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Team Info RECORD COACH POLL MEDIA POLL RECRUIT CLASS PRESTIGE STRENGTH OF CONF PROJ 7-6 NR 22nd 55th Average (57) 30th 12th Place
Team Schedule WEEK OPPONENT SCORE 1 South Florida L 32-31 2 Northern Illinois W 13-6 3 #6 Air Force W 27-16 4 Indiana W 31-10 5 Michigan State W 24-14 6 OPEN - 7 at Nebraska L 31-17 8 #7 Purdue L 19-16 9 at #23 Iowa L 58-10 10 OPEN - 11 at Michigan W 34-0 12 Minnesota W 30-20 13 OPEN - 14 at #21 Illinois L 34-21 15 at #8 Army W 38-26	Big Ten Standings Leaders Division TEAM W-L CONF W-L PF PA Purdue 13-3 6-2 376 270 Ohio State 8-4 5-3 310 248 Penn State 9-4 5-3 339 188 Wisconsin 8-5 5-3 349 223 Illinois 6-6 3-5 266 244 Indiana 4-8 2-6 162 300 Legends Division TEAM W-L CONF W-L PF PA Iowa 9-5 6-2 383 254 Michigan 6-7 4-4 256 282 Minnesota 8-5 4-4 300 252 Northwestern 7-6 4-4 315 292 Michigan State 3-9 2-6 180 319 Nebraska 5-7 2-6 298 302
Team Injury Report POS NAME INJURY STATUS QB Al Smith Head (Severe Concussion) Prob(0-2) RB Jerome Blanton Hamstring (Torn) Out(2-4) CB Francis Martinez Elbow (Tennis Elbow) Prob(0-2)	Team Stats OFFENSE DEFENSE Points Per Game 24.2 (#25) 22.5 (#85) Total Yards Per Game 392.8 (#22) 355.5 (#51) Rushing Attempts 418 (#88) 477 (#80) Rushing Yards Per Game 83.2 (#108) 110.0 (#38) Rushing YPC 2.6 (#105) 3.0 (#33) Passing Attempts 537 (#5) 460 (#99) Passing Yards Per Game 309.5 (#4) 245.5 (#71) Passing Completion % 53.3 (#38) 55.7 (#102) Turnover Margin -14.0 (#114) -