2022 Big Ten Conference football season

2022 Big Ten Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: December 3, 2022
	As of May 4, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

2022 Big Ten Conference football season
2022 Big Ten Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 27, 2022; through January 1, 2023
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Fox/FS1, Big Ten Network), ESPN (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC)
2023 NFL Draft
Regular season
Championship Game

The 2022 Big Ten conference football season is the 127th season of college football play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the Big Ten's ninth season with 14 teams.

Previous season

Michigan and Ohio State were co-East Division champions, with the Wolverines making their first appearance Big Ten Championship Game due to their head-to-head win over the Buckeyes in 2021. In the West Division, Iowa won the division title and made their second championship game appearance. In that championship game, Michigan defeated Iowa 42–3 to win the Big Ten championship. With that win, the Wolverines landed a spot in the 2021–22 College Football Playoff as the No. 2 seed. The Wolverines lost in the semifinal game of the playoffs to third-seeded and eventual national champion Georgia in the Orange Bowl (national semifinal).

Besides Michigan, nine other Big Ten football teams qualified for bowl games: Minnesota, Maryland, Purdue, Wisconsin, Penn State, Iowa, Michigan State and Ohio State. Additionally, Rutgers was chosen based upon APR rate to replace Texas A&M, who dropped out of the Gator Bowl due to COVID issues. The Big Ten overall went 6–4 in postseason games in the 2021 season.

Coaching changes

There are no head coaching changes among Big Ten programs headed into the 2022 season.

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team	ESPN[1]	Rivals[2]	Scout & 24/7[3]	Signees
Illinois	54	38	46	26
Indiana	24	15	21	22
Iowa	47	28	30	18
Maryland	39	35	31	21
Michigan	8	9	9	22
Michigan State	16	22	23	23
Minnesota	45	49	49	18
Nebraska	61	38	41	18
Northwestern	46	54	47	16
Ohio State	4	4	4	21
Penn State	6	6	6	25
Purdue	38	32	37	20
Rutgers	27	43	33	19
Wisconsin	42	46	45	15

Preseason Media Poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
East
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
West
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Rank	Team	Votes
Media poll (Big Ten Championship)
1
2
3

Rankings

		Pre
Illinois	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Indiana	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Iowa	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Maryland	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Michigan	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Michigan State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Minnesota	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Nebraska	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Northwestern	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Ohio State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Penn State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Purdue	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Rutgers	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Wisconsin	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
Big Ten member won
Big Ten member lost
Big Ten teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

† denotes Homecoming game

Week 0

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
August 27	Nebraska	Northwestern	Aviva Stadium • Dublin, Ireland (Aer Lingus College Football Classic)
August 27	Wyoming	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 1

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 1	New Mexico State	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
September 1	Penn State	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	Fox
September 2	Western Michigan	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
September 3	South Dakota State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
September 3	Illinois	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
September 3	Illinois State	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
September 3	Buffalo	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
September 3	Colorado State	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
September 3	North Dakota	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
September 3	Notre Dame	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus OH
September 3	Rutgers	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 3	Northwestern

Week 2

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
September 10	Akron	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
September 10	Duke	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL
September 10	Georgia Southern	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
September 10	Idaho	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
September 10	Indiana State	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
September 10	Iowa State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Cy-Hawk Series)
September 10	Maryland	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC
September 10	Ohio	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
September 10	Virginia	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
September 10	Washington State	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
September 10	Western Illinois	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
September 10	Arkansas State	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 10	Hawaii	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
September 10	Wagner	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 3

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
September 17	Colorado	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
September 17	Oklahoma	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (NU-OU Rivalry)
September 17	Penn State	Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL
September 17	Purdue	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY
September 17	Rutgers	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
September 17	Southern Illinois	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL
September 17	Toledo	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 17	Western Kentucky	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
September 17	Nevada	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
September 17	Southern Methodist	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
September 17	New Mexico State	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
September 17	Connecticut	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
September 17	Michigan State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 17	Illinois

