Pass: Caleb TerBush (74-121, 716 yards, 8 TDs) Rec.: Antavion Edison (31-371 yards, 5 TDs) and O.J. Ross (38-299 yards, 1 TD) Defense: 4-3 Tackles: Will Lucas (33 tackles) Sacks: Kawann Short (4.0-28 yards) Int: Landon Feichter (3-36 yards, 1 TD) Football Contact: Matt Rector, 765-494-3196, rector@purdue.edu

Leaders Division Game

OHIO STATE (7-0 overall, 3-0 Big Ten) Coach: Urban Meyer Career: 111-23 (11th year) At Ohio State: 7-0 (1st year) Offense: Spread Rush: Braxton Miller (129-912 yards, 9 TDs) Pass: Braxton Miller (96-159, 1,271 yards, 11 TDs) Rec.: Corey Brown (41-403 yards, 1 TD) and Devin Smith (21-457, 6 TDs) Defense: Multiple Tackles: Ryan Shazier (65 tackles) Sacks: John Simon (3.0-20 yards) Int.: Travis Howard (3-26 yards) Football Contact: Jerry Emig, 614-688-0343, emig.2@osu.edu

NEBRASKA at NORTHWESTERN
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 2:30 p.m. CT Evanston, Ill. Ryan Field (47,130) ABC (regional), ESPN2 (outer market) Announcers: Bob Wischusen, Danny Kannell, Maria Taylor Series: Nebraska leads 3-2 Last Meeting: Nov. 5, 2011: Northwestern 28, Nebraska 25 NEBRASKA (4-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) Coach: Bo Pelini Career: 43-18 (5th year) At Nebraska: 43-18 (5th year) Offense: Multiple Rush: Ameer Abdullah (86-514 yards, 7 TDs) and Rex Burkhead (43-392 yards, 3 TDs) Pass: Taylor Martinez (97-146, 1,273 yards, 12 TDs) Rec.: Kenny Bell (20-463 yards, 4 TDs) Defense: Multiple Tackles: Will Compton (53 tackles) Sacks: Eric Martin (5.5-30 yards) Int: Ciante Evans (1-29 yards, 1 TD), Josh Mitchell (1-0 yards) and P.J. Smith (1-0 yards) Football Contact: Keith Mann, 402-472-2263, kmann@huskers.com

Legends Division Game

NORTHWESTERN (6-1 overall, 2-1 Big Ten) Coach: Pat Fitzgerald Career: 46-37 (7th year) At Northwestern: 46-37 (7th year) Offense: Spread Rush: Venric Mark (134-797 yards, 8 TDs) Pass: Trevor Siemian (80-127, 816 yards, 2 TDs) and Kain Colter (55-78, 432 yards, 2 TDs) Rec.: Demetrius Fields (25-211 yards, 1 TD) and Tony Jones (18-230 yards, 1 TD) Defense: Multiple 4-3 Tackles: Damien Proby (62 tackles) Sacks: Tyler Scott (6.0-34 yards) Int.: Chi Chi Ariguzo (1-49 yards), David Nwabuisi (1-0 yards) and Nick VanHoose (1-0 yards) Football Contact: Paul Kennedy, 847-491-8800, pkennedy@northwestern.edu

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MICHIGAN STATE at #23/25/- MICHIGAN

Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 3:30 p.m. ET Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan Stadium (109,901) BTN Announcers: Matt Devlin, Glen Mason, J Leman Series: Michigan leads 67-32-5 Last Meeting: Oct. 15, 2011: Michigan State 28, Michigan 14 MICHIGAN STATE (4-3 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) Coach: Mark Dantonio Career: 66-42 (9th year) At Michigan State: 48-25 (6th year) Offense: Multiple Rush: LeVeon Bell (200-916 yards, 8 TDs) Pass: Andrew Maxwell (139-256, 1,607 yards, 6 TDs) Rec.: Keith Mumphrey (25-330 yards, 1 TD) Defense: Multiple 4-3 Tackles: Max Bullough (58 tackles) Sacks: Six with 1.0 Int.: Five with 1 Football Contact: John Lewandowski, 517-355-2271, lewski@ath.msu.edu

