Big 10 Football - Week 4 of 14

Big 10 Division Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning the division and playing in the Conference Championship playoff game? A Losing Magic Number is the number of conference games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given finishing spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

Big 10 Division Losing Magic Numbers
	Record Rcrd			Regular Season Finish
Team	W	L	GPi Games Played 9 game season	1^* Conference Championship Game Participant	2^* Conference Championship Game Participant	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Michigan St.	1	0	1	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW
Indiana	1	0	1	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW

USC	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW
Oregon	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW
Penn St.	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW
Ohio St.	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW
Nebraska	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW
Illinois	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW
Michigan	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW
Rutgers	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW
Washington	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW
Wisconsin	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW
NorthwesternN. Western	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW
Minnesota	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW
Iowa	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW
Purdue	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	MW	MW	MW	MW
Maryland	0	1	1	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	8	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW
UCLA	0	1	1	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	MW	MW	MW	MW	MW

Notes
^ means the team will finish better than this spot
X means the team cannot win this spot
numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
"MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
* denotes Conference Championship Game Participant