2005 Big Ten Conference football season

The 2005 Big Ten Conference football season was the 110th season for the Big Ten Conference.

2005 Big Ten Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I-A
Sport	football
Duration	September, 2005 through January, 2006
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2
2006 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	A. J. Hawk (Ohio State)
Picked by	Green Bay Packers, first round (5th overall)
Regular Season
Co-Champions	Penn State Ohio State
Season MVP	Michael Robinson (Penn State) A. J. Hawk (Ohio State)

2005 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Penn State $+		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 4 Ohio State %+		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 15 Wisconsin		5	–	3					10	–	3
Michigan		5	–	3					7	–	5
Northwestern		5	–	3					7	–	5
Iowa		5	–	3					7	–	5
Minnesota		4	–	4					7	–	5
Purdue		3	–	5					5	–	6
Michigan State		2	–	6					5	–	6
Indiana		1	–	7					4	–	7
Illinois		0	–	8					2	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Rankings

Main article: 2005 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Big Ten Team	Opp. Team	Score
Dec. 28, 2005	Alamo Bowl	Michigan	Nebraska	32-28
Dec. 30, 2005	Music Bowl	Minnesota	Virginia	34-31
Dec. 30, 2005	Sun Bowl	Northwestern	UCLA	50-38
Jan. 2, 2006	Outback Bowl	Iowa	Florida	31-24
Jan. 2, 2006	Capital One Bowl	Wisconsin	Auburn	24-10
Jan. 2, 2006	Fiesta Bowl	Ohio State	Notre Dame	34-20
Jan. 3, 2006	Orange Bowl	Penn State	Florida State	26-23(3OT)

See also

• 2005 All-Big Ten Conference football team