Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896, it predates the founding of its regulating organization, the NCAA. It is based in the Chicago area in Rosemont, Illinois. For many decades the conference consisted of 10 universities, and it has 14 members and 2 affiliate institutions.[1][2] The conference competes in the NCAA Division I and its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport.
| Formerly | Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives (officially, 1896–1987) Western Conference (1896–1899) Big Nine (1899–1917, 1946–1950) |
|---|---|
| Association | NCAA |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Commissioner | Kevin Warren |
| Sports fielded |
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| Division | Division I |
| Subdivision | FBS |
| No. of teams | 14 + 2 affiliate members (2 future members in 2024) |
| Headquarters | Rosemont, Illinois |
| Region | |
| Official website | bigten |
| Locations | |
Big Ten member institutions are major research universities with large financial endowments and strong academic reputations. Large student enrollment is a hallmark of its universities, as 12 of the 14 members enroll more than 30,000 students. They are largely state public universities; founding member Northwestern University is the lone private university in the Big Ten. Collectively, Big Ten universities educate more than 520,000 total students and have 5.7 million living alumni.[1] The members engage in $9.3 billion in funded research each year;[2] 13 out of 14 are members of the Association of American Universities and all are members of the Universities Research Association (URA). Some Big Ten universities are also members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance, formerly the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.[3]
Though the Big Ten existed for nearly a century as an assemblage of universities in the Midwest, the conference's geographic footprint now stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Plains and in 2024 will extend to the Pacific Ocean. The conference has maintained its historic name, while expanding to 14 members and 2 affiliate members.[4]
Member schools
Current members
- Notes
- ^ Athletic teams started competing in the conference effective the 1900–01 school year.
- ^ In April 1907, Michigan was voted out of the conference for refusing to adhere to league rules limiting football teams to no more than five games and players to three years of eligibility. Consequently, its athletic teams were independent from 1907–08 to 1916–17.
- ^ Athletic teams started competing in the conference effective the 1953–54 school year.
- ^ Athletic teams started competing in the conference effective the 1991–92 school year.
- ^ Athletic teams started competing in the conference effective the 1900–01 school year.
Future members
On June 30, 2022, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Southern California (USC) announced plans to withdraw from the Pac-12 Conference to join the Big Ten in 2024 as full members.[5][6]
| Institution | Location | Founded | Join Date | Type | Enrollment | Endowment (millions) | Nickname | Colors | Current conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California | 1919 | 2024 | Public (land-grant) | 45,900 | $3,892 | Bruins | Pac-12 | |
| University of Southern California | 1880 | Private not-for-profit (non-sectarian) | 49,500 | $8,120 | Trojans |
Associate members
| Institution | Location | Founded | Joined | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Colors | Big Ten sport(s) | Primary conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland | 1876 | 2014–15 | Private not-for-profit (Non-sectarian) | 29,094 | Blue Jays | men's lacrosse[a] | Centennial (NCAA D-III) | |
| women's lacrosse[b] | |||||||||
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, Indiana | 1842 | 2017–18 | Private not-for-profit (Catholic) | 12,472 | Fighting Irish | men's ice hockey | ACC |
- Notes
- ^ On July 1, 2014, Johns Hopkins University joined the conference as an associate member in men's lacrosse.
- ^ On July 1, 2016, Johns Hopkins University became an associate member in women's lacrosse.
Former member[a]
| Institution | Location | Founded | Joined | Left | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Colors | Current conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois | 1890 | 1896 | 1946[b] | Private not-for-profit (Non-sectarian) | 17,470 | Maroons | UAA (NCAA D-III) |
- Notes
- ^ Lake Forest College attended the original 1895 meeting that led to the formation of the conference, but never participated in athletics or any other activities.
- ^ The University of Chicago was a co-founder of the conference. The school dropped football after the 1939 fall season (1939–40 school year), but remained a member in other sports until the end of the 1945–46 academic year.[7]
Membership timeline
Full members Full members (non-football) Sport affiliate Other conference Other conference
Sports
The Big Ten Conference sponsors championship competition in 14 men's and 14 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[8]
| Sport | Men's | Women's |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball | 13 | — |
| Basketball | 14 | 14 |
| Cross country | 12 | 14 |
| Field hockey | — | 9 |
| Football | 14 | — |
| Golf | 14 | 14 |
| Gymnastics | 5 | 10 |
| Ice hockey | 7 | — |
| Lacrosse | 6 | 7 |
| Rowing | — | 8 |
| Soccer | 9 | 14 |
| Softball | — | 14 |
| Swimming & diving | 10 | 13 |
| Tennis | 12 | 14 |
| Track and field (indoor) | 12 | 13 |
| Track and field (outdoor) | 13 | 13 |
| Volleyball | — | 14 |
| Wrestling | 14 | — |
Men's sponsored sports by school
| School | Baseball | Basketball | Cross Country | Football | Golf | Gymnastics | Ice hockey | Lacrosse | Soccer | Swimming & diving | Tennis | Track & field (indoor) | Track & field (outdoor) | Wrestling | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 6+1* | 5+1° | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 148+2 |
| Associate Members | |||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Future members | |||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| USC | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Notes:
* Notre Dame joined the Big Ten in the 2017–18 school year as an affiliate member in men's ice hockey.[9] It continues to field its other sports in the ACC except in football where it will continue to compete as an independent.
