1981 Big Ten Conference football season

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.

1981 Big Ten Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I-A
SportFootball
Number of teams10
Top draft pickArt Schlichter
Co-championsIowa, Ohio State
  Runners-upMichigan, Illinois
Season MVPArt Schlichter
Top scorerBob Atha
1981 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Ohio State + 6 2 09 3 0
No. 18 Iowa + 6 2 08 4 0
No. 12 Michigan 6 3 09 3 0
Illinois 6 3 07 4 0
Wisconsin 6 3 07 5 0
Minnesota 4 5 06 5 0
Michigan State 4 5 05 6 0
Purdue 3 6 05 6 0
Indiana 3 6 03 8 0
Northwestern 0 9 00 11 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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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