This was the league's final season as a 12-team conference before Maryland and Rutgers join the Big Ten Conference for the 2014 season. It was also the final season with the "Leaders" and "Legends" divisions; when Maryland and Rutgers join, the conference will reorganize its divisions on a pure geographic basis. The six schools in the Central Time Zone will be joined by Purdue in the new West Division, with the other schools making up the East Division. Under the new setup, the only protected cross-division rivalry game will be Indiana–Purdue.[1]
Michigan State upset undefeated Ohio State to win the Big Ten Championship Game. The B1G put seven teams into bowl games, including two into the BCS with Michigan State going to the Rose Bowl and Ohio State to the Orange Bowl. The B1G went 2-5 in bowl games with the only wins coming from Michigan State in the Rose Bowl and Nebraska in the Gator Bowl.
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Bowl games
The Big Ten did not have enough teams available to fill the Heart of Dallas Bowl and Little Caesars Pizza Bowl due to landing two teams in the BCS and also a lack of bowl eligible teams.
HONORABLE MENTION:Illinois: Jonathan Brown, Steve Hull, Nathan Scheelhaase; Indiana: Ted Bolser, Tevin Coleman, Cody Latimer, Jason Spriggs; Iowa:Austin Blythe, Conor Boffeli, Christian Kirksey, B.J. Lowery, Tanner Miller, Louis Trinca-Pasat; Michigan: Jibreel Black, Michael Schofield; Michigan State: Jack Allen, Fou Fonoti, Dan France, Jeremy Langford, Marcus Rush, Trae Waynes; Minnesota: Caleb Bak, Aaron Hill, Peter Mortell, Eric Murray; Nebraska: Jason Ankrah, Kenny Bell, Corey Cooper, Andrew Rodriguez, Jeremiah Sirles; Northwestern: Ibraheim Campbell, Tyler Scott, Brandon Vitabile; Ohio State: C.J. Barnett, Drew Basil, Joey Bosa, Doran Grant, Marcus Hall, Jeff Heuerman, Cameron Johnston, Devin Smith; Penn State: Adrian Amos, Glenn Carson, Christian Hackenberg, Ty Howle, Jordan Lucas, C.J. Olaniyan, Donovan Smith; Purdue: Ricardo Allen; Wisconsin: Beau Allen, Rob Havenstein, Tyler Marz, Pat Muldoon, Jacob Pedersen, Dezmen Southward.
Coaches selected six players as First Team All-Conference defensive backs and two players as First Team punters which resulted in less second team selections
Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS
Media All-Conference Selections
Position
Player
Class
Team
First Team Offense (Media)
QB
Braxton Miller
Jr.
Ohio State
RB
Ameer Abdullah
Jr.
Nebraska
RB
Carlos Hyde
Sr.
Ohio State
WR
Allen Robinson
Jr.
Penn State
WR
Jared Abbrederis
Sr.
Wisconsin
TE
Devin Funchess
So.
Michigan
OT
Taylor Lewan
Sr.
Michigan
OG
John Urschel
Sr.
Penn State
C
Corey Linsley
Sr.
Ohio State
OG
Andrew Norwell
Sr.
Ohio State
OT
Jack Mewhort
Sr.
Ohio State
First Team Defense (Media)
DL
Shilique Calhoun
So.
Michigan State
DL
Ra'Shede Hageman
Sr.
Minnesota
DL
Randy Gregory
Jr.
Nebraska
DL
Noah Spence
So.
Ohio State
LB
Ryan Shazier
Jr.
Ohio State
LB
Chris Borland
Sr.
Wisconsin
LB
Max Bullough
Sr.
Michigan State
DB
Darqueze Dennard
Sr.
Michigan State
DB
B.J. Lowery
Sr.
Iowa
DB
Blake Countess
So.
Michigan
DB
Bradley Roby
Jr.
Ohio State
First Team Special Teams (Media)
PK
Jeff Budzien
Sr.
Northwestern
P
Cody Webster
Sr.
Purdue
Position
Player
Class
Team
Second Team Offense (Media)
QB
Nathan Scheelhaase
Sr.
Illinois
RB
Melvin Gordon
So.
Wisconsin
RB
James White
Sr.
Wisconsin
WR
Jeremy Gallon
Sr.
Michigan
WR
Cody Latimer
Jr.
Indiana
TE
C.J. Fiedorowicz
Sr.
Iowa
OT
Brandon Scherff
Sr.
Iowa
OG
Blake Treadwell
Sr.
Michigan State
C
Jack Allen
So.
Michigan State
OG
Ryan Groy
Sr.
Wisconsin
OT
Rob Havenstein
Jr.
Wisconsin
Second Team Defense (Media)
DL
Theiren Cockran
So.
Minnesota
DL
Tyler Scott
Sr.
Northwestern
DL
Michael Bennett
Jr.
Ohio State
DL
DaQuan Jones
Sr.
Penn State
LB
James Morris
Sr.
Iowa
LB
Jonathan Brown
Sr.
Illinois
LB
Denicos Allen
Sr.
Michigan State
DB
Kurtis Drummond
Jr.
Michigan State
DB
Ciante Evans
Sr.
Nebraska
DB
Stanley Jean-Baptiste
Sr.
Nebraska
DB
Ricardo Allen
Sr.
Purdue
Second Team Special Teams (Media)
PK
Mike Meyer
Sr.