° Johns Hopkins joined the Big Ten in 2014 as an affiliate member in men's lacrosse, with women's lacrosse following in 2016. It continues to field its other sports in the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference.[10]
| School | Fencing[a] | Lightweight rowing[b] | Pistol[c] | Rifle[d] | Rowing[b] | Volleyball | Water polo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | Independent | Independent | PRC | MIVA | |||
| Penn State | Independent | EIVA | |||||
| Rutgers | EARC | EARC | |||||
| Wisconsin | EARC | ||||||
| Future Members | |||||||
| UCLA | MPSF | MPSF | |||||
| USC | MPSF | MPSF | |||||
- ^ Fencing is officially a coeducational team sport, although a few schools field only a women's team. Ohio State and Penn State, like most NCAA fencing schools, have coed teams.
- ^ a b Men's rowing, whether heavyweight or lightweight, is not governed by the NCAA, but instead by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association. Rutgers Men's Rowing was downgraded to Club status in 2008, but remains a member of the EARC.
- ^ Unlike rifle, pistol is not an NCAA-governed sport. It is fully coeducational.
- ^ Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Ohio State fields a coed team.
Women's sponsored sports by school
| School | Basketball | Cross-country | Field hockey | Golf | Gymnastics | Lacrosse | Rowing | Soccer | Softball | Swimming & diving | Tennis | Track & field (indoor) | Track & field (outdoor) | Volleyball | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 6+1[c 1] | 8 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 172+1 |
| Associate Members | |||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | |||||||||||||||
| Future Members | |||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| USC | 11 | ||||||||||||||
- Notes
Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big Ten Conference that are played by Big Ten schools
| School | Bowling | Fencing[a] | Ice hockey | Lightweight rowing[b] | Pistol[c] | Rifle[d] | Synchronized swimming[e] | Water polo | Beach volleyball | Wrestling[f] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | MPSF | ||||||||||
| Iowa | [g] | ||||||||||
| Michigan | CWPA | ||||||||||
| Minnesota | WCHA | ||||||||||
| Nebraska | Independent | GARC | Independent | ||||||||
| Northwestern | Independent | ||||||||||
| Ohio State | Independent | WCHA | Independent | PRC | Independent | ||||||
| Penn State | Independent | CHA | |||||||||
| Rutgers | EARC | ||||||||||
| Wisconsin | WCHA | EARC | |||||||||
| Future members | |||||||||||
| UCLA | MPSF | Pac-12[h] | |||||||||
| USC | MPSF | Pac-12[h] | |||||||||
- ^ Fencing is officially a coeducational team sport, but all bouts involve members of the same sex. Most NCAA fencing schools field both men's and women's squads, although a few schools field only a women's squad. Ohio State and Penn State have both men's and women's squads, while Northwestern fields only a women's squad.
- ^ The only category of rowing that the NCAA governs is women's heavyweight rowing. Women's lightweight rowing, as with all men's rowing, is governed by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association.
- ^ Unlike rifle, pistol is not an NCAA-governed sport. It is fully coeducational.
- ^ Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Nebraska fields a women-only team, and Ohio State fields a coed team.
- ^ Synchronized swimming is not governed by the NCAA. Collegiate competition is governed by United States Synchronized Swimming, the sport's national governing body.
- ^ Women's wrestling is currently part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program. NCAA-recognized competition is governed by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
- ^ Iowa will add women's wrestling in the 2023–24 school year.[11]
- ^ a b UCLA and USC have not announced future conference affiliation for beach volleyball.
History
In an initiative led by Purdue University President James Henry Smart,[12] the presidents of the University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, Purdue University and Lake Forest College met in Chicago on January 11, 1895, to discuss the regulation and control of intercollegiate athletics. The eligibility of student-athletes was one of the main topics of discussion.[13] The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives was founded at a second meeting on February 8, 1896.[14] Lake Forest was not at the 1896 meeting and was replaced by the University of Michigan. At the time, the organization was more commonly known as the Western Conference, consisting of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Chicago, Purdue, and Northwestern.
The first reference to the conference as the Big Nine was in 1899 after Iowa and Indiana had joined. Nebraska first petitioned to join the league in 1900 and again in 1911,[15] but was turned away both times. In April 1907, Michigan was voted out of the conference for refusing to adhere to league rules limiting football teams to no more than five games and players to three years of eligibility.[16] Ohio State was added to the conference in 1912. The first known references to the conference as the Big Ten were in December 1916, when Michigan rejoined the conference after a nine-year absence.[17][18]
The conference was again known as the Big Nine after the University of Chicago decided to de-emphasize varsity athletics just after World War II. In 1939 UChicago President Robert Maynard Hutchins made the decision to abolish the football program, based on his negative views of big-time college football’s excesses and associated problems of the time.[19] and withdrew from the conference in 1946 after struggling to obtain victories in many conference matchups. It was believed that one of several schools, notably Iowa State, Marquette, Michigan State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, and Pittsburgh would replace Chicago at the time.[20] On May 20, 1949,[14] Michigan State ended the speculation by joining and the conference was again known as the Big Ten. The Big Ten's membership would remain unchanged for the next 40 years. The conference's official name throughout this period remained the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives. It did not formally adopt the name Big Ten until 1987, when it was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation.
