1980 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1980 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1980 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game

1980 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 1980 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1980 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game

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

1	Michigan	Bo Schembechler	#4	#4	10–2	8–0	26.8	10.8

2 (tie)	Ohio State	Earle Bruce	#15	#1	9–3	7–1	32.3	15.1

2 (tie)	Purdue	Jim Young	#17	#9	9–3	7–1	27.3	19.4

4	Iowa	Hayden Fry	NR	NR	4–7	4–4	14.0	21.6

5	Minnesota	Joe Salem	NR	NR	5–6	4–5	19.1	22.7

6 (tie)	Indiana	Lee Corso	NR	NR	6–5	3–5	23.2	21.4

6 (tie)	Wisconsin	Dave McClain	NR	NR	4–7	3–5	12.5	19.2

6 (tie)	Illinois	Mike White	NR	NR	3–7–1	3–5	21.9	29.6

9	Michigan State	Muddy Waters	NR	NR	3–8	2–6	20.1	25.4

10	Northwestern	Rick Venturi	NR	NR	0–11	0–9	13.7	40.4

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The Buckeyes led the 1980 Big Ten Conference by scoring 32.3 points per game.

final_sentence: The Buckeyes led the 1980 Big Ten Conference by scoring 32.3 points per game.