1974 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1974 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1974 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

1974 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 1974 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1974 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	#3	#3	10–1	7–1	29.5	6.8	Steve Strinko

1 (tie)	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	#4	#1	10–2	7–1	36.4	10.8	Archie Griffin

3	Michigan State	Denny Stolz	#12	#12	7–3–1	6–1–1	24.5	17.8	Charley Baggett

4	Wisconsin	John Jardine	NR	#11	7–4	5–3	31.0	22.1	Gregg Bohlig

5	Illinois	Bob Blackman	NR	#14	6–4–1	4–3–1	19.1	18.7	Tom Hicks

6	Purdue	Alex Agase	NR	NR	4–6–1	3–5	20.3	23.7	Larry Burton

7 (tie)	Minnesota	Cal Stoll	NR	NR	4–7	2–6	14.6	30.2	Ollie Bakken

7 (tie)	Iowa	Bob Commings	NR	NR	3–8	2–6	14.3	28.0	Rob Fick

7 (tie)	Northwestern	John Pont	NR	NR	3–8	2–6	12.7	35.0	Paul Hiemenz

10	Indiana	Lee Corso	NR	NR	1–10	1–7	15.1	26.5	Donnie Thomas

Sentence(s)

The 1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team under head coach Woody Hayes compiled a 10–2 record, tied with Michigan for the Big Ten championship, led the conference in scoring (36.4 points per game) and was ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll.

final_sentence: The 1974 Ohio State Buckeyes football team under head coach Woody Hayes compiled a 10–2 record, tied with Michigan for the Big Ten championship, led the conference in scoring (36.4 points per game) and was ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll.