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Big 10 Football Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from playing in the Big 10 Football championship 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 standings page.

Big 10 Football 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
Ohio St. 4 0 4 4 4 5 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
UCLA 4 0 4 4 4 5 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
 
USC 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Indiana 3 1 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Oregon 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Iowa 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Minnesota 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Wisconsin 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
NorthwesternN. Western 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Purdue 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Nebraska 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Illinois 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW
Michigan 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW
Rutgers 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 MW MW MW MW
Washington 1 3 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 MW MW MW MW
Maryland 0 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 MW MW
Michigan St. 0 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 MW
Penn St. 0 4 4 X 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 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