Early history
As intercollegiate football rapidly increased during the 1890s, so did the ruthless nature of the game. Tempers flared, fights erupted, and injuries soared. Between 1880 and 1905, college football players suffered more than 325 deaths and 1,149 injuries. To deal with mounting criticism of the game, President James H. Smart of Purdue University invited representatives from the University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, and University of Wisconsin to a Chicago meeting to create policies aimed at regulating intercollegiate athletics. These schools were the original seven members. In 1899, Indiana University and the University of Iowa joined the conference to increase the membership to nine schools. Ohio State University joined in 1912 and Michigan State University joined in 1948. In 1905, the conference was officially incorporated as the "Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives".[12] The conference is one of the nation's oldest, predating the founding of the NCAA by a decade and was one of the first collegiate conferences to sponsor men's basketball. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was also established in 1895; its successor, the Southern Conference, eventually spawned the Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference.
1990 expansion: Penn State
In 1990, the Big Ten universities voted to expand the conference to 11 teams and extended an invitation to Atlantic 10 member and football independent Pennsylvania State University, which accepted it.[21] When Penn State joined in 1990, it was decided the conference would continue to be called the Big Ten, but its logo was modified to reflect the change; the number 11 was disguised in the negative space of the traditionally blue "Big Ten" lettering.
Missouri showed interest in Big Ten membership after Penn State joined.[22] Around 1993, the league explored adding Kansas, Missouri and Rutgers or other potential schools, to create a 14-team league with two football divisions.[23] These talks died when the Big Eight Conference merged with former Southwest Conference members to create the Big 12.
Following the addition of Penn State, efforts were made to encourage the University of Notre Dame, at that time the last remaining non-service academy independent, to join the league. In 1999, Notre Dame and the Big Ten entered into private negotiations concerning a possible membership that would include Notre Dame. Although Notre Dame's faculty senate endorsed the idea with a near-unanimous vote, the school's board of trustees decided against joining the conference.[24] (In 1926, Notre Dame had briefly considered official entry into the Big Ten but chose to retain its independent status.[25]) Notre Dame subsequently joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports except football, in which Notre Dame maintains its independent status as long as it plays at least five games per season against ACC opponents. This was believed to be the major stumbling block to Notre Dame joining the Big Ten, as Notre Dame wanted to retain its independent home game broadcasting contract with NBC Sports, while the Big Ten insisted upon a full membership with no special exemptions.
2010–2014 expansion: Nebraska, Maryland, Rutgers
In December 2009, Big Ten Conference commissioner Jim Delany announced that the league was looking to expand in what would later be part of a nationwide trend as part of the 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment.[26] On June 11, 2010, the University of Nebraska applied for membership in the Big Ten and was unanimously approved as the conference's 12th school, which became effective July 1, 2011.[27] The conference retained the name "Big Ten". This briefly led to the interesting and ironic result of the Big Ten consisting of twelve teams, and the Big 12 consisting of ten teams (with fellow former Big 12 member Colorado's move to the Pac-12 Conference).
Legends and Leaders divisions
On September 1, 2010, Delany revealed the conference's football divisional split, but noted that the division names would be announced later. Those division names, as well as the conference's new logo, were made public on December 13, 2010. For its new logo, the conference replaced the "hidden 11" logo with one that uses the "B1G" character combination in its branding. Delany did not comment on the logo that day, but it was immediately evident that the new logo would "allow fans to see 'BIG' and '10' in a single word."[28]
For the new football division names, the Big Ten was unable to use geographic names, because they had rejected a geographic arrangement. Delany announced that the new divisions would be known as the "Legends Division" and "Leaders Division". In the Legends division were Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern. The Leaders division was composed of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin. Conference officials stated they had focused on creating competitive fairness rather than splitting by geographical location.[29] However, the new "Legends" and "Leaders" divisions were not met with enthusiasm. Some traditional rivals, including Ohio State and Michigan, were placed in separate divisions.[30]
For the football season, each team played the others in its division, one "cross-over" rivalry game, and two rotating cross-divisional games. At the end of the regular season the two division winners met in a new Big Ten Football Championship Game.[31] The Legends and Leaders divisional alignment was in effect for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 football seasons.
West and East divisions
On November 19, 2012, the University of Maryland's Board of Regents voted to withdraw from the ACC and join the Big Ten as its 13th member effective on July 1, 2014.[32] The Big Ten's Council of Presidents approved the move later that day.[33] One day later, Rutgers University of the Big East also accepted an offer for membership from the Big Ten as its 14th member school.[34]
On April 28, 2013, the Big Ten presidents and chancellors unanimously approved a football divisional realignment that went into effect when Maryland and Rutgers joined in 2014.[35] Under the new plan, the Legends and Leaders divisions were replaced with geographic divisions.[35] The West Division includes Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin (of which all but Purdue are in the Central Time Zone), while the East Division includes Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers (all of which are in the Eastern Time Zone). The final issue in determining the new divisions was which of the two Indiana schools would be sent to the West; Purdue was chosen because its West Lafayette campus is geographically west of Indiana's home city of Bloomington.[36] In the current divisional alignment, the only permanently protected cross-divisional rivalry game in football is Indiana–Purdue.[35] As before, the two division winners play each other in the Big Ten Football Championship Game.
