User:Mpejkrm/2016 Big Ten Conference football season

The 2016 Big Ten Conference football season is 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.

Preseason poll
East Division
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West Division
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Head coaches
East
 * Kevin Wilson, Indiana – 6th year
 * D.J. Durkin, Maryland – 1st year
 * Jim Harbaugh, Michigan – 2nd year
 * Mark Dantonio, Michigan State – 10th year
 * Urban Meyer, Ohio State – 5th year
 * James Franklin, Penn State - 3rd year
 * Chris Ash, Rutgers - 1st year

West
 * Lovie Smith, Illinois – 1st year
 * Kirk Ferentz, Iowa – 18th year
 * Tracy Claeys, Minnesota – 2nd year
 * Mike Riley, Nebraska – 2nd year
 * Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern – 11th year
 * Darrell Hazell, Purdue – 4th year
 * Paul Chryst, Wisconsin - 2nd year

Conference awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Big Ten Conference football coaches at the end of the season