2006 Big Ten Conference football season

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2006 Big Ten Conference football season
2007 NFL Draft
Top draft pickJoe Thomas (Wisconsin)
Picked byCleveland Browns, first round (3rd overall)
Regular Season
Season ChampionsOhio State
Season MVPTroy Smith (Offensive) and LaMarr Woodley (Defensive)
Football seasons
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2006 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Ohio State $   8 0     12 1  
No. 8 Michigan %   7 1     11 2  
No. 7 Wisconsin   7 1     12 1  
No. 24 Penn State   5 3     9 4  
Purdue   5 3     8 6  
Minnesota   3 5     6 7  
Indiana   3 5     5 7  
Northwestern   2 6     4 8  
Iowa   2 6     6 7  
Illinois   1 7     2 10  
Michigan State   1 7     4 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 2006 Big Ten Conference football season was the 111th season for the

Big Ten champion Ohio State lost in the BCS National Championship Game to the Florida Gators
.

Preseason

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez was also the head coach of the team the previous season in 2005. After 15 years of coaching he decided to step down as head coach of the football team and chose Bret Bielema to succeed him.[1]

In June 2006

Division I-A at the time of the hiring.[2]

Following a disappointing season in which his team went 7-5 Lloyd Carr promoted defensive backs coach Ron English to defensive coordinator.

Bowl games

Date Bowl Game Big Ten Team Opp. Team Score
Dec. 29, 2006 Insight Bowl Minnesota Texas Tech 41-44(OT)
Dec. 29, 2006 Champs Sports Bowl Purdue Maryland 7-24
Dec. 30, 2006 Alamo Bowl Iowa Texas 24-26
Jan. 1, 2007 Outback Bowl Penn State Tennessee 20-10
Jan. 1, 2007 Capital One Bowl Wisconsin Arkansas 17-14
Jan. 1, 2007 Rose Bowl Michigan USC 18-32
Jan. 8, 2007 BCS National Championship Ohio State Florida 14-41

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Wisconsin coach Alvarez to retire from football". July 28, 2005.
  2. ^ "Northwestern promotes Fitzgerald to succeed Walker". July 7, 2006.