Legends Division Game

MICHIGAN (4-2 overall, 2-0 Big Ten) Coach: Brady Hoke Career: 62-54 (10th year) At Michigan: 15-4 (2nd year) Offense: Pro Style Rush: Denard Robinson (101-804 yards, 6 TDs) Pass: Denard Robinson (69-126, 1,101 yards, 9 TDs) Rec.: Jeremy Gallon (15-287 yards, 1 TD) Defense: 4-3 Tackles: Jake Ryan (42 tackles) Sacks: Jake Ryan (2.5-19 yards) Int: Raymon Taylor (2-70 yards, 1 TD) and Thomas Gordon (2-19 yards) Football Contact: Justin Dickens, 734-763-4423, dickensj@umich.edu

INDIANA at NAVY
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 3:30 p.m. ET Annapolis, Md. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000) CBS Sports Network Announcers: Grant Boone, Todd Christensen, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch Series: Indiana leads 2-0 Last Meeting: Sept. 20, 1986: Indiana 52, Navy 29 INDIANA (2-4 overall, 0-3 Big Ten) Coach: Kevin Wilson Career: 3-15 (2nd year) At Indiana: 3-15 (2nd year) Offense: Multiple Rush: Stephen Houston (63-368 yards, 6 TDs) Pass: Cameron Coffman (108-172, 1,076 yards, 7 TDs) and Nate Sudfeld (31-50, 434 yards, 5 TDs) Rec.: Cody Latimer (27-431 yards, 2 TDs) and Shane Wynn (31-294 yards, 5 TDs) Defense: 4-3 Tackles: Adam Replogle (41 tackles) Sacks: Adam Replogle (3.0-12 yards) Int: Greg Heban (2-24 yards) Football Contact: Jeff Keag, 812-855-6209, jkeag@indiana.edu Navy (3-3 overall) Coach: Ken Niumatalolo Career: 35-25 (5th year) At Navy: 35-25 (5th year) Offense: Triple Option Rush: Noah Copeland (77-344 yards, 1 TD) and Trey Miller (87-291 yards, 3 TDs) Pass: Trey Miller (34-58, 376 yards, 1 TD) Rec.: Brandon Turner (11-149 yards, 1 TD) and Shawn Lynch (9-150 yards, 1 TD) Defense: Multiple Tackles: Parrish Gaines (38 tackles) and Traves Bush (38 tackles) Sacks: Keegan Wetzel (4.0-26 yards) Int: Matt Warrick (2-12 yards, 1 TD) Football Contact: Scott Strasemeier, 410-293-8775, sstrasem@usna.edu

PENN STATE at IOWA

Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 7 p.m. CT Iowa City, Iowa Kinnick Stadium (70,585) BTN Announcers: Eric Collins, Derek Rackley, Jon Jansen Series: Iowa (tied 12-12); Penn State (trails 9-12*) Last Meeting: Oct. 8, 2011: Penn State 13, Iowa 3* PENN STATE (4-2 overall, 2-0 Big Ten) Coach: Bill OBrien Career: 4-2 (1st year) At Penn State: 4-2 (1st year) Offense: Multiple Rush: Zach Zwinak (68-317 yards, 3 TDs) Pass: Matt McGloin (136-221, 1,499 yards, 12 TDs) Rec.: Allen Robinson (41-524 yards, 7 TDs) Defense: Multiple Tackles: Michael Mauti (57 tackles) Sacks: Deion Barnes (4.0-11 yards) Int: Michael Mauti (2-105 yards) Football Contact: Jeff Nelson, 814-865-1757, jtn4@psu.edu * Penn State vacated wins from 1998-2011 IOWA (4-2 overall, 2-0 Big Ten) Coach: Kirk Ferentz Career: 112-89 (17th year) At Iowa: 100-68 (14th year) Offense: Multiple Rush: Mark Weisman (100-631 yards, 8 TDs) Pass: James Vandenberg (112-195, 1,134 yards, 2 TDs) Rec.: Keenan Davis (32-373 yards) Defense: 4-3 Tackles: Anthony Hitchens (78 tackles) Sacks: Joe Gaglione (4.0-22 yards) Int: Tom Donatelli (2-18 yards) and Greg Castillo (2-2 yards) Football Contact: Steve Roe, 319-335-9411, steven-roe@uiowa.edu

