1979 Big Ten Conference

Official conference champion is recorded from regular-season standings.

Champion

Ohio State

Derived from standings/title-game evidence

Members

10

No membership change note recorded for this season

Standings confidence

official

Derived from 41 completed conference games.

Coverage

100%

No championship game detected

Season Summary

Champion, format, and season context above the fold for direct standings intent.

Champion

Ohio State

Official champion record

Title game

No title game

No same-conference postseason title game detected

Format

Single table

Official conference champion is recorded from regular-season standings.

Data source

Official

Final poll ranks appear in the standings table when present.

Final Standings

Derived conference standings for the selected season. This is not labeled official unless explicit ranks are stored.

Official

Derived from 41 completed conference games.

RankTeamConferenceWin %OverallPFPA+/-Notes
1
Ohio StateChampion
8-0100.011-128159222AP #4
27-187.510-219814454AP #10
36-275.08-4245105140AP #18
45-362.58-419817523AP #19
54-450.05-618215725
63-5-138.94-6-122621313
73-537.55-6172188-16
83-537.54-7141250-109
91-6-118.82-8-1111220-109
100-90.01-1067310-243

Structure And Tiebreaks

Season-specific qualification and confidence-aware tiebreak summary.

Season format

Structure
Official conference champion is recorded from regular-season standings.
Divisions
No
Championship game
No

Tiebreak summary

Official

Champion data is sourced from curated conference championship records.

  1. 1. Ohio State was recorded as champion.

Official conference champion from curated conference records.

Teams In Conference

Programs with membership segments covering this season.

Illinois

Membership span: 1896-Present

131 seasons tracked0 titles in league
Indiana

Membership span: 1900-Present

127 seasons tracked1 titles in league
Iowa

Membership span: 1900-Present

127 seasons tracked0 titles in league
Michigan

Membership span: 1896-Present

121 seasons tracked3 titles in league
Michigan State

Membership span: 1953-Present

74 seasons tracked0 titles in league
Minnesota

Membership span: 1896-Present

131 seasons tracked4 titles in league
Northwestern

Membership span: 1896-Present

131 seasons tracked0 titles in league
Ohio State

Membership span: 1922-Present

105 seasons tracked6 titles in league
Purdue

Membership span: 1896-Present

131 seasons tracked0 titles in league
Wisconsin

Membership span: 1896-Present

131 seasons tracked0 titles in league

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