2010 Big Ten Conference football season
Introduction The '''2010 Big Ten Conference football season''' was the 115th season for the Big Ten. The conference started its season on Thursday, September 2, as conference member Minnesota traveled to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to face Middle Tennessee, and Ohio State hosted the Thundering Herd of Marshall. The conference's other 9 teams began their respective 2010 season of NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition on Saturday, September 4.It was also the final season for the conference before the Nebraska Cornhuskers joined the conference from the Big 12 the following season.
Preseason After a 2010 NFL Draft, which saw 34 Big Ten athletes selected, 12 2009 first-team All-Big Ten selections, 8 second-team selections and 33 honorable mention selections returned for the 2010 season. The Big Ten held the 2010 Football Media Days and 39th annual Kickoff Luncheon on Monday and Tuesday, August 2–3.
Schedules In a given year, each Big Ten team will play eight of the other Big Ten teams. Thus for any given team in a given year, there are two others which will not be competed against. Below is the breakdown of each team and its two "no-plays" for 2010:*Illinois: Iowa, Wisconsin *Indiana: Michigan State, Minnesota *Iowa: Illinois, Purdue *Michigan: Minnesota, Northwestern *Michigan State: Indiana, Ohio State *Minnesota: Indiana, Michigan *Northwestern: Michigan, Ohio State *Ohio State: Michigan State, Northwestern *Penn State: Purdue, Wisconsin *Purdue: Iowa, Penn State *Wisconsin: Illinois, Penn State
Rankings In Weeks 3 and 4, the Big Ten had six teams ranked in both polls for the first time since September 13, 2004.Pre  Wk1  Wk2  Wk3  Wk4  Wk5  Wk6  Wk7  Wk8  Wk9  Wk10  Wk11  Wk12  Wk13  Wk14  FinalIllinois AP              RV        C          RV  RV        HarrisNot released RVBCS Not released         Indiana AP                      C                    HarrisNot releasedBCS Not released         Iowa AP   9 9 9 18 17 15 15 13 18 15 13 21    C10  9 10 18 18 15 14 12 19 16 13 20    HarrisNot released 15 12 17 14 12 19 BCS Not released 15 18 16 13 20    Michigan AP    RV 20 21 19 18 RV RV RV   RV        C  RV 22 2219 17 24 RV 25 RV RV RV     HarrisNot released 24 RV RV RV RV RV BCS Not released         Michigan State AP    RV RV 25 24 17 13 8 5 16 10 11 11  7  7 C RV  RV RV 23 21 16 11 8 5 15 10 11 10  7  7 HarrisNot released 12 8 5 16 10 10 10 7 7BCS Not released 7 5 14 11 12 10 8 9Minnesota AP                      C                   HarrisNot releasedBCS Not released          Northwestern AP     RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV  RV   C RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV  25    HarrisNot released RV RV RV RV RVBCS Not released          Ohio State AP   2 2 2 2 2 2 1 11 10  8 8 8       C 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 10 10 8 7 7  HarrisNot released 1 10 10 8 7 7BCS Not released 10 11 11 9 9  Penn State AP   19 18 22 23 22 RV      RV       C 14 14 20 20 20 RV      RV RV      HarrisNot released RV RVBCS Not released         Purdue AP                      C                    HarrisNot releasedBCS Not released          Wisconsin AP   12 11 11 11 11 20 18 10 9 7 6 5      C 12 11 11 10  9 19 16 11 9 7 5 5      HarrisNot released 16 11 9 7 5 5 BCS Not released 13 10 9 7 7
Spring games '''April 17'''*Indiana*Iowa*Michigan*Purdue*Wisconsin'''April 24'''*Illinois*Michigan State*Minnesota*Northwestern*Ohio State*Penn State
Season ===Homecoming games==='''October 2'''*Penn State @ '''Iowa''' 7:05 p.m. CT (Iowa's record in homecoming games is 52-41-5)  *Northwestern @ '''Minnesota'''  11:00 a.m. CT (Minnesota's record in homecoming games is 54-33-3) '''October 9'''*Illinois @ '''Penn State''' 12:00 p.m. ET (Penn State's record in homecoming games is 65-20-5) *Minnesota @ '''Wisconsin''' 11:00 a.m. ET (Wisconsin's record in homecoming games is 52-45-5) '''October 16'''*Arkansas State @ '''Indiana''' 12:00 p.m. ET (Indiana's record in homecoming games is 43-48-6) *Iowa @ '''Michigan''' 3:30 p.m. ET (Michigan's record in homecoming games is 83–26) *Illinois @ '''Michigan State''' 12:00 p.m. ET (Michigan State's record in homecoming games is 61-30-3) *Minnesota @ '''Purdue''' 12:00 p.m. ET (Purdue's record in homecoming games is 48-35-4) '''October 23'''*Indiana @ '''Illinois''' 11:00 a.m. CT (Illinois's record in homecoming games is 42-55-2)  *Michigan State @ '''Northwestern''' 11:00 a.m. CT  *Purdue @ '''Ohio State''' 12:00 p.m. ET (Ohio State's record in homecoming games is 64-19-5) On September 25, Joe Paterno became the fifth head coach to earn 150 victories as a member of the Big Ten Conference. On October 9, Jim Tressel became the first Big Ten head coach to earn 100 victories in his first ten seasons, surpassing Bo Schembechler and Lloyd Carr who achieved the milestone in their 11th seasons and he did so in the third fewest games (121), behind Schembechler and Fielding Yost (119) and ahead of Henry Williams (123). (The wins for the 2010 season were later vacated.) On November 6, Paterno became the first FBS coach to total 400 career wins.