Iowa
P
Mike Sadler
Jr.
Michigan State
HONORABLE MENTION:Illinois: Houston Bates, Steve Hull; Indiana: Tim Bennett, Ted Bolser, Tevin Coleman, Mitch Ewald, Collin Rahrig, Jason Spriggs; Iowa: Austin Blythe, Conor Boffeli, Carl Davis, Anthony Hitchens, Christian Kirksey, Casey Kreiter, John Lowdermilk, Tanner Miller, Louis Trinca-Pasat; Brett Van Sloten; Michigan: Jibreel Black, Frank Clark, Devin Gardner, Brendan Gibbons, Raymon Taylor; Michigan State: Connor Cook, Fou Fonoti; Dan France, Michael Geiger, Jeremy Langford, Isaiah Lewis, Marcus Rush, Trae Waynes; Minnesota: Caleb Bak, Josh Campion, Zac Epping, Peter Mortell, Eric Murray, Brock Vereen; Nebraska: Jason Ankrah, Kenny Bell, Cole Pensick, Andrew Rodriguez, Jeremiah Sirles, Pat Smith; Northwestern: Chi Chi Ariguzo, Ibraheim Campbell, Damien Proby, Brandoo Vitabile; Ohio State: C.J. Barnett, Drew Basil, Joey Bosa, Corey Brown, Doran Grant, Marcus Hall, Jeff Heuerman, Cameron Johnston; Penn State: Glenn Carson, Sam Ficken, Christian Hackenberg, Ty Howle, Jesse James, Jordan Lucas, C.J. Olaniyan, Donovan Smith; Wisconsin: Beau Allen, Michael Caputo, Tyler Marz, Pat Muldoon, Jacob Pedersen, Sojourn Shelton, Dezmen Southward, Joel Stave.
All-Americans
There are many outlets that award All-America honors in football. The NCAA uses five official selectors to also determine Consensus and Unanimous All-America honors. The five teams used by the NCAA to compile the consensus team are from the Associated Press, the AFCA, the FWAA, The Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. A point system is used to calculate the consensus honors. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and three points for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation.
The teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named a Consensus All-American. If there is a tie at a position in football for first team then the players who are tied shall be named to the team. A player named first-team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is recognized as a Unanimous All-American.[3]
Once again the Big Ten led all conferences with eight student-athletes being named to the Capital One Academic All-America first or second teams as announced by CoSIDA. The Big Ten has now led all FBS conferences in Academic All-America selections for nine straight seasons, with a total of 72 honorees over that time span.
First Team: Mark Murphy, Indiana; James Morris, Iowa; Max Bullough, Michigan State; Mike Sadler, Michigan State; Spencer Long, Nebraska; John Urschel, Penn State; Second Team: Jake Long, Nebraska; C.J. Zimmerer, Nebraska.[4]
N.B: In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2014 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round two
^No. 56: Kansas City → San Francisco (PD). Kansas City traded a conditional 2014 third-round selection along with a 2013 second-round selection to San Francisco in exchange for quarterback Alex Smith; the 2014 selection was later upgraded to a second-rounder after a condition was met in which Kansas City won a minimum of eight games during the 2013 season.[source 1][source 2]
^No. 57: multiple trades: No. 57: San Diego → Miami (D). see No. 50: Miami → San Diego.[source 3] No. 57: Miami → San Francisco (D). Miami traded this selection to San Francisco in exchange for San Francisco's third- and fifth-round selections (Nos. 70 and 150 overall, respectively).[source 3]
^No. 61: San Francisco → Jacksonville (D). San Francisco traded this selection to Jacksonville in exchange for Jacksonville's third- and fifth-round selections (Nos. 70 and 150 overall, respectively).[source 3]
Round three
^No. 77: Tennessee → San Francisco (PD). Tennessee traded this selection, along with its 2013 second- and seventh-round selections to San Francisco in exchange for San Francisco's 2013 second-round selection.[source 4]
^No. 131: Denver → Chicago (D). Denver traded their fourth-round selection (No. 131 overall) and their original seventh-round selection (No. 246 overall) to Chicago in exchange for Chicago's fifth-round selection (No. 156 overall) and 2015 fifth-round selection.[source 3]
Round seven
^No. 224: Buffalo Bills → Philadelphia (D). The Buffalo Bills exchanged 7th round picks with Philadelphia as part of a trade for running back Bryce Brown, which also involves a future draft pick being sent to the Eagles (either the 49ers 2015 4th round pick, conditionally acquired by the Bills in exchange for Stevie Johnson, or the Buffalo's 2016 4th round pick, or Buffalo's 2016 3rd round pick).[source 6][source 7]
^No. 241: Indianapolis → St. Louis (PD). Indianapolis traded this selection to St. Louis in exchange for cornerback Josh Gordy.[source 8]
^Wagoner, Nick (January 11, 2014). "Rams-related playoff notes: Divisional round". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 15, 2014. Indianapolis cornerback Josh Gordy, whom the Rams receive a seventh-round draft choice for this year from a 2012 trade, made a big play to keep the Colts alive and will play the Patriots tonight.
NFL Draft Selections by NCAA Conference
SEC - 49
ACC - 42
Pac-12 - 34 Big Ten - 30
Big 12 - 17
Mountain West - 16
American - 12
C-USA - 9
Independents - 9
MAC - 8
Sun Belt - 4