2002 Big Ten Conference football season

2002 Big Ten Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I-A
Sport	football
Duration	August, 2002 through January, 2003
Teams	11
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2
2003 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Charles Rogers (Michigan State)
Picked by	Detroit Lions, first round (2nd overall)
Regular Season
Co-Champions	Ohio State Iowa
Runners-up	Michigan
Season MVP	Brad Banks (Iowa)
Football seasons
←  2001 2003  →

2002 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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.

Regular season

At 8-0 in conference play, Ohio State and Iowa shared the 2002 Big Ten championship. With a 13-0 regular season record, Ohio State was selected to play Miami in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl for the Bowl Championship Series National Championship.

Rankings

Main article: 2002 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Bowl games

Date	Bowl game	Big Ten team	Opp. team	Score
Dec. 28, 2002	Alamo Bowl	Wisconsin	Colorado	31–28 (OT)
Dec. 30, 2002	Music City Bowl	Minnesota	Arkansas	29–14
Dec. 31, 2002	Sun Bowl	Purdue	Washington	34–24
Jan. 1, 2003	Outback Bowl	Michigan	Florida	38–30
Jan. 1, 2003	Capital One Bowl	Penn State	Auburn	9–13
Jan. 1, 2003	Orange Bowl	Iowa	USC	38–17
Jan. 3, 2003	Fiesta Bowl (BCS Championship)	Ohio State	Miami (FL)	31–24 (2OT)

See also

• 2002 All-Big Ten Conference football team

References

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