Illinois center Dick Butkus received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football award as the most valuable player in the conference and was a consensus first-team All-American.
Carl Eller of Minnesota was the first Big Ten player selected in the 1964 NFL draft with the sixth overall pick.
On December 14, 1963, Ara Parseghian resigned as Northwestern's head football coach to accept the same position at Notre Dame.
At the end of the 1963 season, Big Ten players secured three of the consensus first-team picks for the 1963 College Football All-America Team.
They were: Michigan State running back Sherman Lewis (third); and Illinois center/linebacker Dick Butkus (sixth).