On June 3, 2013, the Big Ten announced the sponsorship of men's and women's lacrosse. For any conference to qualify for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, at least six member schools must play the sport. In women's lacrosse, the addition of Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten brought the conference up to the requisite six participants, joining programs at Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State.[37] In men's lacrosse, Ohio State and Penn State were the only existing participants. Coincident with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers, Michigan agreed to upgrade its successful club team to varsity status, giving the Big Ten five sponsoring schools, one short of the minimum six for an automatic bid. Johns Hopkins University opted to join the conference as its first affiliate member beginning in 2014. Johns Hopkins had been independent in men's lacrosse for 130 years, claiming 44 national championships.[38] As long-time independents joined conferences (for example, Syracuse joining the Atlantic Coast Conference), other schools competing as independents in some cases concluded that the inability to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament was becoming a more serious competitive disadvantage in scheduling and recruiting.
On March 23, 2016, the Big Ten Conference and Notre Dame announced the Fighting Irish would become a men's ice hockey affiliate beginning with the 2017–18 season.[39] Notre Dame had been a member of Hockey East, and the move saves travel time and renews rivalries with former CCHA and WCHA members.
In 2012, the conference announced it would move its headquarters from its location in Park Ridge, Illinois to neighboring Rosemont by the end of 2013. The current office building is situated within Rosemont's MB Financial Entertainment District, alongside Interstate 294. The move into the building was finalized on October 14, 2013.[40][41][42]
UCLA and USC, future expansion
On June 30, 2022, UCLA and USC announced that they will be joining the Big Ten Conference effective August 2, 2024, enabling both schools to remain in the Pac-12 Conference for the duration of the Pac-12's existing media rights agreements.[5][6][43][44] The expansion delayed the announcement of a new media deal, which would eventually be unveiled at $7 billion, with the potential to grow to $10 billion. This deal ended the conference's long-running partnership with ESPN/ABC[45] and specifically states how much more money each broadcaster would pay if Notre Dame (and Notre Dame alone) were to join.[46]
Commissioners
The office of the commissioner of athletics was created in 1922 "to study athletic problems of the various member universities and assist in enforcing the eligibility rules which govern Big Ten athletics."[13]
| Name | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| John L. Griffith | 1922–1944 | died in office |
| Kenneth L. "Tug" Wilson | 1945–1961 | retired |
| William R. Reed | 1961–1971 | died in office |
| Wayne Duke | 1971–1989 | retired |
| Jim Delany | 1989–2020 | retired |
| Kevin Warren | 2020–present |
All Big Ten members are members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance, formerly known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.[47][48][49] The University of Chicago, a former Big Ten Conference member, was a member of the CIC from 1958 to June 29, 2016.[50][51][52][53]
Schools ranked by revenue
The schools below are listed by conference rank of total revenue. Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights/licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, food and novelties. Total expenses includes coaching/staff, scholarships, buildings/ground, maintenance, utilities and rental fees and all other costs including recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues and insurance costs. Surplus (or deficit) is calculated using the total revenue and total expenses data provided by USA Today, individual institutions and the United States Department of Education.[54]
| Institution | 2019 Total Revenue from Athletics[55] | 2019 Total Expenses on Athletics[55] | 2019 Surplus/(Deficit) | 2012 Average Spending per student-athlete[55] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State University | $210,548,239 | $223,605,396 | ($13,057,157) | $158,901 |
| University of Michigan | $197,820,410 | $196,616,430 | $1,203,980 | $133,488 |
| Pennsylvania State University | $164,529,326 | $160,369,805 | $4,159,521 | Not reported |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | $157,660,107 | $154,621,828 | $3,038,279 | $116,487 |
| University of Iowa | $151,976,026 | $147,632,275 | $3,343,751 | $154,592 |
| Michigan State University | $140,010,865 | $135,655,740 | $4,355,125 | $120,356 |
| University of Nebraska–Lincoln | $136,233,460 | $134,713,519 | $1,529,941 | $128,182 |
| University of Minnesota | $130,456,454 | $129,450,256 | $1,006,198 | $102,980 |
| Indiana University Bloomington | $127,832,628 | $114,822,135 | $13,010,493 | $110,102 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | $118,565,501 | $120,168,951 | ($1,603,450) | $154,719 |
| Purdue University | $110,844,907 | $103,526,447 | $7,318,460 | $135,301 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | $108,796,303 | $108,785,924 | $10,379 | $113,706 |
| Rutgers University–New Brunswick | $103,251,280 | $103,167,344 | $83,936 | $104,638 |
| Northwestern University | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Television and media rights
For the 2007 season, the Big Ten negotiated a ten-year television deal with ABC/ESPN for tier-1 football media rights. The men's basketball rights were earned by CBS. The conference also joined with Fox Sports to form the Big Ten Network which would air multiple sports, including football. In 2016, the conference negotiated a six-year deal which made Fox the primary football rights holder and guaranteed the network the football Championship game. ABC/ESPN secured the rights for a significant amount of additional games and CBS retained the rights to top-tier men's basketball rights and Fox earned the right to air several basketball games as well. In total, the rights earned the conference more than $2.6 billion.[56]
On August 18, 2022, the Big Ten announced a media rights deal with Fox, CBS, NBC and Peacock. The deal is reportedly worth more than $7 billion per year, which is estimated to bring $80–$100 million per year to each member school. Fox/FS1 earned the tier-1 rights which included 24–27 football games in 2023–24, then 30–32 games for the remainder of the contract. It also earned the right to air four of the seven Big Ten championship games during the contract. The network will also broadcast 45 men’s basketball games in ’23–24 and at least that many in the years thereafter. The Big Ten Network also will continue to air up to 50 football games per year and a minimum of 126 men's basketball games. The primary timeslot for Fox College Football will be Noon, Eastern Time.
