1972 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1972 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1972 season PPG = Average of points scored per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold PAG = Average of points allowed per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

1972 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1972 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1972 season PPG = Average of points scored per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold PAG = Average of points allowed per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1 (tie)	Michigan	Bo Schembechler	#6	#3	10–1	7–1	24.0	5.2	Randy Logan

1 (tie)	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	#9	#3	9–2	7–1	25.5	15.5	George Hasenohrl

3	Purdue	Bob DeMoss	NR	#18	6–5	6–2	22.3	12.3	Otis Armstrong

4	Michigan State	Duffy Daugherty	NR	#18	5–5–1	5–2–1	14.4	14.2	Gail Clark

5	Minnesota	Cal Stoll	NR	NR	4–7	4–4	16.8	27.6	John King

6 (tie)	Indiana	John Pont	NR	NR	5–6	3–5	18.5	24.7	Glenn Scolnik

6 (tie)	Illinois	Bob Blackman	NR	NR	3–8	3–5	17.9	25.2	Larry McCarren Larry Allen

8	Iowa	Frank Lauterbur	NR	NR	3–7–1	2–6–1	9.9	18.9	Dan Dickel

9	Wisconsin	John Jardine	NR	NR	4–7	2–6	13.8	20.8	Rufus Ferguson

10	Northwestern	Alex Agase	NR	NR	2–9	1–8	13.3	26.4	Jim Lash Jim Anderson

Sentence(s)

The 1972 Michigan Wolverines football team, under coach Bo Schembechler, compiled a 10–1 record, tied for the Big Ten championship, scoring (5.2 points allowed per game), and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP.

final_sentence: The 1972 Michigan Wolverines football team, under coach Bo Schembechler, compiled a 10–1 record, tied for the Big Ten championship, scoring (5.2 points allowed per game), and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP.