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2000 Big Ten Conference football season
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The 2000 Big Ten Conference football season was the 105th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Regular season
With 6-2 conference records, No. 11 Michigan, Northwestern, and No. 13 Purdue shared the 2000 Big Ten championship.2025 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 Due to Big Ten rules which resolved first-place ties by eliminating the most recent invitees, Purdue was awarded the trip to the Rose Bowl, where they would lose to Washington 24–34. It was Purdue's first trip to Pasadena since the 1967 Rose Bowl.
Ohio State came in fourth at 5-3 (8–4 overall), while No. 23 Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Penn State tied for fifth place with 4-4 conference records.
Iowa took eighth place by going 3-5 (3–9 overall) and were followed up by a three-way tie for ninth between Illinois, Michigan State, and Indiana, who all went 2–6 in the conference.
Bowl games
2000–01 NCAA football bowl games
Six Big Ten teams played in bowl games, with the conference going 2–4 overall:https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2000-bowls.html 2000 College Football Bowl Games Sports-Reference.com December 14, 2018
Rose Bowl: No. 4 Washington 34, No. 14 Purdue 24
Florida Citrus Bowl: No. 17 Michigan 31, No. 20 Auburn 28
Outback Bowl: South Carolina 24, No. 19 Ohio State 7
MicronPC.com Bowl: NC State 38, Minnesota 30
Sun Bowl: Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20
Alamo Bowl: No. 9 Nebraska 66, No. 18 Northwestern 17
Rankings are from the AP Poll and were set prior to the bowl games being played.
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