2016 Big Ten Conference football season
Conference Record Winning%
ACC 2-6 .250
Big 12 2-0 1.000
Independents 1-1 .500
Pac-12 4-3 .571
SEC 1-2 .333
Total 10-12 .455
Regular season -- Records against FBS conferences
The 2016 Big Ten Conference football season was the 121st season of college football play for the Big Ten Conference and is a part of the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the Big Ten's third season with 14 teams. The season marked a return to a nine-game conference schedule, something the league has not had since 1984. Penn State and Ohio State each finished with identical 8-1 conference records, but Penn State won the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Buckeyes. Accordingly, Penn State won the East Division for the first time since the conference instituted divisions. Wisconsin won the West Division for the fourth time in the six years the division had existed. In the Big Ten Championship held on December 3, 2016 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, Penn State defeated Wisconsin 38-31 to win the Big Ten.