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Monday presser, 2020 Wisconsin week
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B1G Standings
2020
| WEST | Conf. | Division | Overall | |||
| DIVISION | W-L | % | W-L | % | W-L | % |
| Northwestern | 1-0 | 1.000 | 0-0 | 0.000 | 1-0 | 1.000 |
| Purdue | 1-0 | 1.000 | 1-0 | 1.000 | 1-0 | 1.000 |
| Wisconsin | 1-0 | 1.000 | 1-0 | 1.000 | 1-0 | 1.000 |
| Illinois | 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-1 | 0.000 |
| Iowa | 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-1 | 0.000 |
| Minnesota | 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-0 | 0.000 | 0-1 | 0.000 |
| Nebraska | 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-0 | 0.000 | 0-1 | 0.000 |
| EAST | Conf. | Division | Overall | |||
| DIVISION | W-L | % | W-L | % | W-L | % |
| Indiana | 1-0 | 1.000 | 1-0 | 1.000 | 1-0 | 1.000 |
| Michigan | 1-0 | 1.000 | 0-0 | 0.000 | 1-0 | 1.000 |
| Rutgers | 1-0 | 1.000 | 1-0 | 1.000 | 1-0 | 1.000 |
| Ohio State | 1-0 | 1.000 | 0-0 | 0.000 | 1-0 | 1.000 |
| Maryland | 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-0 | 0.000 | 0-1 | 0.000 |
| Mich. State | 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-1 | 0.000 |
| Penn State | 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-1 | 0.000 | 0-1 | 0.000 |
| Through games of Oct. 24 | ||||||