Big Ten vs. BCS matchups  Date  Visitor  Home  Significance  Winning TeamSeptember 4 Illinois Missouri Arch Rivalry MissouriSeptember 4 Connecticut Michigan  '''Michigan'''September 4 Northwestern Vanderbilt '''Northwestern'''September 4 Purdue Notre Dame Shillelagh Trophy Notre Dame September 11 Iowa State Iowa Cy-Hawk Trophy '''Iowa''' September 11 Michigan Notre Dame Michigan – Notre Dame rivalry '''Michigan''' September 11 Miami Ohio State Rematch of 2003 Fiesta Bowl (2002 National Championship) Ohio State (Vacated) September 11 Penn State Alabama Alabama September 18 USC Minnesota  USC September 18 Iowa Arizona  Arizona September 18 Notre Dame Michigan State Megaphone Trophy '''Michigan State''' September 18 Arizona State Wisconsin  '''Wisconsin'''
Attendance Week 3 attendance (September 18) set an all-time Big Ten single-day attendance record with an average of 78,844.All eight games had crowds of over 50,000; Michigan State (78,411), Wisconsin (81,332), Ohio State (105,075) and Michigan (110,187) had sellouts; and 100,610 patrons were in attendance for Penn State. It surpassed the September 3, 2005 eight-game single-day average of 76,475.On October 9, the Big Ten set a five-game attendance record of 88,034, surpassing the 87,620, set on October 28, 1995.Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin all hosted sellouts.TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8Total Average% of CapacityIllinoisMemorial Stadium62,87252,21750,56962,87053,55050,37155,549325,12654,18886.2IndianaMemorial Stadium52,92935,24242,25852,92940,48037,81842,991251,71841,95379.3IowaKinnick Stadium70,58570,58570,58570,58570,58570,58570,58570,585494,09570,585100MichiganMichigan Stadium109,901113,090110,187109,933113,065112,784111,441112,276782,782111,826101.8Michigan StateSpartan Stadium75,00575,76978,41170,92673,10874,44171,12871,111 514,98473,55698.1MinnesotaTCF Bank Stadium50,80549,55450,42249,36849,22848,47948,71750,805346,57349,51097.5NorthwesternRyan Field47,13025,47130,07533,84741,11547,130177,63835,52775.4Ohio StateOhio Stadium102,329105,040105,454105,075105,017105,291105,387105,466105,491842,231105,278102.9Penn StateBeaver Stadium107,282101,213100,610104,840107,638108,539104,147102,649729,636104,23397.2PurdueRoss–Ade Stadium62,50047,30154,12442,06847,31945,22750,268 50,136190,81248,06376.9WisconsinCamp Randall Stadium80,32178,46981,33277,22480,32881,19480,47780,011  559,03579,86299.4
Bowl games The following is the Big Ten Bowl game schedule. Bowl Date Opponents Winner* Score Loser* Score Location Time+ Network Big Ten'sRecords Notes Insight Bowl   December 28, 2010 Iowa vs. Missouri '''Iowa''' 27 Missouri 24 Tempe, Arizona 6 p.m. ESPN 1-0  Texas Bowl December 29, 2010 Illinois vs. Baylor '''Illinois''' 38 Baylor 14 Houston, Texas 5 p.m. ESPN 2-0 Capital One Bowl January 1, 2011 Michigan State vs. Alabama Alabama 49 '''Michigan State''' 7 Orlando, Florida  1 p.m. ESPN 2-1  Outback Bowl     January 1, 2011 Penn State vs. Florida Florida 37 '''Penn State''' 24 Tampa, Florida  1 p.m. ABC 2-2  TicketCity Bowl     January 1, 2011 Northwestern vs. Texas Tech Texas Tech 45 '''Northwestern''' 38 Dallas, Texas ESPNU 2-3 Gator Bowl  January 1, 2011 Michigan vs. Mississippi State Mississippi State 52 '''Michigan''' 14 Jacksonville, Florida  1:30 p.m. ESPN2 2-4  Rose Bowl presented by Vizio January 1, 2011 Wisconsin vs. TCU TCU 21 '''Wisconsin''' 19 Pasadena, California 2:10 p.m. ESPN 2-5  Sugar Bowl     January 4, 2011 Ohio State vs. Arkansas Ohio State (Vacated) 31 Arkansas 26 New Orleans, Louisiana 8:30 p.m. ESPN 2-5 *Big Ten team is '''bolded'''. +Time given is Central Time
