1968 Wisconsin
0–10 (0–7 Big Ten), coached by John Coatta. Share
Schedule and results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | at Arizona State | L 7–55 | 18% |
| Sep 28 | vs Washington | L 17–21 | 35% |
| Oct 5 | vs 19Michigan State | L 0–39 | 28% |
| Oct 12 | vs Utah State | L 0–20 | 25% |
| Oct 19 | at Iowa | L 0–41 | 37% |
| Oct 26 | at Northwestern | L 10–13 | 30% |
| Nov 2 | vs Indiana | L 20–21 | 25% |
| Nov 9 | vs 2Ohio State | L 8–43 | 15% |
| Nov 16 | at 4Michigan | L 9–34 | 9% |
| Nov 23 | vs Minnesota | L 15–23 | 18% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 23–15; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The worst season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 0–10
- Conference
- 0–7 10th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 86–310
- Coach
- John Coatta
- Elo
- 1256 −116 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −10.9 No. 90 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Wally Schoessow
- Most valuable player
- Ken Criter
All-Big Ten
1 first teamFirst team
Ken CriterLBAP-1; UPI-1
From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1968 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 7–0 | 10–0 | 1 |
| Michigan | 6–1 | 8–2 | 12 |
 Purdue | 5–2 | 8–2 | 10 |
| Minnesota | 5–2 | 6–4 | |
| Indiana | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Iowa | 4–3 | 5–5 | |
| Michigan State | 2–5 | 5–5 | |
| Northwestern | 1–6 | 1–9 | |
 Illinois | 1–6 | 1–9 | |
| Wisconsin | 0–7 | 0–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.