1989 Big Ten Conference football season

November 2025 August 2023 1989 Big Ten Conference football season NCAA Division I-A Football Former Big Ten Conference Logo 1986-1991.png 125px 10 Michigan Champions Football 1988 1990 The 1989 Big Ten Conference football season was the 94th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Regular season With an 8-0 conference record, No. 7 Michigan won their second straight Big Ten title and a trip to Pasadena, where they would lose to USC 17-10. No. 10 Illinois finished second at 7-1, their lone conference loss coming to the Wolverines. The Fighting Illini would defeat Virginia in the Citrus Bowl, 31-212025 BIG TEN FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Big Ten Conference November 4, 2025 https://img.boostsport.ai/2025_BIG_TEN_FOOTBALL_MEDIA_GUIDE.pdf 91–99 PDF No. 16 Michigan State and No. 24 Ohio State tied for third with 6-2 conference marks, and both went 8-4 overall as well. Minnesota came in fifth at 4-4 (6-5 overall). Indiana and Iowa tied for sixth place at 3-5 in Big Ten play, both also going 5-6 overall. Purdue took eighth at 2-6 (3-8 overall), Wisconsin ninth at 1-7 (2-9 overall), and Northwestern came in last at 0-8 (0-11 overall). Bowl games 1989–90 NCAA football bowl games Four Big Ten teams played in bowl games, with the conference going 2-2 overall: Rose Bowl: No. 12 USC 17, No. 3 Michigan 10 Hall of Fame Bowl: No. 9 Auburn 31, No. 21 Ohio State 14 Florida Citrus Bowl: No. 11 Illinois 31, No. 15 Virginia 21 Aloha Bowl: No. 22 Michigan State 33, No. 25 Hawaii 13 1990 NFL draft References