2020 Big Ten Football Championship Game

2020 Big Ten Football Championship Game
2020 Big Ten Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
Northwestern Wildcats	Ohio State Buckeyes
(6–1)	(5–0)
10	22
Head coach: ; Pat Fitzgerald	Head coach: ; Ryan Day
Date	December 19, 2020
Season	2020
Stadium	Lucas Oil Stadium
Location	Indianapolis, Indiana
MVP	Trey Sermon, RB, Ohio State
Favorite	Ohio State by 16.5
National anthem	Kindergarten class
Referee	Mark Kluczynski
Halftime show	none
Attendance	3,178
United States TV coverage
Network	Fox
Announcers	Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst) and Jenny Taft (sideline)
Nielsen ratings	8.03 million
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2020 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 2 Ohio State xy$^	5	–	0	7	–	1
No. 12 Indiana	6	–	1	6	–	2
Penn State	4	–	5	4	–	5
Maryland	2	–	3	2	–	3
Rutgers	3	–	6	3	–	6
Michigan	2	–	4	2	–	4
Michigan State	2	–	5	2	–	5
West Division
No. 10 Northwestern xy	6	–	1	7	–	2
No. 16 Iowa	6	–	2	6	–	2
Wisconsin	3	–	3	4	–	3
Minnesota	3	–	4	3	–	4
Nebraska	3	–	5	3	–	5
Purdue	2	–	4	2	–	4
Illinois	2	–	6	2	–	6
Championship: Ohio State 22, Northwestern 10
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Note: Due to COVID-19, the Big Ten suspended the season on August 11, but later decided to begin play on October 24. In addition to the title game that was played on December 19, the conference seeded all remaining teams for "championship week" games.^[2] Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 Big Ten Football Championship Game was a college football game played on December 19, 2020 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The tenth annual Big Ten Football Championship Game, it determined the 2020 champion of the Big Ten Conference. The game was played between the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes out of the East division, and the No. 14 Northwestern Wildcats out of the West division. Sponsored by credit card company Discover, the game was officially known as the Big Ten Championship Game presented by Discover.