Baseball Updated Big Ten Baseball Standings: Huskers now alone in 2nd place, trails first-place Illinois by one game

Zack Carpenter · May 12, 2024

Today’s results from the top-six in the Big Ten standings are all final. Just three B1G games to go.

Nebraska 4, Indiana 2
Michigan 8, Purdue 6
Illinois 6, Iowa 3

All other results around the league:

Penn State 11, Rutgers 10
Northwestern 3, Ohio State 1
Minnesota 15, Michigan State 12
Boston College 2, Maryland 1 (non-con)
Wisconsin Athletics Budget Maker 1, Wisconsin Fans Who Want A Baseball Team 0

Table below has the updated Big Ten standings after Sunday's games + remaining schedules for each team still alive for the Big Ten Tournament (all games listed are three-game series next weekend). The conference tournament takes the Top 8. The tourney begins Tuesday, May 21 and runs from 5/21 - 5/26

Nebraska exits the weekend standing alone in 2nd place as it preps for next weekend's three-game road series at Michigan State to end the regular season. Five teams are still alive for the Big Ten's regular-season conference championship and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament: Illinois, Nebraska, Indiana, Michigan and Purdue

Place/Team – Overall record – B1G record – B1G winning % – Remaining B1G schedule

1 – Illinois	30-17	15-6	.714%	at Purdue
2 – Nebraska	32-18	14-7 (1 GB)	.667%	at Mich State
T3 – Indiana	28-21	13-8 (2 GB)	.619%	Michigan
T3 – Michigan	28-24	13-8	.619%	at Indiana
T3 – Purdue	33-19	13-8	.619%	Illinois
6 – Iowa	29-20	14-10	.583	FIU (non-conf)
T7 – Maryland	34-18	10-11	.476%	Penn State
T7 – Michigan State	22-24	10-11	.476%	Nebraska
T7 – Ohio State	26-23	10-11	.476%	at Rutgers
T10 – Minnesota & Penn State	22-22 (both teams)	9-12 (both teams)	.429%	Minn: at N'Westrn PSU: at Maryland

Both eliminated from B1G Tournament berth:
12 – Rutgers – 27-23 overall, 5-16 Big Ten (.238%)
13 – Northwestern – 16-32 overall, 3-18 Big Ten (.143%)

Pueblodoc · May 12, 2024