13-9, 5-6 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	T
Ohio State OSU	42	37	79
Illinois ILL	36	51	87

Illinois Fighting IlliniIllinoisILL

15-7, 7-5 Big Ten

Ohio State Buckeyes @ Illinois Fighting Illini

Game Information

Champaign, IL

Referee:Michael Irving

Referee:D.J. Carstensen

Referee:Keith Kimble

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

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