OVERALL RECORD
1. Ohio State 161-42 (.793) 2. Wisconsin 146-61 (.705) 3. Nebraska 143-65 (.688) 4. Michigan 134-67 (.667) 5. Penn State 127-71 (.641) 6. Michigan State 118-82 (.590) 7. Iowa 111-87 (.561) 8. Maryland 101-94 (.518) 9. Purdue 102-95 (.518) 10. Northwestern 95-101 (.485) 11. Minnesota 95-102 (.482) 12. Rutgers 92-102 (.474) 13. Illinois 76-115 (.398) 14. Indiana 62-125 (.332)
— Ohio State had the best winning percentage among Power 5 conferences in the BCS era. Wisconsin also was one of 12 schools with a winning percentage of better than .700.
CONFERENCE RECORD
1. Ohio State 100-28 (.781) 2. Nebraska 17-7 (.708) 3. Michigan 84-44 (.656) 4. Wisconsin 81-47 (.633) 5. Penn State 75-53 (.586) 6. Iowa 66-52 (.559) 7. Michigan State 67-61 (.523) 8. Purdue 60-68 (.469) 9. Northwestern 51-77 (.398) 10. Minnesota 47-81 (.367) 11. Illinois 39-89 (.305) 12. Indiana 29-99 (.227) 13. Maryland 0-0 (.000) 14. Rutgers 0-0 (.000)
— Nebraska hasn't won a Big Ten championship since joining the Big Ten, but the Cornhuskers have won at least five conference games each of the last three years under Bo Pelini.
BOWL RECORD
1. Maryland 5-3 (.625) 2. Rutgers 5-3 (.625) 3. Penn State 6-4 (.600) 4. Illinois 3-2 (.600) 5. Iowa 6-5 (.545) 6. Ohio State 7-7 (.500) 7. Nebraska 7-7 (.500) 8. Michigan State 5-5 (.500) 9. Wisconsin 7-8 (.467) 10. Michigan 6-8 (.429) 11. Purdue 4-7 (.364) 12. Minnesota 3-8 (.273) 13. Northwestern 1-7 (.125) 14. Indiana 0-1 (.000)
— The Big Ten's bowl struggles are well-documented, but Michigan State is picking up the slack. The Spartans have won a conference-best three straight bowl games under Mark Dantonio.
BCS BOWL RECORD
1. Michigan State 1-0 (1.000) 2. Ohio State 6-4 (.600) 3. Nebraska 1-1 (.500) 4. Penn State 1-1 (.500) 5. Iowa 1-1 (.500) 6. Wisconsin 2-3 (.400) 7. Michigan 2-3 (.400) 8. Illinois 0-2 (.000) 9. Purdue 0-1 (.000) 10. Maryland 0-1 (.000)
— Ohio State led all schools with 10 BCS bowl appearances and tied with USC for the most wins with six. That included three Fiesta Bowl wins (2003, 2004, 2006).
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
1. Ohio State 8 2. Wisconsin 5 3. Michigan 4 4. Penn State 2 5. Iowa 2 6. Michigan State 2 7. Illinois 1 8. Northwestern 1 9. Purdue 1
— Ohio State won six straight Big Ten championships from 2005-10, but the Buckeyes haven't won the conference since it split into divisions. That should be the focus for Urban Meyer in 2014.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ohio State (2002)
The Buckeyes were the only Big Ten team to appear in a BCS championship game while playing with the conference. Ohio State beat Miami 31-24 in two overtimes in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl.
