2012 Big Ten Conference football season


The 2012 Big Ten Conference football season was the 117th season for the Big Ten. The conference began its season on September 1, as each of the conference's teams began their respective 2012 season of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I FBS competition. This was the league's second season with a divisional format and a championship game.

Rankings

Spring games

April 14
April 21
April 28
All times Eastern time.
Rankings = AP / Coaches.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

DateBye WeekBye Week
September 22IndianaPurdue

Week 5

DateBye Week
September 29Michigan

Week 6

DateBye WeekBye Week
October 6IowaMinnesota

Week 7

DateBye WeekBye Week
October 13NebraskaPenn State

Week 8

DateBye Week
October 20Illinois

Week 9

Week 10

DateBye WeekBye Week
November 3NorthwesternWisconsin

Week 11

DateBye WeekBye Week
November 10Michigan StateOhio State

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14 – Big Ten Championship Game

Homecoming games

September 29
October 6
October 13
October 27
The Big Ten has agreements with the following bowls:
Bowl GameDateSiteTelevisionTime Visiting TeamHome TeamScoreAttendance
Meineke Car Care Bowl of TexasDecember 28Reliant Stadium • Houston, TexasESPN9:00 pmMinnesotaTexas TechL 50,386
Buffalo Wild Wings BowlDecember 29Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, ArizonaESPN10:15 pmTexas ChristianMichigan StateW 44,617
Gator BowlJanuary 1EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FloridaESPN212:00 pmMississippi State#21 NorthwesternW 48,612
Heart of Dallas BowlJanuary 1Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TexasESPNU12:00 pmPurdueOklahoma StateL 48,313
Outback BowlJanuary 1Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FloridaESPN1:00 pm#11 South Carolina#19 MichiganL 54,527
Capital One BowlJanuary 1Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FloridaABC1:00 pm#6 Georgia#23 NebraskaL 59,712
Rose BowlJanuary 1Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CaliforniaESPN5:00 pmWisconsin#8 StanfordL 93,359

Two name changes for Big Ten bowls this year. The Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl used to be known as the Insight Bowl and the Heart of Dallas Bowl used to be known as the TicketCity Bowl.
With only seven bowl eligible teams, the Big Ten is unable to place a team in the eighth bowl game they are contracted with, the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

2013 NFL Draft

TeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Total
Illinois11114
Indiana
Iowa11
Michigan112
Michigan State123
Minnesota
Nebraska112
Northwestern
Ohio State1113
Penn State11114
Purdue11
Wisconsin1113

Records against FBS conferences

2012 records against FBS conferences:
Through January 1, 2013
ConferenceRecord
ACC
Big East
Big 12
C-USA
Independents
MAC
Mountain West
Pac-12
SEC
Sun Belt
WAC
TOTAL

Players of the week

Players of the Year

All-Conference Players

Coaches All-Conference Selections
HONORABLE MENTION: Illinois: Akeem Spence; Indiana: Ted Bolser, Dan Feeney, Cody Latimer, Jason Spriggs; Iowa: C.J. Fiedorowicz, Anthony Hitchens, Mike Meyer, Matt Tobin; Michigan: J.T. Floyd, Jeremy Gallon, Brendan Gibbons, Will Hagerup, Roy Roundtree, Jake Ryan; Michigan State: Denicos Allen, William Gholston, Isaiah Lewis, Chris McDonald, Marcus Rush; Minnesota: Michael Carter; Nebraska: Ben Cotton, Ciante Evans, Justin Jackson, P.J. Smith; Northwestern: Ibraheim Campbell, Brian Mulroe, Tyler Scott, Patrick Ward; Ohio State: C.J. Barnett, Travis Howard, Corey Linsley, Jack Mewhort, Andrew Norwell; Penn State: Adrian Amos, Deion Barnes, Kyle Carter, Mike Farrell, Matt McGloin, Stephon Morris; Purdue: Antavian Edison, Josh Johnson, Cody Webster; Wisconsin: Beau Allen, Marcus Cromartie, Travis Frederick, David Gilbert, Ethan Hemer, Drew Meyer, Devin Smith, Dezmen Southward, Mike Taylor
There was a tie among the Coaches for the Offensive Guard honor, so three players received the first team honor and only one on the second team. Coaches also selected three second-team running backs and three second-team defensive linemen.
Media All-Conference Selections
HONORABLE MENTION: Illinois: Jonathan Brown, Michael Buchanan, Terry Hawthorne, Graham Pocic, Akeem Spence, Hugh Thornton; Indiana: Ted Bolser, Mitch Ewald, Dan Feeney, Greg Heban, Will Matte, Jason Spriggs, Shane Wynn; Iowa: C.J. Fiedorowicz, James Ferentz, Joe Gaglione, Anthony Hitchens, Mike Meyer, James Morris; Michigan: William Campbell, J.T. Floyd, Devin Funchess, Jeremy Gallon, Brendan Gibbons, Jordan Kovacs, Patrick Omameh, Denard Robinson, Craig Roh, Roy Roundtree; Michigan State: Denicos Allen, Isaiah Lewis, Chris McDonald, Marcus Rush; Minnesota: Michael Carter, Ra'Shede Hageman, Troy Stoudermire; Nebraska: Ameer Abdullah, Will Compton, Ben Cotton, Ciante Evans, Justin Jackson, Brett Maher, Kyler Reed, P.J. Smith, Baker Steinkuhler; Northwestern: Chi Chi Ariguzo, Ibraheim Campbell, Kain Colter, David Nwabuisi, Damien Proby, Tyler Scott, Patrick Ward; Ohio State: C.J. Barnett, Corey Brown, Christian Bryant, Reid Fragel, Corey Linsley, Etienne Sabino; Penn State: Adrian Amos, Deion Barnes, Mike Farrell, Matt McGloin, Stephon Morris, Sean Stanley, Zach Zwinak; Purdue: Ricardo Allen, Antavian Edison, Landon Feichter, Cody Webster; Wisconsin: Beau Allen, Chris Borland, Marcus Cromartie, David Gilbet, Ryan Groy, Drew Meyer, Jacob Pedersen, Dezmen Southward

First Team All-Americans

There are many outlets that award All-America honors in football. The NCAA uses five official selectors to also determine Consensus and Unanimous All-America honors. The five teams used by the NCAA to compile the consensus team are from the Associated Press, the AFCA, the FWAA, The Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. A point system is used to calculate the consensus honors. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and three points for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation.
The teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named a Consensus All-American. If there is a tie at a position in football for first team then the players who are tied shall be named to the team. A player named first-team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is recognized as a Unanimous All-American.
PlayerSchoolPositionSelectorConsensus/Unanimous
Montee BallWisconsinRBAFCA, Walter Camp, AP, ESPN, Pro Football WeeklyConsensus
Taylor LewanMichiganOLWalter Camp, AP, ESPN, Sports Illustrated
Travis FrederickWisconsinOLPro Football Weekly
Johnathan HankinsOhio StateDLScout.com
Venric MarkNorthwesternPRSporting News, FWAA, CBS Sports
Michael MautiPenn StateLBESPN
Bradley RobyOhio StateCBESPN

Academic All-Americans

The following players were first team Academic All-Americans: Rex Burkhead, Patrick Ward, and Pete Massaro all repeated from the 2011 first team. John Urschel and Adam Replogle were also first team selections.

National Award Winners

Head coaches