2020 Purdue

• Biggest winBeat Illinois 31–⁠24Oct 31

  By 7 points, its widest win.

• Most excitingBeat Iowa 24–⁠20Oct 24

  The win probability swung the most, by CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Oct 24	vsIowa	W 24–⁠20		34%
Oct 31	atIllinois	W 31–⁠24		50%
Nov 14	vs23Northwestern	L 20–⁠27		54%
Nov 20	atMinnesota	L 31–⁠34		34%
Nov 28	vsRutgers	L 30–⁠37		74%
Dec 5	vsNebraska	L 27–⁠37		59%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

• Offense47th of 127
• Defense61st of 127
• Offense, opponent-adjusted49th of 127
• Defense, opponent-adjusted75th of 127

CORE rating -0.6, 69th of 127 (offense 1.3, defense 1.9).

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. CORE is CollegeFootballData.com’s context- and opponent-adjusted rating (points better than an average team; lower is better on defense). From CollegeFootballData.com.

143 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2020 line; 54 have a stat line. See the roster

From Wikipedia’s 2020 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Ohio State	5–⁠0	7–⁠1	2
Northwestern	6–⁠1	7–⁠2	10
Indiana	6–⁠1	6–⁠2	12
Iowa	6–⁠2	6–⁠2	16
Wisconsin	3–⁠3	4–⁠3
Penn State	4–⁠5	4–⁠5
Minnesota	3–⁠4	3–⁠4
Maryland	2–⁠3	2–⁠3
Nebraska	3–⁠5	3–⁠5
Rutgers	3–⁠6	3–⁠6
Michigan	2–⁠4	2–⁠4
Purdue	2–⁠4	2–⁠4
Michigan State	2–⁠5	2–⁠5
Illinois	2–⁠6	2–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.