Big Ten Elite

Tom Osborne’s first National Championship team – ending years of near misses for the Big Red. Tommie Frazier was the sparkplug that ran the Nebraska offense – but an injury sidelined him during the season and Brook Berringer filled in admirably and kept the Cornhuskers marching toward a perfect season.

One of the defining seasons for Coach Alvarez who took over a program that was at the bottom of the Big Ten in 1990 and by his fourth season the Badgers were on the rise. Few could have seen that this group of overachievers would win the Big Ten title and the Rose Bowl.

One of the most memorable seasons in school history, the Wolverines led by Coach Lloyd Carr dominated the Big Ten en route to a perfect 12-0 season which included a Rose Bowl victory over Washington State and featured Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson.

Arriving with the motto “Expect Victory” Gary Barnettl sparked a surprising Northwestern football revival, and in 1995 the Wildcats opened with a win at Notre Dame and ended with an undefeated Big Ten season and the school’s first Rose Bowl trip since 1949.

Penn State finished the regular season 11-0 including an impressive road win over Alabama. The Nittany Lions then went on to stun #1 Miami 14-10 in the Fiesta Bowl to win the school's 2nd National Title in four years.

Second-year coach Jim Tressel took his unheralded Ohio State team to an undefeated season and a trip to the Fiesta Bowl to play defending champion Miami.