The 2016 season is officially in the rear-view mirror, but the Big Ten blog is taking one last look back at the numbers that defined each conference program. Some teams underperformed, while others surprised by making drastic improvements in key areas.
Here are three stats that help explain the 2016 season for each Big Ten team. Next up is Wisconsin, which won the Big Ten West, finished 11-3 and defeated Western Michigan in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.
88-22: Look no further than the first-quarter scoring this season to understand why Wisconsin was so good at staying in every game it played.