Week 4

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
September 24	Central Michigan	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
September 24	Chattanooga	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois
September 24	Indiana	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
September 24†	Maryland	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
September 24	Miami (OH)	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL
September 24†	Florida Atlantic	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
September 24	Wisconsin	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 24	Iowa	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
September 24	Minnesota	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 24	Nebraska

Week 5

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 1†	Indiana	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
October 1	Michigan	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
October 1	Rutgers	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
October 1	Illinois	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
October 1	Michigan State	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
October 1	Northwestern	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
October 1†	Purdue	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 7	Nebraska	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
October 8	Ohio State	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
October 8	Iowa	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
October 8†	Michigan	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
October 8	Purdue	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
October 8†	Wisconsin	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 8	Minnesota	Penn State

Week 7

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 15	Maryland	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
October 15†	Minnesota	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
October 15	Nebraska	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
October 15	Penn State	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
October 15†	Wisconsin	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 15	Iowa	Northwestern	Ohio State	Rutgers

Week 8

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 22	Indiana	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
October 22	Northwestern	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
October 22	Iowa	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
October 22†	Minnesota	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Governor's Victory Bell)
October 22†	Purdue	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 22	Illinois	Michigan	Michigan State	Nebraska

Week 9

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 29†	Northwestern	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
October 29	Ohio State	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
October 29	Illinois	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
October 29	Michigan State	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)
October 29	Rutgers	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 29	Indiana	Maryland	Purdue	Wisconsin

Week 10

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 5	Ohio State	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL
November 5	Penn State	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
November 5	Iowa	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
November 5	Maryland	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
November 5	Michigan	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
November 5	Michigan State	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
November 5	Minnesota	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE ($5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 11

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 12	Maryland	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (MD-PSU Rivalry)
November 12	Northwestern	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
November 12	Rutgers	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
November 12	Indiana	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
November 12	Purdue	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)
November 12	Nebraska	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
November 12	Wisconsin	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Heartland Trophy)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 12

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 19	Northwestern	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
November 19	Ohio State	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
November 19	Illinois	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
November 19	Indiana	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)
November 19	Iowa	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)
November 19	Penn State	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
November 19	Wisconsin	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Freedom Trophy)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 13

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 25	Nebraska	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Heroes Game)
November 26	Illinois	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Land of Lincoln Trophy)
November 26	Michigan	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus OH (The Game)	Fox
November 26	Minnesota	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)
November 26	Purdue	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)
November 26	Michigan State	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy)
November 26	Rutgers	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Big Ten Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 3		West Division Champion	East Division Champion	Lucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, IN	Fox
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Postseason

Bowl games

For the 2020–2025 bowl cycle, The Big Ten will have annually eight appearances in the following bowls: Rose Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a Pac-12 team if champion is in the playoffs), Citrus Bowl, Guaranteed Rate Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Music City Bowl, Pinstripe Bowl, Quick Lane Bowl, and Outback Bowl. The Big Ten teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings. The Big Ten champion is also eligible for the College Football Playoff if it's among the top four teams in the final CFP ranking.

Big Ten records vs other conferences

2022–2023 records against non-conference foes:

Power Conferences 5	Record
ACC	0-0
Big 12	0-0
BYU/Notre Dame	0–0
Pac-12	0-0
SEC	0–0
Power 5 Total	0-0

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0-0
C–USA	0-0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
Other FBS Total	0-0

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	0–0

Total Non-Conference Record	0-0

Post Season

Power Conferences 5	Record
ACC	0-0
Big 12	0-0
BYU/Notre Dame	0–0
Pac-12	0-0
SEC	0-0
Power 5 Total	0-0

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0–0
C–USA	0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0

Other FBS Total	0–0
Total Bowl Record	0-0

Awards and honors

Home attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Illinois	Memorial Stadium
Indiana	Memorial Stadium
Iowa	Kinnick Stadium
Maryland	Maryland Stadium
Michigan	Michigan Stadium
Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium
Nebraska	Memorial Stadium
Northwestern	Ryan Field
Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
Penn State	Beaver Stadium
Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium
Rutgers	SHI Stadium
Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium

2023 NFL Draft

The following list includes all Big Ten players who were drafted in the 2023 NFL Draft

