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Big 10 Football - Regular Season Complete

Western 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.

Western Division Losing Magic Numbers
Record Rcrd Divisional Winner No Playoffs
Team W L GPi
Games Played
9 game season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Iowa 7 2 9 MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 
NorthwesternN. Western 5 4 9 X MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Wisconsin 5 4 9 X X MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Nebraska 3 6 9 X X X MW ^ ^ ^
Purdue 3 6 9 X X X X MW ^ ^
Illinois 3 6 9 X X X X X MW ^
Minnesota 3 6 9 X X X X X X 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