Regular season
No. 2 Ohio State, No. 6 Wisconsin, and No. 12 Michigan all went 7-1 in conference play, creating a three-way tie for the championship. [1] Ohio State and Wisconsin did not meet in 1998, while Michigan lost to Ohio State but defeated Wisconsin. Ohio State's lone conference loss was to an unranked Michigan State team while they were ranked No. 1. Due to the conference tie-breaker rule, Wisconsin represented the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl since Michigan had just played in the 1998 Rose Bowl and Ohio State had played there the year before. The Badgers had last visited Pasadena in 1994. Ohio State earned an at-large bid for the Sugar Bowl while Michigan went to the Citrus Bowl.
No. 24 Purdue earned fourth place at 6-2 (9-4 overall), No. 17 Penn State fifth at 5-3 (9-3 overall), and Michigan State sixth at 4-4 (6-6 overall).
There was a four-way tie for seventh place between Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, who all had 2-6 conference records.
Just two years removed from back-to-back Big Ten championships, Northwestern finished last with an 0-8 conference mark (3-9 overall).
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