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BIG TEN FOOTBALL DIVISIONAL TIEBREAKER

The Big Ten football championship will be decided by a game played between the two division champions. A team or teams that are not eligible to participate in a postseason football bowl game as a result of NCAA and/or Big Ten sanctions shall not be eligible to participate in the Big Ten football championship game. The winner of the Big Ten football championship game will represent the Conference in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) unless a conference team other than the champion is ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the final BCS poll. The following procedure will determine the representative from each division in the event of a tie: (a) (b) If two teams are tied, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the representative If three or more teams are tied, steps 1 through 7 will be followed until a determination is made. If only two teams remain tied after any step, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the representative. 1. The records of the three tied teams will be compared against each other 2. The records of the three tied teams will be compared within their division 3. The records of the three teams will be compared against the next highest placed teams in their division in order of finish (4, 5, and 6) 4. The records of the three teams will be compared against all common conference opponents; 5. The highest ranked team in the first Bowl Championship Series Poll following the completion of Big Ten regular season conference play shall be the representative in the Big Ten Championship Game, unless the two highest ranked tied teams are ranked within one spot of each other in the BCS poll. In this case, the head-to-head results of the top two ranked tied teams shall determine the representative in the Big Ten Championship 6. The team with the best overall winning percentage [excluding exempted games] shall be the representative 7. The representative will be chosen by random draw. If one or both of the Big Ten division champions is ineligible to play in the Big Ten championship game, then the participant(s) in the Big Ten championship game shall be determined by the following procedure: a) b) c) d) If the ineligible team is tied for the division championship, then the team it tied with shall be the Big Ten championship game representative. If two or more teams are tied with an ineligible team for the division championship, then the ineligible team is removed and the remaining teams revert to the tie-break procedure. The division runner-up shall be the Big Ten championship game representative. If there is a division runner-up tie, then the tied teams shall revert to the tie-break procedure.

If the championship game cannot be played (due to any reason beyond the control of the Big Ten Conference), the two division champions (using divisional tie-breakers as set forth above) shall be declared co-champions and the following procedure will be used to determine the Big Ten Conference representative to the Bowl Championship Series: a) b) Teams ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in the final BCS poll will automatically be placed in the BCS championship game. If the two divisional representatives met previously in the season and neither is ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the final BCS standings, the team ranked highest in the final BCS standings shall be the representative to the BCS, unless the other team is ranked within five or fewer places of the higher ranked team. In this case, the head-to-head results of the two teams shall determine the Conferences BCS representative. If the two divisional representatives did not meet previously during the season, the team ranked highest in the BCS standings shall be the BCS representative. If the two teams are tied in the BCS standings, the team with the best overall Big Ten record shall be the BCS representative. If the two teams remain tied after d), the team with the best combined record of the tied teams against all common Big Ten opponents each team played that season shall be the BCS representative. If the two teams remain tied after e), the representative will be the team with the best overall winning percentage. If the two teams remain tied after f), the representative will be the team furthest removed from BCS participation. If the two teams remain tied after g), the representative shall be determined by a random draw.

c) d) e) f) g) h)