NBC earned the rights to air 16 football games in 2023, then 14–15 after. Peacock will air eight football games and up to 47 men's basketball games and 30 women's basketball games. The primary slot for football was announced as the Prime time block. NBC will also air one football championship game. CBS will air seven football games during the 2023–24 season, and then increase to 14 to 15 per year. Additionally, CBS will air two football title games. The main timeslot will be 3:30pm. Eastern Time. The network will maintain the rights to several basketball games including the final rounds of the men's and women's tournaments. For the first time in 40 years, ESPN did not earn the rights to air any conference sporting events.[57] However, commissioner Kevin Warren stated that the conference remains open to negotiating smaller deals with the network in the future.
Awards and honors
Big Ten Athlete of the Year
The Big Ten Athlete of the Year award is given annually to the athletes voted as the top male and female athlete in the Big Ten Conference.
Big Ten Medal of Honor
Big Ten Medal of Honor (annual; at each school; one male scholar-athlete and one female scholar-athlete)[58]
- Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (annual; at each school; one male student-athlete and one female student-athlete)[59]
NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup rankings
The NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup is an annual award given by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the U.S. colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics. Big Ten universities typically finish ranked in the top-50 of the final Directors' Cup annual rankings.
| Institution | 2021– 22 | 2020– 21 | 2019– 20 | 2018– 19 | 2017– 18 | 2016– 17 | 2015– 16 | 2014– 15 | 2013– 14 | 2012– 13 | 10-yr Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Fighting Illini | 52 | 47 | N/A | 43 | 36 | 38 | 54 | 31 | 47 | 31 | 42 |
| Indiana Hoosiers | 64 | 34 | N/A | 32 | 52 | 47 | 41 | 61 | 36 | 32 | 44 |
| Iowa Hawkeyes | 55 | 30 | N/A | 38 | 51 | 52 | 62 | 44 | 78 | 65 | 53 |
| Maryland Terrapins | 46 | 46 | N/A | 40 | 50 | 49 | 59 | 33 | 32 | 44 | 44 |
| Michigan Wolverines | 3 | 3 | N/A | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 6 |
| Michigan State Spartans | 41 | 61 | N/A | 47 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 34 | 29 | 30 | 43 |
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | 28 | 28 | N/A | 20 | 19 | 30 | 18 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 24 |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | 49 | 35 | N/A | 48 | 31 | 38 | 27 | 39 | 23 | 24 | 35 |
| Northwestern Wildcats | 36 | 31 | N/A | 45 | 31 | 36 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 35 |
| Ohio State Buckeyes | 4 | 9 | N/A | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 9 |
| Penn State Nittany Lions | 43 | 39 | N/A | 13 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| Purdue Boilermakers | 53 | 38 | N/A | 55 | 41 | 41 | 45 | 60 | 48 | 42 | 47 |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | 48 | 60 | N/A | 82 | 103 | 113 | 83 | 104 | 91 | 120 | 89 |
| Wisconsin Badgers | 24 | 37 | N/A | 16 | 22 | 16 | 27 | 18 | 18 | 29 | 23 |
| University | Top 10 rankings |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 22 |
| Ohio State | 14 |
| Penn State | 9 |
| Nebraska | 5 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
2021–22 Capital One Cup standings
The Capital One Cup is an award given annually to the best men's and women's Division I college athletics programs in the United States. Points are earned throughout the year based on final standings of NCAA Championships and final coaches' poll rankings.
| Institution | Men's Ranking | Women's Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 78 | NR |
| Indiana | 69 | 74 |
| Iowa | 58 | 57 |
| Maryland | 3 | 9 |
| Michigan | 2 | 13 |
| Michigan State | 61 | 85 |
| Minnesota | 64 | 22 |
| Nebraska | 47 | 11 |
| Northwestern | 78 | 11 |
| Ohio State | 17 | 21 |
| Penn State | 21 | 70 |
| Purdue | 88 | 37 |
| Rutgers | 29 | 15 |
| Wisconsin | NR | 5 |
Conference records
For Big Ten records, by sport (not including football), see footnote[60]
NCAA national titles
Totals are per NCAA annual list published every July[61] and NCAA-published gymnastics history,[62] with subsequent results as of June 30, 2021, obtained from NCAA.org, which provides intermittent updates throughout the year.
Excluded from this list are all national championships earned outside the scope of NCAA competition, including Division I FBS football titles, women's AIAW championships (17) and retroactive Helms Athletic Foundation titles.
See also: List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships and List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships
Conference titles
For Big Ten championships, by year, see footnote.[64] Totals do not include Big Ten tournament championships.
