1981 Big Ten Conference football season information
Sports season
1981 Big Ten Conference football season
League
NCAA Division I-A
Sport
Football
Number of teams
10
Top draft pick
Art Schlichter
Co-champions
Iowa, Ohio State
Runners-up
Michigan, Illinois
Season MVP
Art Schlichter
Top scorer
Bob Atha
Football seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 15 Ohio State +
6
–
2
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
No. 18 Iowa +
6
–
2
–
0
8
–
4
–
0
No. 12 Michigan
6
–
3
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
Illinois
6
–
3
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Wisconsin
6
–
3
–
0
7
–
5
–
0
Minnesota
4
–
5
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
Michigan State
4
–
5
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Purdue
3
–
6
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Indiana
3
–
6
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
Northwestern
0
–
9
–
0
0
–
11
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1981 Big Ten Conference football season was the 86th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season.
The 1981 Big Ten co-champions were Iowa and Ohio State. In an odd twist of fate, the Hawkeyes and Buckeyes did not play each other, while all other conference teams played a full round-robin. Due to this, Iowa was awarded the Rose Bowl berth since its last appearance was in 1959; by comparison, Ohio State went to Pasadena seven times between 1969 and 1980.
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