1976 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1976 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1976 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

1976 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 1976 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1976 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	#1	10–2	7–1	36.0	7.9	Rob Lytle

1 (tie)	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	#6	#2	9–2–1	7–1	25.4	12.4	Bob Brudzinski

3 (tie)	Minnesota	Cal Stoll	NR	NR	6–5	4–4	18.3	19.2	Tony Dungy

3 (tie)	Illinois	Bob Blackman	NR	#14	5–6	4–4	21.4	22.5	Scott Studwell

3 (tie)	Indiana	Lee Corso	NR	NR	5–6	4–4	11.8	23.1	Steve Sanders

3 (tie)	Purdue	Alex Agase	NR	NR	5–6	3–5	17.1	21.2	Scott Dierking

7 (tie)	Iowa	Bob Commings	NR	NR	5–6	3–5	14.6	21.3	Butch Caldwell Tom Grine

7 (tie)	Wisconsin	John Jardine	NR	NR	5–6	3–5	27.1	24.2	Mike Carroll

7 (tie)	Michigan State	Darryl Rogers	NR	NR	4–6–1	3–5	21.5	25.3	Rich Baes

10	Northwestern	John Pont	NR	NR	1–10	1–7	12.2	28.3	Randy Dean

Sentence(s)

The 1976 Ohio State football team, under head coach Woody Hayes, compiled a 9–2–1 record and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll.

final_sentence: The 1976 Ohio State football team, under head coach Woody Hayes, compiled a 9–2–1 record and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll.