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Sports season

2007 Big Ten Conference football season

League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	football
Duration	August, 2007 through January, 2008
Teams	11
TV partner(s)	ABC,ESPN,ESPN2,Big Ten Network
2008 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Jake Long (Michigan)
Picked by	Miami Dolphins, first round (1st overall)
Regular Season
Season Champions	Ohio State
Season MVP	Rashard Mendenhall (Offensive) andJames Laurinaitis (Defensive)
Football seasons
2006 2008

2007 Big Ten Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Ohio State $	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 18 Michigan	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 20 Illinois %	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 24 Wisconsin	5	–	3	9	–	4
Penn State	4	–	4	9	–	4
Iowa	4	–	4	6	–	6
Purdue	3	–	5	8	–	5
Indiana	3	–	5	7	–	6
Michigan State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Northwestern	3	–	5	6	–	6
Minnesota	0	–	8	1	–	11

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative Rankings fromAP Poll

The 2007 season was theBig Ten Conference's 112th overall. For the second straight year,Ohio State won the conference title and advanced to the national championship game.

Bowl games

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Date	Bowl Game	Big Ten Team	Opp. Team	Score
Dec. 26, 2007	Motor City Bowl	Purdue	Central Michigan	51-48
Dec. 28, 2007	Champs Sports Bowl	Michigan State	Boston College	21-24
Dec. 29, 2007	Alamo Bowl	Penn State	Texas A&M	24-17
Dec. 31, 2007	Insight Bowl	Indiana	Oklahoma State	33-49
Jan. 1, 2008	Outback Bowl	Wisconsin	Tennessee	17-21
Jan. 1, 2008	Capital One Bowl	Michigan	Florida	41-35
Jan. 1, 2008	Rose Bowl	Illinois	USC	17-49
Jan. 7, 2008	BCS National Championship	Ohio State	LSU	24-38
Bowl scores sourced from Sports-Reference.com^[1]

All-Big Ten selections

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Offense

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Pos.	First Team		Second Team
Pos.	Player	School	Player	School
QB	Chad Henne	Michigan	Kellen Lewis	Indiana
RB	Rashard Mendenhall	Illinois	Mike Hart	Michigan
RB	Chris Wells	Ohio State	Javon Ringer	Michigan State
WR	James Hardy	Indiana	Devin Thomas	Michigan State
WR	Mario Manningham	Michigan	Dorien Bryant	Purdue
C	A. Q. Shipley	Penn State	Ryan McDonald	Illinois
G	Martin O'Donnell	Illinois	Rich Ohrnberger	Penn State
G	Adam Kraus	Michigan	Kraig Urbik	Wisconsin
T	Jake Long	Michigan	Xavier Fulton	Illinois
T	Kirk Barton	Ohio State	Alex Boone	Ohio State
TE	Travis Beckum	Wisconsin	Dustin Keller	Purdue
K	Taylor Mehlhaff	Wisconsin	Austin Starr	Indiana

Pos.	First Team		Second Team
Pos.	Player	School	Player	School
DL	Greg Middleton	Indiana	Terrance Taylor	Michigan
DL	Mitch King	Iowa	Jonal Saint-Dic	Michigan State
DL	Vernon Gholston	Ohio State	Cliff Avril	Purdue
DL	Maurice Evans	Penn State	Matt Shaughnessy	Wisconsin
LB	Jeremy Leman	Illinois	Shawn Crable	Michigan
LB	James Laurinaitis	Ohio State	Marcus Freeman	Ohio State
LB	Dan Connor	Penn State	Sean Lee	Penn State
DB	Vontae Davis	Illinois	Tracy Porter	Indiana
DB	Malcolm Jenkins	Ohio State	Charles Godfrey	Iowa
DB	Justin King	Penn State	Jamar Adams	Michigan
DB	Jack Ikegwuonu	Wisconsin	Dominique Barber	Minnesota
P	Jeremy Boone	Penn State	Ken DeBauche	Wisconsin

Statistical leaders

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Passing
Player	School	COMP	ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Curtis Painter	Purdue	356	569	3846	29	11
C. J. Bachér	Northwestern	318	521	3656	19	19
Kellen Lewis	Indiana	265	442	3043	28	10

Rushing
Player	School	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD
Rashard Mendenhall	Illinois	262	1681	6.4	17
Chris Wells	Ohio State	274	1609	5.9	15
Javon Ringer	Michigan State	245	1447	5.9	6
Mike Hart	Michigan	265	1361	5.1	14
Rodney Kinlaw	Penn State	243	1329	5.5	10

Receiving
Player	School	REC	YDS	YPR	TD
Devin Thomas	Michigan State	79	1260	15.9	8
Mario Manningham	Michigan	72	1174	16.3	12
James Hardy	Indiana	79	1125	14.2	16
Travis Beckum	Wisconsin	75	982	13.1	6

Tackles
Player	School	SOLO	AST	TOTAL
Dan Connor	Penn State	69	76	145
Sean Lee	Penn State	54	84	138
J Leman	Illinois	71	61	132
Adam Kadela	Northwestern	53	72	125

Sacks
Player	School	SACKS
Greg Middleton	Indiana	16.0
Vernon Gholston	Ohio State	14.0
Maurice Evans	Penn State	12.5

Interceptions
Player	School	INT
Shane Carter	Wisconsin	7
Tracy Porter	Indiana	6

Awards

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Bednarik Award

LBDan Connor, Penn State^[2]

Butkus Award

LBJames Laurinaitis, Ohio State^[2]

Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award

CoachLloyd Carr, Michigan

Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award

CoachRon Zook, Illinois

Broyles Award

Assistant coachJim Heacock, Ohio State

References

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^"2007 Big Ten Conference Year Summary".College Football at Sports-Reference.com. RetrievedNovember 21, 2025.
^^a ^b"NCFAA Bednarik Award"(PDF).National College Football Awards Association. RetrievedNovember 21, 2025.

v t e 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season
Conference seasons	ACC Big 12 Big East Big Ten Conference USA Mid-American Mountain West Pac-10 SEC Sun Belt WAC
Inter-conference	Bowl games Rankings
All-Americans	2007 College Football All-America Team

v t e Big Ten Conference football
Current teams	Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Oregon Ducks Penn State Nittany Lions Purdue Boilermakers Rutgers Scarlet Knights UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Washington Huskies Wisconsin Badgers
Championships & awards	Conference champions All-time standings(1896–1958),(1959–present) Championship Game Individual awards All-Big Ten Conference teams Chicago Tribune Silver Football
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

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