Head coaches * Ron Zook, Illinois* Bill Lynch, Indiana* Kirk Ferentz, Iowa* Rich Rodriguez, Michigan* Mark Dantonio, Michigan State* Tim Brewster, Minnesota (first 7 games) and Jeff Horton, Minnesota (last 5 games)* Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern* Jim Tressel, Ohio State* Joe Paterno, Penn State* Danny Hope, Purdue* Bret Bielema, Wisconsin
2011 NFL Draft
Awards '''2010 All-Big Ten Conference Football Team''''''As selected by CONFERENCE COACHES''''''FIRST TEAM''''''OFFENSE''''''SECOND TEAM'''Dan Persa, NorthwesternQuarterbackScott Tolzien, WisconsinMikel Leshoure, IllinoisRunning BackEvan Royster, Penn StateDan Herron, Ohio StateRunning BackJohn Clay, WisconsinTandon Doss, Indiana*ReceiverMarvin McNutt, Iowa#Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, Iowa*ReceiverDane Sanzenbacher, Ohio State*ReceiverDavid Molk, MichiganCenterMike Brewster, Ohio StateStefen Wisniewski, Penn StateGuardJulian Vandervelde, IowaJohn Moffitt, WisconsinGuardJustin Boren, Ohio StateMike Adams, Ohio StateTackleRiley Reiff, IowaGabe Carimi, WisconsinTackleD.J. Young, Michigan StateLance Kendricks, WisconsinTight EndAllen Reisner, IowaDan Conroy, Michigan StateKickerDerek Dimke, Illinois'''FIRST TEAM''''''DEFENSE''''''SECOND TEAM'''Adrian Clayborn, IowaLineCorey Liuget, IllinoisCameron Heyward, Ohio StateLineKarl Klug, IowaRyan Kerrigan, PurdueLineMike Martin, MichiganJ.J. Watt, WisconsinLineOllie Ogbu, Penn StateGreg Jones, Michigan StateLinebackerMartez Wilson, IllinoisRoss Homan, Ohio StateLinebackerJeremiha Hunter, IowaBrian Rolle, Ohio StateLinebackerEric Gordon, Michigan StateShaun Prater, IowaDefensive BackBrett Greenwood, Iowa*Tyler Sash, IowaDefensive BackJohnny Adams, Michigan State*Chimdi Chekwa, Ohio StateDefensive BackTrenton Robinson, Michigan State*Jermale Hines, Ohio StateDefensive BackChris L. Rucker, Michigan State*Defensive BackAaron Henry, Wisconsin*Anthony Santella, IllinoisPunterAaron Bates, Michigan State'''HONORABLE MENTION:''' ILLINOIS: Jeff Allen, Nate Bussey, Trulon Henry, Graham Pocic, Tavon Wilson; INDIANA: Damarlo Belcher, James Brewer, Mitch Ewald; IOWA: Christian Ballard, Mike Daniels, Adam Robinson, Ryan Donahue; MICHIGAN: Denard Robinson, Stephen Schilling; MICHIGAN STATE: Edwin Baker, Kirk Cousins, Mark Dell, Joel Foreman, Charlie Gantt, Marcus Hyde, Jerel Worthy; MINNESOTA: D.J. Burris; NORTHWESTERN: Drake Dunsmore, Jeremy Ebert, Brian Peters; OHIO STATE: Devin Barclay, DeVier Posey, Terrelle Pryor, John Simon; PENN STATE: Quinn Barham, Chris Colasanti, D'Anton Lynn, Derek Moye; PURDUE: Ricardo Allen, Dwayne Beckford, Carson Wiggs; WISCONSIN: Montee Ball, Niles Brinkley, Antonio Fenelus, Peter Konz, Bill Nagy, Blake Sorensen, Mike Taylor, Ricky Wagner, Philip Welch, James White, Kevin Zeitler. '''OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:'''Denard Robinson, Michigan'''OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR:'''Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin'''DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:'''Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue'''DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR:'''Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue'''FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:'''James