| 1993 Big Ten Conference football season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I-A |
| Sport | football |
| Teams | 11 |
| Co-champions | Wisconsin,Ohio State |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6Wisconsin + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11Ohio State + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8Penn State | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21Michigan | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1993 Big Ten Conference football season was the 98th season ofcollege football played by the member schools of theBig Ten Conference and was a part of the1993 NCAA Division I-A football season.
After being unanimously voted into the conference on June 4, 1990,[1] Penn State began its first official football season as a member of the Big Ten for this season.[2]
Wisconsin and Ohio State tied for the conference championship with 6-1-1 records,[3] which included a 14-14 tie between the squads on November 6 inMadison. Wisconsin won theRose Bowl invitation tiebreaker due to Big Ten rules which resolved first-place ties by eliminating the most recent invitee: Wisconsin had last been to theRose Bowl in 1963, while Ohio State was in the1985 Rose Bowl.[4]
Penn State's first Big Ten season resulted in a third place finish at 6-2, 10-2 overall. They opened and closed their conference season with brand new trophy games againstMinnesota andMichigan State.
At 5-3 in conference play, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois tied for fourth place. Michigan State finished at 4-4, which was good for seventh.
Iowa and Minnesota tied for eighth with 3-5 conference records. Northwestern and Purdue both went winless with 0-8 records, which makes 1993 the most recent season that two Big Ten schools didn't win a conference game.[3]
Seven Big Ten teams played in bowl games, going 4-3 overall: