1942 Big 10 Conference Standings
| Season | Conference | Coach | |||||||||
| Ohio State | 9-1 | 337 | 114 | # | 5-1 | 150 | 71 | Paul E. Brown | |||
| Wisconsin | 8-1-1 | 149 | 68 | 4-1 | 70 | 38 | Harry A. Stuhldreher | ||||
| Iowa | 6-4 | 147 | 135 | 3-3 | 61 | 87 | Edward N. Eddie Anderson | ||||
| Minnesota | 5-4 | 152 | 91 | 3-3 | 81 | 75 | George W. Hauser | ||||
| Illinois | 6-4 | 227 | 126 | 3-2 | 80 | 99 | Ray Eliot | ||||
| Michigan | 7-3 | 221 | 134 | 3-2 | 111 | 81 | Herbert O. Fritz Crisler | ||||
| Indiana | 7-3 | 256 | 79 | 2-2 | 61 | 46 | Alvin N. Bo McMillin | ||||
| Purdue | 1-8 | 27 | 179 | 1-4 | 14 | 78 | Elmer H. Burnham | ||||
| Northwestern | 1-9 | 96 | 209 | 0-6 | 61 | 114 | Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf | ||||
| Some records may be incomplete. | 
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With its blue playing surface, Bronco Stadium (home of the Boise State Broncos) is the only non-green playing surface in the NCAA.
With its blue playing surface, Bronco Stadium (home of the Boise State Broncos) is the only non-green playing surface in the NCAA.