White, Wisconsin'''Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honorees:''' Tavon Wilson, ILL; Tyler Replogle, IND; Ricky Stanzi, IOWA; Mark Moundros, MICH; Kirk Cousins, MSU; Jon Hoese, MINN; Corbin Bryant, NU; Bryant Browning, OSU; Brett Brackett, PSU; Ryan Kerrigan, PUR; Scott Tolzien, WIS. Additional honorees due to ties Second team reduced by one due to additional first-team honoree----'''2010 All-Big Ten Conference Football Team''''''As selected by CONFERENCE MEDIA''''''FIRST TEAM''''''OFFENSE''''''SECOND TEAM'''Denard Robinson, MichiganQuarterbackDan Persa, NorthwesternMikel Leshoure, IllinoisRunning BackJohn Clay, WisconsinEdwin Baker, Michigan StateRunning BackJames White, WisconsinJeremy Ebert, NorthwesternReceiverTandon Doss, IndianaDane Sanzenbacher, Ohio StateReceiverRoy Roundtree, MichiganMike Brewster, Ohio StateCenterDavid Molk, MichiganJustin Boren, Ohio StateGuardJulian Vandervelde, IowaJohn Moffitt, WisconsinGuardStefen Wisniewski, Penn StateMike Adams, Ohio StateTackleJeff Allen, IllinoisGabe Carimi, WisconsinTackleRiley Reiff, IowaLance Kendricks, WisconsinTight EndCharlie Gantt, Michigan StateDan Conroy, Michigan StateKickerDevin Barclay, Ohio State'''FIRST TEAM''''''DEFENSE''''''SECOND TEAM'''Adrian Clayborn, IowaLineCorey Liuget, IllinoisCameron Heyward, Ohio StateLineKarl Klug, IowaRyan Kerrigan, PurdueLineVince Browne, NorthwesternJ.J. Watt, WisconsinLineKawann Short, PurdueMartez Wilson, IllinoisLinebackerJonas Mouton, MichiganGreg Jones, Michigan StateLinebackerEric Gordon, Michigan StateBrian Rolle, Ohio StateLinebackerRoss Homan, Ohio StateShaun Prater, IowaDefensive BackMarcus Hyde, Michigan StateTyler Sash, IowaDefensive BackBrian Peters, NorthwesternChimdi Chekwa, Ohio StateDefensive BackJermale Hines, Ohio StateAntonio Fenelus, WisconsinDefensive BackRicardo Allen, PurdueAaron Bates, Michigan StatePunterAnthony Santella, Illinois'''HONORABLE MENTION:''' ILLINOIS: Nate Bussey, Derek Dimke, Trulon Henry, Graham Pocic, Tavon Wilson; INDIANA: Ted Bolser, Ben Chappell, Damarlo Belcher, James Brewer, Tyler Replogle; IOWA: Christian Ballard, Mike Daniels, Brett Greenwood, Jeremiha Hunter, Micah Hyde, Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, Marvin McNutt, Allen Reisner, Adam Robinson, Ryan Donahue; MICHIGAN: Jordan Kovacs, Mike Martin, Stephen Schilling; MICHIGAN STATE: Johnny Adams, Kirk Cousins, B.J. Cunningham, Mark Dell, Joel Foreman, Trenton Robinson, Chris L. Rucker, Jerel Worthy, D.J. Young; MINNESOTA: D.J. Burris, Troy Stoudermire, Gary Tinsley; NORTHWESTERN: Corbin Bryant, Drake Dunsmore, Jordan Mabin, Al Netter; OHIO STATE: Dan Herron, DeVier Posey, Terrelle Pryor, John Simon; PENN STATE: Drew Astorino, Quinn Barham, Chris Colasanti, D'Anton Lynn, Derek Moye, Ollie Ogbu, Evan Royster, Devon Still, Collin Wagner; PURDUE: Kyle Adams, Peters Drey, Dennis Kelly, Ken Plue, Cody Webster, Carson Wiggs; WISCONSIN: Montee Ball, Aaron Henry, Peter Konz, Blake Sorensen, Mike Taylor, Scott Tolzien, Ricky Wagner, Philip Welch, Kevin Zeitler. '''OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:'''Denard Robinson, Michigan'''DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:'''Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue'''FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:'''James White, Wisconsin'''DAVE McCLAIN COACH OF THE YEAR:'''Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
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