Alliedassault - Big Ten football has a banner year

Big Ten football has produced an outstanding year of accomplishments both on and off the field, leading all conferences in a number of categories while setting Big Ten records in the process. The highlights include:
3 Top-Seven Teams in All National Polls -- more than any other conference
3 Teams with 11-Plus Wins -- first conference among the BCS automatic qualifiers to produce three teams with 11 or more regular-season triumphs
9 National Awards -- more than any other conference
15 Heisman Trophy Winners -- more than any other conference, including 2006 winner Troy Smith of Ohio State
9 First-Team All-Americans -- more than any other conference (with four All-America teams announced -- AP, AFCA, FWAA, Walter Camp)
11 Total Academic All-Americans -- more than any other conference
8 First-Team Academic All-Americans -- more than any other conference, breaking the Big Ten record of seven honorees in 1969
15 BCS Berths -- more than any other conference
7 Bowl Berths -- second-highest total in Big Ten history
Home Attendance Over Five Million - for just the fourth time in Big Ten history
Seven Teams Go Bowling: The Big Ten's seven bowl berths in 2006 matches the second-highest total in conference annals, trailing only the Big Ten record of eight bowl participants established following the 2003 campaign. The conference also qualified seven schools for postseason play after the 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2005 seasons. The Big Ten is sending six or more teams to bowl games for the eighth straight year and 15th time overall. Including the upcoming bowl season, conference programs will have made 66 bowl appearances over the last decade (1997-2006) and 226 appearances all-time.:

Big Ten BCS Duos: The Big Ten will send two schools to Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games for the sixth time in the nine-year history of the system and the fourth time in the last five seasons. Since the inception of the BCS in 1998, the Big Ten has qualified 15 teams for BCS bowls, more than any other conference. The SEC, which is the only other conference to collect two BCS berths this season, ranks second with 13 BCS appearances followed by the Big 12 (12) and Pac-10 (11). The Big Ten also sent a pair of squads to BCS games after the following seasons - 1998 (Ohio State, Wisconsin), 1999 (Michigan, Wisconsin), 2002 (Iowa, Ohio State), 2003 (Michigan, Ohio State) and 2005 (Ohio State, Penn State). The Big Ten tops all conferences with eight BCS victories in 13 prior appearances, while the SEC ranks second with seven BCS triumphs.