- ^ Johns Hopkins was added in 2014 as an associate member that competed in men's lacrosse only. Johns Hopkins also began competing as an associate member in women's lacrosse in the 2016–17 school year.
- ^ Maryland won 196 conference championships as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), second most in ACC history.
- ^ Nebraska won 80 conference championships as a member of the Big 12 Conference, second most in Big 12 history. Nebraska also won 230 conference championships as a member of the Big Eight Conference, the most in Big Eight history.
- ^ Notre Dame was added in 2017 as an associate member that competed in men's ice hockey only.
- ^ Penn State won or shared 70 conference championships as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (1982–91) and earlier when it was known as the Eastern 8 Conference (1976–79).
- ^ Rutgers won six conference championships as a member of the Middle Three Conference, the Middle Atlantic Conference, the Atlantic 10 Conference, the original Big East Conference, and both of its offshoots, the current non-football Big East Conference and the American Athletic Conference.
- ^ Chicago won 73 conference championships as a member of the Big Ten from 1896 to 1946.
Current champions
| Sport | Champion | Tournament champion |
|---|---|---|
| Men's cross country | Wisconsin (2022) | — |
| Women's cross country | Michigan State (2022) | — |
| Field hockey | Maryland & Penn State (2022) | Michigan (2022) |
| Football | Michigan (2022) | — |
| Men's soccer | Maryland (2022) | Rutgers (2022) |
| Women's soccer | Michigan State (2022) | Penn State (2022) |
| Women's volleyball | Wisconsin (2022) | — |
| Women's swimming and diving | Ohio State (2022) | — |
| Men's indoor track and field | Iowa (2022) | — |
| Women's indoor track and field | Minnesota (2022) | — |
| Men's swimming and diving | Indiana (2022) | — |
| Women's basketball | Ohio State & Iowa (2022) | Iowa (2022) |
| Wrestling | ‡Penn State (2022) | Michigan (2022) |
| Men's basketball | Illinois & Wisconsin (2022) | Iowa (2022) |
| Men's ice hockey | Minnesota (2022) | Michigan (2022) |
| Women’s ice hockey | Minnesota & Ohio State (2022) | ‡Ohio State (2022) |
| Women's gymnastics | Michigan (2022) | Michigan (2022) |
| Men's gymnastics | Ohio State & Michigan (2022) | Michigan (2022) |
| Women's tennis | Ohio State (2022) | Michigan (2022) |
| Men's tennis | Ohio State (2022) | Michigan (2022) |
| Women's golf | Michigan (2022) | — |
| Men's golf | Illinois (2022) | — |
| Women's lacrosse | Maryland (2022) | Maryland (2022) |
| Men's lacrosse | ‡Maryland (2022) | Maryland (2022) |
| Softball | Northwestern (2022) | Nebraska (2022) |
| Men's outdoor track and field | Ohio State (2022) | — |
| Women's outdoor track and field | Ohio State (2022) | — |
| Women's rowing | Ohio State (2022) | — |
| Baseball | Maryland (2022) | Michigan (2022) |
‡ Denotes national champion
Football
When Maryland and Rutgers joined the Big Ten in 2014, the division names were changed to "East" and "West", with Purdue and the six schools in the Central Time Zone in the West and Indiana joining the remaining six Eastern Time Zone schools in the East. The only protected cross-division game is Indiana–Purdue. Beginning in 2016, the Big Ten adopted a nine-game conference schedule.[36][66] All teams have one cross-division opponent they play annually that changes every six years except for Indiana and Purdue, whose crossover is permanent. The other six opponents are played every three years during that cycle. For 2016–2021, the pairings are Maryland-Minnesota, Michigan-Wisconsin, Michigan State-Northwestern, Ohio State-Nebraska, Penn State-Iowa, and Rutgers-Illinois, and for 2022-2027 the pairings are Maryland-Northwestern, Michigan-Nebraska, Michigan State-Minnesota, Ohio State-Wisconsin, Penn State-Illinois, and Rutgers-Iowa.[67] In 2016, the Big Ten no longer allowed its members to play Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) teams and also requires at least one non-conference game against a school in the Power Five conferences (ACC, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC). Contracts for future games already scheduled against FCS teams would be honored. However, in 2017, the Big Ten started to allow teams to schedule an FCS opponent during years in which they only have four conference home games (odd-numbered years for East division teams, even-numbered years for West division teams).[68] At the time this policy was first announced, games against FBS independents Notre Dame and BYU would automatically count toward the Power Five requirement.[69] ESPN, citing a Big Ten executive, reported in 2015 that the Big Ten would allow exceptions to the Power Five rule on a case-by-case basis, and also that the other FBS independent at that time, Army, had been added to the list of non-Power Five schools that would automatically be counted as Power Five opponents.[70]
All-time school records
This list goes through the 2021 season.