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	B1G record
Illinois	Bret Bielema*	2	102–65 (.611)	5–7 (.417)	41–24 (.631)
Indiana	Tom Allen*	6	26–32 (.448)	26–32 (.448)	15–28 (.349)
Iowa	Kirk Ferentz	24	190–131 (.592)	178–110 (.618)	110–79 (.582)
Maryland	Mike Locksley*	4	15–49 (.234)	13–23 (.361)	7–22 (.241)
Michigan	Jim Harbaugh	8	119–51 (.700)	61–24 (.718)	42–17 (.712)
Michigan State	Mel Tucker	3	18–14 (.563)	13–7 (.650)	9–7 (.563)
Minnesota	P. J. Fleck	6	65–45 (.591)	35–23 (.603)	21–22 (.488)
Nebraska	Scott Frost	5	34–36 (.486)	15–29 (.341)	10–25 (.286)
Northwestern	Pat Fitzgerald	17	109–90 (.548)	109–90 (.548)	64–68 (.485)
Ohio State	Ryan Day*	4	34–4 (.895)	34–4 (.895)	23–1 (.958)
Penn State	James Franklin	9	91–49 (.650)	67–34 (.663)	42–28 (.600)
Purdue	Jeff Brohm	6	58–39 (.598)	28–29 (.491)	20–22 (.476)
Rutgers	Greg Schiano*	14	76–81 (.484)	76–81 (.484)	5–13 (.278)
Wisconsin	Paul Chryst	8	84–42 (.667)	65–23 (.739)	43–16 (.729)

* Bret Bielema coached in the Big Ten from 2006 through 2012 at Wisconsin, going 37-19 in Big Ten play and winning three Big Ten championships.

* Tom Allen was hired to replace Kevin Wilson in December 2016 at Indiana and coached the Hoosiers in their 2016 bowl game, going 0–1.

* Mike Locksley served as interim head coach at Maryland in 2015 and coached for six games, going 1–5.[4]

* Ryan Day served as interim head coach at Ohio State for the first three games of the 2018 season while Urban Meyer served a three-game suspension and went 3–0.[5]

* Greg Schiano served as head coach at Rutgers from 2001 through 2011 then left for the NFL. Following the conclusion of the 2019 season, Schiano returned to Rutgers for his second stint as head coach. The Scarlet Knights competed in the Big East Conference in his previous stay at the school.

References

"2022 Football Class Rankings".
"2022 Team Rankings".
"2022 Football Recruiting Team Rankings".
"OC Mike Locksley named interim head coach at Maryland". RSN. October 11, 2015.
Allen, Paul Myerberg and Kevin. "Ohio State suspends football coach Urban Meyer three games: 'I want to apologize'". USA TODAY.

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[1] "2022 Football Class Rankings".

[2] "2022 Team Rankings".

[3] "2022 Football Recruiting Team Rankings".

[4] "OC Mike Locksley named interim head coach at Maryland". RSN. October 11, 2015.

[5] Allen, Paul Myerberg and Kevin. "Ohio State suspends football coach Urban Meyer three games: 'I want to apologize'". USA TODAY.

Big Ten Conference football
East Division	Indiana Hoosiers Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Nittany Lions Rutgers Scarlet Knights
West Division	Illinois Fighting Illini Iowa Hawkeyes Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Purdue Boilermakers Wisconsin Badgers
Championships & awards	Conference champions All-time standings (1896–1958), (1959–present) Championship Game Individual awards All-Big Ten Conference teams Chicago Tribune Silver Football
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2022 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Indiana		0	–	0		0	–	0
Maryland		0	–	0		0	–	0
Michigan		0	–	0		0	–	0
Michigan State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Rutgers		0	–	0		0	–	0
Ohio State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Penn State		0	–	0		0	–	0
West Division
Illinois		0	–	0		0	–	0
Iowa		0	–	0		0	–	0
Minnesota		0	–	0		0	–	0
Nebraska		0	–	0		0	–	0
Northwestern		0	–	0		0	–	0
Purdue		0	–	0		0	–	0
Wisconsin		0	–	0		0	–	0
Championship: December 3, 2022
As of May 4, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll