2009 Big Ten Conference Football Season - Rankings

Rankings

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a National Championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason: the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. Two additional polls are released midway through the season; the Harris Interactive Poll is released after the fourth week of the season and the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings is released after the seventh week. The Harris Poll and Coaches Poll are factors in the BCS Standings.

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Illinois	AP	RV
	C	RV
	BCS	Not released
Indiana	AP
	C
	BCS	Not released
Iowa	AP	22	RV	RV	RV	13	12	11	7	7	8	15	15	13	9	10	7
	C	21	RV	RV	RV	17	14	12	8	8	6	13	15	13	10	11	7
	BCS	Not released							6	4	4	10	13	11	9	10
Michigan	AP		RV	25	23	22	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	22	20	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released
Michigan State	AP	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV						RV
	BCS	Not released
Minnesota	AP			RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released
Northwestern	AP	RV												RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV									RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released
Ohio State	AP	6	8	11	13	9	9	7	18	17	15	10	9	9	8	8	5
	C	6	7	11	11	9	8	7	17	15	12	8	8	8	7	8	5
	BCS	Not released							19	17	16	11	10	10	8	8
Penn State	AP	8	7	5	5	15	14	14	13	12	11	19	13	12	10	11	9
	C	9	5	5	4	13	12	13	11	10	10	17	12	11	9	13	8
	BCS	Not released							13	12	11	18	14	13	11	13
Purdue	AP
	C
	BCS	Not released
Wisconsin	AP					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	17	RV	RV	24	16
	C	RV			RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	22	20	14	RV	RV	22	16
	BCS	Not released							21		21	20	16			25