2002 Big Ten Conference football season

2002 Big Ten football standings
	# – BCS National Champion; $ – BCS representative as conference champion; % – BCS at-large representative; + – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

2002 Big Ten Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I-A
Sport	football
Duration	August, 2002; through January, 2003
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Big Ten Network
2003 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Charles Rogers (Michigan State)
Picked by	Detroit Lions, first round (2nd overall)
Regular Season
Co-Champions	Ohio State; Iowa
Runners-up	Michigan
Season MVP	Brad Banks (Iowa)

The 2002 Big Ten Conference football season was the 107th season for the Big Ten Conference.

Rankings

Date	Bowl game	Big Ten team	Opp. team	Score
Dec. 28, 2002	Alamo Bowl	Wisconsin	Colorado	31–28 (OT)
Dec. 30, 2002	Music City Bowl	Minnesota	Arkansas	29–14
Dec. 31, 2002	Sun Bowl	Purdue	Washington	34–24
Jan. 1, 2003	Outback Bowl	Michigan	Florida	38–30
Jan. 1, 2003	Capital One Bowl	Penn State	Auburn	9–13
Jan. 1, 2003	Orange Bowl	Iowa	USC	38–17
Jan. 3, 2003	Fiesta Bowl (BCS Championship)	Ohio State	Miami (FL)	31–24 (2OT)

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Big Ten Conference football
East Division	Indiana Hoosiers Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Nittany Lions Rutgers Scarlet Knights
West Division	Illinois Fighting Illini Iowa Hawkeyes Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Purdue Boilermakers Wisconsin Badgers
Championships & awards	Conference champions All-time standings (1896–1958), (1959–present) Championship Game Individual awards Chicago Tribune Silver Football
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

2002 NCAA Division I-A football season
Conference seasons	ACC Big 12 Big East Big Ten Conference USA Mid-American Mountain West Pac-10 SEC Sun Belt WAC
Inter-conference	Bowl games Rankings
All-Americans	2002 College Football All-America Team

2002 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 1 Ohio State $#+		8	–	0		14	–	0
No. 8 Iowa %+		8	–	0		11	–	2
No. 9 Michigan		6	–	2		10	–	3
No. 16 Penn State		5	–	3		9	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4		7	–	6
Illinois		4	–	4		5	–	7
Minnesota		3	–	5		8	–	5
Wisconsin		2	–	6		8	–	6
Michigan State		2	–	6		4	–	8
Northwestern		1	–	7		3	–	9
Indiana		1	–	7		3	–	9

# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll^[1]