The Big Ten Conference championship went to Bernie Bierman's 1938 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.
Twedell and quarterback Wilbur Moore were first-team picks for the All-Big Ten team.
Michigan, in its first year under head coach Fritz Crisler, compiled a 6–1–1 record, outscored opponents 131 to 40, led the conference in scoring offense (16.4 points per game), and was ranked No.
Sophomore backs Tom Harmon and Forest Evashevski were both first-team All-Big Ten players.
Northwestern, under head coach Pappy Waldorf, compiled a 4–2–2 record, outscored opponents 93 to 32, led the conference in scoring defense (4.0 points per game), and was ranked No.
Wisconsin fullback Howard Weiss received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the conference.
Ralph Heikkinen finished in second place in the voting and Larry Buhler of Minnesota was third.
[1] Key PPG = Average of points scored per game[2] PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2] MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy[3][4] On September 23 and 24, 1938, the Big Ten began play with four non-conference games, resulting in two wins and two losses.