Football
See also: List of Big Ten Conference football standings and 2012 Big Ten Conference football seasonUnder the current format, each school plays a total of eight conference games, consisting of the other five teams in its division, two schools from the other division on a rotating basis, and one school from the other division that it plays each year.
The following table shows the permanent cross-division opponent for each school (records through the 2011 season with Legends Division wins listed first):
| Legends Division | Leaders Division | Series Record |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | Wisconsin | 59–54–8 |
| Michigan | Ohio State | 58–44–6 |
| Northwestern | Illinois | 46–54–5 |
| Iowa | Purdue | 34–46–3 |
| Michigan State | Indiana | 41–15–2 |
| Nebraska | Penn State | 8-6–0* |
| Overall Inter-Divisional Record | 245–218–24 | |
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Famous quotes containing the word football:
“In this dream that dogs me I am part
Of a silent crowd walking under a wall,
Leaving a football match, perhaps, or a pit,
All moving the same way.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“...I’m not money hungry.... People who are rich want to be richer, but what’s the difference? You can’t take it with you. The toys get different, that’s all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It’s all relative.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)