Future conference members in gray.
| # | Team | Records | Pct. | Division Championships | Big Ten Championships | Claimed National Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ohio State | 942–330–53 | .731 | 10 | 39† | 8 |
| 1 | Michigan | 976–352–36 | .729 | 2 | 43 | 11 |
| 3 | USC†† | 867-362-54 | .697 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Nebraska†† | 908–409–40 | .684 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Penn State | 909–404–42 | .686 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Michigan State | 721–472–44 | .601 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 729–506–53 | .587 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| 8 | UCLA†† | 622-447-37 | .579 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Minnesota | 714–529–42 | .572 | 1 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | Iowa | 677–566–39 | .543 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| 11 | Purdue | 626–575–48 | .520 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | Maryland†† | 662–616–43 | .517 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Illinois | 613–612–50 | .500 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| 14 | Rutgers†† | 658–671–42 | .495 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Northwestern | 547–686–44 | .446 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | Indiana | 496–692–44 | .420 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
† Ohio State vacated 12 wins and its Big Ten title in 2010 due to NCAA sanctions.
†† Numbers of division and conference championships shown reflect Big Ten history only and do not include division and conference championships in former conferences. USC and UCLA join the Big Ten in 2024, Maryland and Rutgers joined in 2014, and Nebraska joined in 2011.
Number of Claimed National Championships, as well as win–loss–tie records, include all seasons played, regardless of conference membership.
Big Ten Conference champions
Bowl games
Since 1946, the Big Ten champion has had a tie-in with the Rose Bowl game. Michigan appeared in the first bowl game, the 1902 Rose Bowl. After that, the Big Ten did not allow their schools to participate in bowl games, until the agreement struck with the Pacific Coast Conference for the 1947 Rose Bowl. From 1946 through 1971, the Big Ten did not allow the same team to represent the conference in consecutive years in the Rose Bowl with an exception made after the 1961 season in which Minnesota played in the 1962 Rose Bowl after playing in the 1961 Rose Bowl due to Ohio State declining the bid because of Ohio State faculty concerns about academics.
It was not until the 1975 season that the Big Ten allowed teams to play in bowl games other than the Rose Bowl. Michigan, which had been shut out of the postseason the previous three years, was the first beneficiary of the new rule when it played in the Orange Bowl vs. Oklahoma. Due to the pre-1975 rules, Big Ten teams such as Michigan and Ohio State have lower numbers of all-time bowl appearances than powerhouse teams from the Big 12 Conference (previously Big Eight and Southwest Conferences) and Southeastern Conference, which always placed multiple teams in bowl games every year.
Since the 2020–21 season, a new slate of bowl game selections has included several new bowl games.[71]
| Pick | Name | Location | Opposing Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose Bowl* | Pasadena, California | Pac-12 |
| 2 | Citrus Bowl or Orange Bowl^ | Orlando, Florida or Miami Gardens, Florida | SEC or ACC |
| 3 | ReliaQuest Bowl[72] | Tampa, Florida | SEC |
| 4 | Las Vegas Bowl or Duke's Mayo Bowl† | Paradise, Nevada or Charlotte, North Carolina | Pac-12 or ACC |
| 5 | Music City Bowl[72] | Nashville, Tennessee | SEC |
| 6 | Pinstripe Bowl[72] | New York City | ACC |
| 7 | Guaranteed Rate Bowl[72] | Phoenix, Arizona | Big 12 |
| 8 | San Francisco Bowl[72] | Santa Clara, California | Pac-12 |
| 9 | Quick Lane Bowl[72] | Detroit, Michigan | MAC |
* If the conference champion is picked for the College Football Playoff in years the Rose Bowl does not host a semifinal, the next highest ranked team in the committee rankings, or runner up, shall take its place at the Rose Bowl.
^ The Big Ten, along with the SEC, will be eligible to face the ACC representative in the Orange Bowl at least three out of the eight seasons that it does not host a semifinal for the Playoff over a 12-year span. Notre Dame will be chosen the other two years if eligible.
† The Big Ten will switch between the Las Vegas Bowl and Duke's Mayo Bowl on odd and even years, respectively.
Bowl selection procedures
Although the pick order usually corresponds to the conference standings, the bowls are not required to make their choices strictly according to the win–loss records; many factors influence bowl selections, especially the likely turnout of the team's fans. Picks are made after CFP selections; the bowl with the #2 pick will have the first pick of the remaining teams in the conference.
For all non-College Football Playoff partners, the bowl partner will request a Big Ten team. The Big Ten will approve or assign another team based on internal selection parameters.
When not hosting a semifinal, the Orange Bowl will select the highest-ranked team from the Big Ten, SEC or Notre Dame to face an ACC opponent. (However, in an 8-game cycle [12 years due to not counting when the Orange Bowl is a semifinal], the Big Ten must be selected at least three times and no more than four times; the SEC similarly will be selected between three and four times while Notre Dame may be selected up to two times.)[73] The Big Ten Champion cannot play in the Orange Bowl. If a Big Ten team is not selected by the Orange Bowl, the Citrus Bowl will submit a request for a Big Ten team.