BIG TEN BOWL LINEUP

LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA BOWL Dec. 26, 2012 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Detroit, Mich. Big Ten vs. MAC MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL OF TEXAS Dec. 28, 2012 9 p.m. ET, ESPN Houston, Texas Big Ten vs. Big 12 BUFFALO WILD WINGS BOWL Dec. 29, 2012 10:15 p.m. ET, ESPN Tempe, Ariz. Big Ten vs. Big 12 HEART OF DALLAS BOWL Jan. 1, 2013 Noon ET, ESPNU Dallas, Texas Big Ten vs. Big 12 or C-USA TAXSLAYER.COM GATOR BOWL Jan. 1, 2013 Noon ET, ESPN2 Jacksonville, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC OUTBACK BOWL Jan. 1, 2013 1 p.m. ET, ESPN Tampa, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC CAPITAL ONE BOWL Jan. 1, 2013 1 p.m. ET, ABC Orlando, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ROSE BOWL GAME Jan. 1, 2013 5:10 p.m. ET, ESPN Pasadena, Calif. Big Ten vs. Pac-12/BCS

2012-13 Big Ten Bowl Selection Order:

First Selection: Rose Bowl Game/BCS; Second Selection: Capital One Bowl; Third Selection: Outback Bowl; Fourth Selection: TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl; Fifth Selection: Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl; Sixth Selection: Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas; Seventh Selection: Heart of Dallas Bowl; Eighth Selection: Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

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TEAM SCHEDULES: LEGENDS DIVISION

Legends Division Games in Bold
(4-2, 2-0 Big Ten) (4-2, 2-0 Big Ten) DATE SCORE 9/1 W, 18-17 9/8 L, 6-9 9/15 W, 27-16 9/22 L, 31-32 9/29 W, 31-13 10/13 W, 19-16 (2OT) 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/23 [1] - at Chicago, Ill. OPPONENT ATTENDANCE vs. Northern Illinois [1] 52,117 Iowa State 70,585 Northern Iowa 70,585 Central Michigan 70,585 Minnesota 70,585 at Michigan State 70,211 Penn State at Northwestern at Indiana Purdue at Michigan Nebraska

IOWA

#23/25/- MICHIGAN
DATE SCORE 9/1 L, 14-41 9/8 W, 31-25 9/15 W, 63-13 9/22 L, 6-13 10/6 W, 44-13 10/13 W, 45-0 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 OPPONENT ATTENDANCE vs. #2/2 Alabama [1] 90,413 Air Force 112,522 Massachusetts 110,708 at #11/15 Notre Dame 80,795 at Purdue 50,105 Illinois 110,922 Michigan State at Nebraska at Minnesota Northwestern Iowa at Ohio State

MICHIGAN STATE
(4-3, 1-2 Big Ten) DATE SCORE 8/31 W, 17-13 9/8 W, 41-7 9/15 L, 3-20 9/22 W, 23-7 9/29 L, 16-17 10/6 W, 31-27 10/13 L, 16-19 (2OT) 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/17 11/24 OPPONENT ATTENDANCE #24/22 Boise State 78,709 at Central Michigan 35,127 #20/19 Notre Dame 79,219 Eastern Michigan 74,204 #14/- Ohio State 76,705 at Indiana 45,979 Iowa 70,211 at #23/25/- Michigan at Wisconsin Nebraska Northwestern at Minnesota

[1] - at Arlington, Texas

MINNESOTA
(4-2, 0-2 Big Ten) DATE SCORE 8/30 W, 30-27 (3OT) 9/8 W, 44-7 9/15 W, 28-23 9/22 W, 17-10 9/29 L, 13-31 10/13 L, 13-21 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 OPPONENT ATTENDANCE at UNLV 16,013 New Hampshire 47,022 Western Michigan 44,921 Syracuse 50,805 at Iowa 70,585 Northwestern 49,651 at Wisconsin Purdue Michigan at Illinois at Nebraska Michigan State

NEBRASKA
(4-2, 1-1 Big Ten) DATE SCORE 9/1 W, 49-20 9/8 L, 30-36 9/15 W, 42-13 9/22 W, 73-7 9/29 W, 30-27 10/6 L, 38-63 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/23 OPPONENT ATTENDANCE Southern Miss 85,425 at UCLA 71,530 Arkansas State 85,290 Idaho State 84,923 #-/23 Wisconsin 85,962 at #12/- Ohio State 106,102 at Northwestern Michigan at Michigan State Penn State Minnesota at Iowa DATE 9/1 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/10 11/17 11/24

