2011 Big Ten Conference football season information
Sports season
2011 Big Ten Conference football season
League
NCAA Division I FBS
Sport
Football
Duration
September 3, 2011 through January 2012
Number of teams
12
TV partner(s)
ABC, ESPN Inc., Big Ten Network, FOX (championship game)
2012 NFL Draft
Top draft pick
Riley Reiff (Iowa)
Picked by
Detroit Lions, 23rd overall
Regular Season
Season MVP
Montee Ball
Top scorer
Montee Ball
Leaders Division champions
Wisconsin Badgers and Penn State Nittany Lions
Legends Division champions
Michigan State Spartans
Championship Game
Champions
Wisconsin Badgers
Runners-up
Michigan State
Finals MVP
Russell Wilson
Football seasons
← 2010
2012 →
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2011 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Legends Division
No. 11 Michigan State x
7
–
1
11
–
3
No. 12 Michigan %
6
–
2
11
–
2
No. 24 Nebraska
5
–
3
9
–
4
Iowa
4
–
4
7
–
6
Northwestern
3
–
5
6
–
7
Minnesota
2
–
6
3
–
9
Leaders Division
No. 10 Wisconsin xy$
6
–
2
11
–
3
Penn State x
6
–
2
9
–
4
Purdue
4
–
4
7
–
6
Ohio State
3
–
5
6
–
7
Illinois
2
–
6
7
–
6
Indiana
0
–
8
1
–
11
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
$ – BCS representative as conference champion
% – BCS at-large representative
x – Division champion/co-champions
y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2011 Big Ten Conference football season is the 116th for the Big Ten. The conference started its season on Saturday, September 3, as each of the conference's teams began their respective 2011 season of NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition. This season is Nebraska's first season as a member of the Big Ten, and also marks the creation of conference divisions (named Leaders and Legends), and a championship game.[1] The season was also notable for the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.
For the season, Leaders Division champion Wisconsin finished as conference champion by defeating Legends Division champion Michigan State in the 2011 Big Ten Football Championship Game. Penn State was Leaders Division co-Champion, while Legends Division runner-up Michigan finished with the conference's best record. The conference earned two BCS bowl invitations and compiled a 4–6 overall record in 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games.
The Conference had six 2011 College Football All-America Team consensus selections: Montee Ball, Kevin Zeitler, David Molk, Whitney Mercilus (unanimous), Devon Still, and Jerel Worthy, with the Rimington Trophy going to Molk and the Ted Hendricks Award going to Mercilus. Ball won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football and the conference's players won four national statistical championships: Russell Wilson (passing efficiency), Raheem Mostert (kickoff return average), Ball (scoring), and Mercilus (quarterback sacks).
Following the season the conference contributed 41 to the 2012 NFL Draft, including 4 in the first round: Riley Reiff (23rd), Mercilus (26th), Zeitler (27th), and A. J. Jenkins (30th).
^"Big Ten divisions: Legends, Leaders". ESPN College Football. Associated Press. December 13, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
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