Addendum: Last Year's Big Ten Bowl Games

I wanted to follow up on yesterday's post where I listed the Bowl Games with Big Ten affiliations in a perceived order that I had found online. Let's compare the Big Ten standings prior to bowl games to where teams were slotted.

Standings with records and conference records in parentheses for bowl elgible teams

#6 Ohio State 12-1 (8-1)
#7 Michigan 10-2 (8-1)
#12 Penn State 9-3 (6-3)
#22 Northwestern 8-5 (8-1)
Iowa 8-4 (5-4)
Wisconsin 7-5 (5-4) / Michigan State 7-5 (5-4)
Purdue 6-6 (5-4)
Minnesota 6-6 (3-6)

Okay, so those are the 9 Big Ten bowl teams from last year. Using that order of ranking, here's the order of the bowl games:

Rose - Pasadena
***Peach
Citrus - Orlando
Holiday - San Diego
Outback - Tampa
Pinstripe - New York / Redbox - Santa Clara
Music City - Nashville
Quick Lane - Detroit

So the Peach Bowl. One thing I only realized/remembered by doing this is that Big Ten teams also are eligible for the New Year's Six. Last year, Michigan was selected to the Peach Bowl, which moved everyone up a slot.

These bowls didn't get a Big Ten team.

Gator - Jacksonville
Armed Forces - Fort Worth

So the worst Big Ten bowl team was sent to Detroit as a punishment as expected.

Also, last year, Northwestern was 8-1 in conference play before making the Big Ten Championship, but also lost to Duke and Akron. Weird.