NORTHWESTERN
(6-1, 2-1 Big Ten) SCORE W, 42-41 W, 23-13 W, 22-13 W, 38-7 W, 44-29 L, 28-39 W, 21-13 OPPONENT ATTENDANCE at Syracuse 37,830 Vanderbilt 31,644 Boston College 32,597 South Dakota 28,641 Indiana 33,129 at Penn State 95,769 at Minnesota 49,651 Nebraska Iowa at Michigan at Michigan State Illinois

TEAM SCHEDULES: LEADERS DIVISION

Leaders Division Games in Bold
(2-5, 0-3 Big Ten) DATE 9/1 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 SCORE W, 24-7 L, 14-45 W, 44-0 L, 24-52 L, 7-35 L, 14-31 L, 0-45 OPPONENT ATTENDANCE Western Michigan 43,441 at Arizona State 54,128 Charleston Southern 45,369 Louisiana Tech 46,539 Penn State 46,734 at Wisconsin 80,096 at #25/-/-Michigan 110,922 Indiana at Ohio State Minnesota Purdue at Northwestern

ILLINOIS

(2-4, 0-3 Big Ten) DATE SCORE 9/1 W, 24-17 9/8 W, 45-6 9/15 L, 39-41 9/29 L, 29-44 10/6 L, 31-27 10/13 L, 49-52 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 OPPONENT ATTENDANCE Indiana State 41,882 at Massachusetts 16,304 Ball State 48,186 at Northwestern 33,129 Michigan State 45,979 #8/-/- Ohio State 48,880 at Navy at Illinois Iowa Wisconsin at Penn State at Purdue

INDIANA

#7/-/- OHIO STATE

(7-0, 3-0 Big Ten) DATE 9/1 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/17 11/24 SCORE W, 56-10 W, 31-16 W, 35-28 W, 29-15 W, 17-16 W, 63-38 W, 52-49 OPPONENT ATTENDANCE Miami (Ohio) 105,039 Central Florida 104,745 California 105,232 UAB 105,019 at #20/18 Michigan State 76,705 #21/20 Nebraska 106,102 at Indiana 48,880 Purdue at Penn State Illinois at Wisconsin Michigan

PENN STATE
(4-2, 2-0 Big Ten) DATE SCORE 9/1 L, 14-24 9/8 L, 16-17 9/15 W, 34-7 9/22 W, 24-13 9/29 W, 35-7 10/6 W, 39-28 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 OPPONENT ATTENDANCE Ohio 97,186 at Virginia 56,087 Navy 98,792 Temple 93,680 at Illinois 46,734 #24/22 Northwestern 95,769 at Iowa Ohio State at Purdue at Nebraska Indiana Wisconsin

(3-3, 0-2 Big Ten) DATE SCORE 9/1 W, 48-6 9/8 L, 17-20 9/15 W, 54-16 9/29 W, 51-41 10/6 L, 13-44 10/13 L, 14-38 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 OPPONENT ATTENDANCE Eastern Kentucky 40,572 at #22/22 Notre Dame 80,795 Eastern Michigan 40,217 Marshall 45,481 Michigan 50,105 Wisconsin 46,007 at #7/-/- Ohio State at Minnesota Penn State at Iowa at Illinois Indiana DATE 9/1 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/10 11/17 11/24

PURDUE

WISCONSIN
(5-2, 2-1 Big Ten) SCORE W, 26-21 L, 7-10 W, 16-14 W, 37-26 L, 27-30 W, 31-14 W, 38-14 OPPONENT ATTENDANCE Northern Iowa 79,568 at Oregon State 42,189 Utah State 79,332 UTEP 79,806 at #22/20 Nebraska 85,962 Illinois 80,096 at Purdue 46,007 Minnesota Michigan State at Indiana Ohio State at Penn State

HONORING LEGENDS. BUILDING LEADERS.