2016 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
No. 7 Penn State xy$		8	–	1		11	–	3
No. 6 Ohio State x^		8	–	1		11	–	2
No. 10 Michigan		7	–	2		10	–	3
Indiana		4	–	5		6	–	7
Maryland		3	–	6		6	–	7
Michigan State		1	–	8		3	–	9
Rutgers		0	–	9		2	–	10
West Division
No. 9 Wisconsin xy		7	–	2		11	–	3
Iowa		6	–	3		8	–	5
Nebraska		6	–	3		9	–	4
Minnesota		5	–	4		9	–	4
Northwestern		5	–	4		7	–	6
Illinois		2	–	7		3	–	9
Purdue		1	–	8		3	–	9
Championship: Penn State 38, Wisconsin 31
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of February 9, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Terrapins' third season as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and a member of the East Division. Maryland played its home games at Maryland Stadium in College Park, Maryland. It was their first year under new head coach D.J. Durkin. They finished the season 6–7, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl where they were defeated by Boston College.

They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.

Maryland announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Terrapins will host Big Ten foes Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, and Rutgers, and will travel to Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, and Penn State.

The team will play three non–conference games, one home game against Howard Bison from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and two road games which are against the Central Florida Knights (UCF) from the American Athletic Conference and the Florida International Panthers (FIU) from Conference USA.