2002 Big Ten Conference football season

2002 Big Ten Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I-A
Sportfootball
DurationAugust, 2002
through January, 2003
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)ABC, ESPN, ESPN2
2003 NFL Draft
Top draft pickCharles Rogers (Michigan State)
Picked byDetroit Lions, first round (2nd overall)
Regular Season
Co-ChampionsOhio State
Iowa
  Runners-upMichigan
Season MVPBrad Banks (Iowa)
Football seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
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.

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