2005 Big Ten Conference football season

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2005 Big Ten Conference football season
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League NCAA Division I-A
Sport football
DurationSeptember, 2005
through January, 2006
Teams11
TV partner(s) ABC, ESPN, ESPN2
2006 NFL Draft
Top draft pick A. J. Hawk (Ohio State)
Picked by Green Bay Packers, first round (5th overall)
Regular Season
Co-Champions Penn State
Ohio State
Season MVP Michael Robinson (Penn State)
A. J. Hawk (Ohio State)
Football seasons
←  2004
2006  →
2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Penn State $+  7 –1   11 –1  
No. 4 Ohio State  %+  7 –1   10 –2  
No. 15 Wisconsin  5 –3   10 –3  
Michigan  5 –3   7 –5  
Northwestern  5 –3   7 –5  
Iowa  5 –3   7 –5  
Minnesota  4 –4   7 –5  
Purdue  3 –5   5 –6  
Michigan State  2 –6   5 –6  
Indiana  1 –7   4 –7  
Illinois  0 –8   2 –9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Big Ten Conference football season was the 110th season for the Big Ten Conference.

Contents

Rankings

Bowl games

DateBowl GameBig Ten TeamOpp. TeamScore
Dec. 28, 2005 Alamo Bowl Michigan Nebraska 32-28
Dec. 30, 2005 Music Bowl Minnesota Virginia 34-31
Dec. 30, 2005 Sun Bowl Northwestern UCLA 50-38 [1]
Jan. 2, 2006 Outback Bowl Iowa Florida 31-24
Jan. 2, 2006 Capital One Bowl Wisconsin Auburn 24-10
Jan. 2, 2006 Fiesta Bowl Ohio State Notre Dame 34-20
Jan. 3, 2006 Orange Bowl Penn State Florida State 26-23(3OT) [2]
Bowl scores sourced from Sports-Reference.com [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UCLA wins Sun Bowl, 50-38 over Northwestern". The Orange County Register . December 30, 2005. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  2. ↑ Associated Press (January 4, 2006). "Penn State wins Orange Bowl in triple overtime". Herald-Standard. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  3. ↑ "2005 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
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