BTN.com staff, December 2, 2012
We roll right into the college football bowl announcements tonight with "The Big Ten Bowl Selection Special" at 9 p.m. ET. Dave Revsine hosts the 60-minute special and Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith give their insights on each Big Ten bowl matchup. Select coaches also will be interviewed during the show, which airs live from the Chicago studio.
We know where all seven Big Ten teams are going. Find out below in this post.
Purdue accepted an invitation to play in the Heart of Dallas Bowl at the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Kickoff is set for noon ET, and the game will be televised by ESPNU. The Boilermakers (6-6, 3-5 Big Ten - fourth in Leaders Division) will face a Big XII opponent that likely won?t be announced until after tonight?s BCS Selection Show.
Nebraska will return to the Capital One Bowl for the second consecutive season, the bowl game announced Sunday afternoon. The Capital One Bowl will kick off at 1 p.m. ET (1 p.m. ET) with national television coverage on ABC. Nebraska?s opponent from the Southeastern Conference will be announced later this evening.
For the third time in four seasons, Northwestern will play in a New Year's Day bowl game after accepting a bid to the 2013 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., announced Sunday by NU vice president for athletics and recreation Jim Phillips and TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl executive director Rick Catlett. The event pits the Wildcats (9-3) against a to-be-determined opponent representing the Southeastern Conference.
Big Ten Bowls
| BOWL GAME | MATCHUP | TV | TRACK IT |
| Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas Fri. Dec. 28 @ 9 p.m. ET |
Minnesota vs. Texas Tech | ESPN | Scoreboard |
| Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Sat., Dec. 29 @ 10:15 p.m. ET |
Michigan State vs. TCU | ESPN | Scoreboard |
| Heart of Dallas Bowl Tue., Jan. 1 @ noon ET |
Purdue vs. Oklahoma State | ESPNU | Scoreboard |
| TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl Tue., Jan. 1 @ noon ET |
Northwestern vs. Mississippi State | ESPN2 | Scoreboard |
| Outback Bowl Tue., Jan. 1 @ 1 p.m. ET |
Michigan vs. South Carolina | ESPN | Scoreboard |
| Capital One Bowl Tue., Jan. 1 @ 1 p.m. ET |
Nebraska vs. Georgia | ABC | Scoreboard |
| Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio Tue., Jan. 1 @ 5 p.m. ET |
Wisconsin vs. Stanford | ESPN | Scoreboard |
#Purdue has accepted an invitation to play in the Heart of Dallas Bowl at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013.
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) December 2, 2012
Nebraska will return to the Capital One Bowl for the second consecutive season, the bowl game announced Sunday afternoon. #Huskers
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) December 2, 2012
Official: Michigan will be playing in the 2013 Outback Bowl (@outbackbowl). Opponent TBD.
— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) December 2, 2012
#Northwestern @NUFBFamily is excited to accept a bid to play in the 2013 http://t.co/o4DF94Xn @Gator_Bowl. #B1GCats
— Northwestern Athletics (@NU_Sports) December 2, 2012
#Northwestern vs. Mississippi State in Gator Bowl.
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) December 2, 2012
Georgia vs. Nebraska in Capital One Bowl. Hmmm. #B1G #Huskers
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) December 2, 2012
Here are the final standings for the 2012 football season.
| Big Ten Conference Standings | ||||||||||||
| Leaders | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | vs | ||||||||||
| W-L | PF | PA | Home | Road | W-L | PF | PA | Home | Road | Top 25 | ||
| w-Ohio State | 8-0 | 295 | 205 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 12-0 | 446 | 274 | 8-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | |
| w-Penn State | 6-2 | 261 | 168 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 8-4 | 349 | 229 | 5-2 | 3-2 | 1-2 | |
| z-Wisconsin | 4-4 | 244 | 146 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 8-5 | 400 | 248 | 5-2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | |
| Purdue | 3-5 | 189 | 265 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 6-6 | 359 | 348 | 4-3 | 2-3 | 0-2 | |
| Indiana | 2-6 | 231 | 328 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 4-8 | 369 | 423 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | |
| Illinois | 0-8 | 94 | 281 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 2-10 | 200 | 385 | 2-5 | 0-5 | 0-2 | |
| Legends | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | vs | ||||||||||
| W-L | PF | PA | Home | Road | W-L | PF | PA | Home | Road | Top 25 | ||
| x-Nebraska | 7-1 | 231 | 195 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 10-3 | 456 | 341 | 7-0 | 3-2 | 1-1 | |
| Michigan | 6-2 | 246 | 133 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 360 | 225 | 6-0 | 2-3 | 0-3 | |
| Northwestern | 5-3 | 253 | 199 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 9-3 | 378 | 273 | 6-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | |
| Michigan State | 3-5 | 159 | 149 | 0-4 | 3-1 | 6-6 | 243 | 196 | 2-5 | 4-1 | 1-4 | |
| Iowa | 2-6 | 150 | 201 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 4-8 | 232 | 275 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-2 | |
| Minnesota | 2-6 | 137 | 220 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 6-6 | 256 | 287 | 4-3 | 2-3 | 0-1 | |
z – Clinched Conference; y – Clinched Conference Tie; x – Clinched Conference Division; w – Ineligible
