Standings (final league opponents)
1. Maryland (16-5) - at Purdue
1. Rutgers (16-5) - at Michigan
3. Illinois (14-7) - at Penn State
3. Cockeye (14-7) - vs. Indiana
5. Penn State (11-10) - vs. Illinois
6. Indiana (10-11) - at Cockeye
6. Michigan (10-11) - vs. Rutgers
8. Purdue (9-10) - vs. Maryland
9. Nebraska (8-13) - vs. Michigan State
9. Northwestern (8-13) - at Minnesota
11. Ohio State (8-14) - Big Ten Season complete
12. Michigan State (7-14) - at Nebraska
13. Minnesota (5-16) - vs. Northwestern
- Maryland and Rutgers are tied in the race for the regular season championship and the tournament #1 seed. Maryland holds the head-to-head tie-breaker for the top seed
- Only Minnesota and Ohio State are eliminated from tournament contention. The Buckeyes' Big Ten season is complete, leaving seven teams to compete for the bottom four tournament spots
- Nebraska could possibly finish as high as the #5 seed with a sweep of Michigan State -AND- while Penn State, Indiana and Michigan are all swept -AND- Purdue loses at least twice
- Nebraska does not have tiebreakers with Indiana or Michigan due to losing both head-to-head series. Nebraska would possibly own a tiebreaker over Penn State.
- Nebraska's most-likely path to Omaha is to overtake Purdue. Purdue lost two league games this year due to weather. In order for NU to overtake Purdue: 1) Purdue loses two of three to Maryland and Nebraska sweeps Michigan State. Nebraska would end at 11-13 (.4583) and Purdue at 10-12 (.4545).... -OR- 2) Purdue is swept by Maryland and Nebraska takes 2-of-3 from MSU. Nebraska would finish 10-14 in that scenario (.4167) and Purdue would be 9-13 (.4091)......however, in this second scenario, Nebraska would also need Northwestern to not sweep Minnesota.
- Nebraska does own the tie-breaker over Northwestern as the Huskers have a better record against common opponents