2015 Big Ten Football Championship Game

2015 Big Ten Football Championship Game
2015 Big Ten Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
Michigan State Spartans	Iowa Hawkeyes
(11–1)	(12–0)
16	13
Head coach: ; Mark Dantonio	Head coach: ; Kirk Ferentz
Date	December 5, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	Lucas Oil Stadium
Location	Indianapolis, IN
MVP	Connor Cook (MSU)
Favorite	Michigan State by 3
National anthem	Hawkeye Marching Band and Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band
Referee	John O'Neill
Attendance	66,985
United States TV coverage
Network	Fox
Announcers	Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (color analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline)
Nielsen ratings	5.7 (9.8 million viewers)
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2015 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 6 Michigan State xy$^	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 4 Ohio State x	7	–	1	12	–	1
No. 12 Michigan	6	–	2	10	–	3
Penn State	4	–	4	7	–	6
Indiana	2	–	6	6	–	7
Rutgers	1	–	7	4	–	8
Maryland	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
No. 9 Iowa xy	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 23 Northwestern	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 21 Wisconsin	6	–	2	10	–	3
Nebraska	3	–	5	6	–	7
Minnesota	2	–	6	6	–	7
Illinois	2	–	6	5	–	7
Purdue	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: Michigan State 16, Iowa 13
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Big Ten Football Championship Game was a college football game that was played on December 5, 2015, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the fifth annual Big Ten Football Championship Game and it determined the 2015 champion of the Big Ten Conference. The game featured the Michigan State Spartans, champions of the East Division, and the Iowa Hawkeyes, champions of the West Division. Michigan State defeated Iowa 16–13 to win its second Big Ten Championship in three years.^[1] Since both teams were #5 and #4 respectively, the winner automatically clinch a berth to the four-team College Football Playoff.