2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game

The 2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game presented by Discover was played on December 1, 2018 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The eighth annual Big Ten Football Championship Game, it determined the 2018 champion of the Big Ten Conference. Ohio State, the East Division champion, defeated West Division champion Northwestern 45–24 to win its second straight Big Ten Championship.

2018 Discover Card Big Ten Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
Championship Game Logo
Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes
(8–4) (11–1)
24 45
Head coach: 
Pat Fitzgerald		 Head coach: 
Urban Meyer
APCoachesCFP
212121
APCoachesCFP
666
1234 Total
Northwestern 70143 24
Ohio State 1410714 45
DateDecember 1, 2018
Season2018
StadiumLucas Oil Stadium
LocationIndianapolis, Indiana
MVPDwayne Haskins
FavoriteOhio State by 16.5
National anthemBands of participants
RefereeRon Snodgrass
Attendance66,375
United States TV coverage
NetworkFox
AnnouncersGus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst) and Jenny Taft (sideline)
Nielsen ratings5.0 (8.7 million)
2018 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 3 Ohio State xy$  8 –1   13 –1  
No. 14 Michigan x  8 –1   10 –3  
No. 17 Penn State  6 –3   9 –4  
Michigan State  5 –4   7 –6  
Maryland  3 –6   5 –7  
Indiana  2 –7   5 –7  
Rutgers  0 –9   1 –11  
West Division
No. 21 Northwestern xy  8 –1   9 –5  
Wisconsin  5 –4   8 –5  
No. 25 Iowa  5 –4   9 –4  
Purdue  5 –4   6 –7  
Minnesota  3 –6   7 –6  
Nebraska  3 –6   4 –8  
Illinois  2 –7   4 –8  
Championship: Ohio State 45, Northwestern 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
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