2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football
2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Texas Bowl champion
Texas Bowl, W 38–14 vs. Baylor
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ron Zook (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Paul Petrino (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Vic Koenning (1st season)
MVP	Mikel Leshoure
Captains	Jeff Allen; Corey Liuget; Eddie McGee; Martez Wilson;
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 62,870)
	Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

2010 Big Ten Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Michigan State +	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 7 Wisconsin $+	7	–	1	11	–	2
Iowa	4	–	4	8	–	5
Illinois	4	–	4	7	–	6
Penn State	4	–	4	7	–	6
Michigan	3	–	5	7	–	6
Northwestern	3	–	5	7	–	6
Purdue	2	–	6	4	–	8
Minnesota	2	–	6	3	–	9
Indiana	1	–	7	5	–	7
No. 5 Ohio State† %	0	–	1	0	–	1

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions † – Ohio State (12–1, 7–1) self-vacated all of their wins^[1] Rankings from AP Poll^[2]^[3]

The 2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Illini, led by sixth-year head coach Ron Zook, are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Big Ten play and were invited to the Texas Bowl where they defeated Baylor 38–14.

^ "Buckeyes vacate wins from last football season". ESPN.com. July 8, 2011. The measures taken by the school included vacating all the Buckeyes' wins from last season, a year in which Ohio State captured a record-tying sixth straight Big Ten title and won an unprecedented seventh straight game over Michigan.
^ "Big Ten Conference Standings - 2010". ESPN. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
^ "2014 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 16". ESPN. December 7, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2011.