Head coach compensation
Guaranteed compensation is due to the coaches regardless of performance. Though most of the pay is directed from the university, some also comes in the form of guaranteed endorsements and other income streams. Most coaches also have performance-based bonuses that can significantly raise their salaries.[74]
Two Big Ten member schools—Northwestern, a private institution, and Penn State, exempt from most open records laws due to its status as what Pennsylvania calls a "state-related" institution—are not obligated to provide salary information for their head coaches, but choose to do so.
| Conf. Rank | Institution | Head coach | 2023 guaranteed pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| T-1 | Michigan State University | Mel Tucker | $9,500,000 |
| T-1 | Ohio State University | Ryan Day | $9,500,000 |
| 3 | < conference, redirects, here, other, uses, disambiguation, stylized, formerly, western, conference, nine, conference, oldest, division, collegiate, athletic, conference, united, states, founded, intercollegiate, conference, faculty, representatives, 1896, preda. Big Ten redirects here For other uses see Big Ten disambiguation The Big Ten Conference stylized B1G formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896 it predates the founding of its regulating organization the NCAA It is based in the Chicago area in Rosemont Illinois For many decades the conference consisted of 10 universities and it has 14 members and 2 affiliate institutions 1 2 The conference competes in the NCAA Division I and its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision FBS formerly known as Division I A the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport Big Ten ConferenceFormerlyIntercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives officially 1896 1987 Western Conference 1896 1899 Big Nine 1899 1917 1946 1950 AssociationNCAAFounded1896 127 years ago 1896 CommissionerKevin WarrenSports fielded28 men s 14 women s 14DivisionDivision ISubdivisionFBSNo of teams14 2 affiliate members 2 future members in 2024 HeadquartersRosemont IllinoisRegionMidwest East North Central West North Central Northeast Mid Atlantic Western starting in 2024 Pacific starting in 2024 Official websitebigten wbr orgLocationsBig Ten Conference Midwest and Mid Atlantic Interactive fullscreen map Location of B1G members full and affiliate Big Ten Conference California Interactive fullscreen map Location of B1G members future Big Ten member institutions are major research universities with large financial endowments and strong academic reputations Large student enrollment is a hallmark of its universities as 12 of the 14 members enroll more than 30 000 students They are largely state public universities founding member Northwestern University is the lone private university in the Big Ten Collectively Big Ten universities educate more than 520 000 total students and have 5 7 million living alumni 1 The members engage in 9 3 billion in funded research each year 2 13 out of 14 are members of the Association of American Universities and all are members of the Universities Research Association URA Some Big Ten universities are also members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance formerly the Committee on Institutional Cooperation 3 Though the Big Ten existed for nearly a century as an assemblage of universities in the Midwest the conference s geographic footprint now stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Plains and in 2024 will extend to the Pacific Ocean The conference has maintained its historic name while expanding to 14 members and 2 affiliate members 4 Contents 1 Member schools 1 1 Current members 1 2 Future members 1 3 Associate members 1 4 Former member a 1 5 Membership timeline 2 Sports 2 1 Men s sponsored sports by school 2 2 Women s sponsored sports by school 3 History 3 1 Early history 3 2 1990 expansion Penn State 3 3 2010 2014 expansion Nebraska Maryland Rutgers 3 3 1 Legends and Leaders divisions 3 3 2 West and East divisions 3 4 UCLA and USC future expansion 4 Commissioners 5 Schools ranked by revenue 6 Television and media rights 7 Awards and honors 7 1 Big Ten Athlete of the Year 7 2 Big Ten Medal of Honor 7 3 NACDA Learfield Sports Directors Cup rankings 7 4 2021 22 Capital One Cup standings 8 Conference records 9 NCAA national titles 10 Conference titles 11 Current champions 12 Football 12 1 All time school records 12 2 Big Ten Conference champions 12 3 Bowl games 12 3 1 Bowl selection procedures 12 4 Head coach compensation 12 5 Marching bands 12 6 Conference individual honors 13 Men s basketball 13 1 All time school records 13 2 National championships Final Fours and NCAA tournament appearances 13 3 NCAA tournament champions runners up and locations 13 4 Post season NIT championships and runners up 14 Women s basketball 14 1 National championships Final Fours and NCAA tournament appearances 14 2 NCAA tournament champions runners up and locations 14 3 Women s National Invitation Tournament championship games 15 Field hockey 16 Men s gymnastics 16 1 NCAA championships and runners up 17 Men s ice hockey 17 1 All time school records 17 2 Conference records 17 3 Conference champions 17 4 Big Ten Men s Ice Hockey Tournament champions 17 5 NCAA tournament champions runners up and locations 17 6 Awards 18 Men s lacrosse 18 1 All time school records 18 2 National championships Final Fours and NCAA tournament appearances 18 3 Big Ten Conference champions 18 4 Big Ten men s lacrosse tournament champions 19 Women s lacrosse 19 1 All time school records 20 Men s soccer 20 1 All time school records 21 Rivalries 21 1 Intra conference football rivalries 21 2 Extra conference football rivalries 21 3 Intra conference basketball rivalries 21 4 Extra conference basketball rivalries 21 5 Other sports 21 5 1 Men s ice hockey 21 5 2 Men s lacrosse 21 5 3 Men s soccer 21 5 4 Wrestling 21 6 Extra conference rivalries 22 Facilities and apparel 22 1 Football basketball and baseball facilities 22 2 Ice hockey arenas 22 3 Soccer stadiums 22 4 Apparel 23 Media 24 See also 25 References 26 External linksMember schools EditCurrent members Edit Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Endowment millions Nickname ColorsEast DivisionIndiana University Bloomington Bloomington Indiana 1820 1899 a Public 42 552 3 317 Hoosiers University of Maryland College Park College Park Maryland 1856 2014 Public land grant 40 709 1 993 Terrapins University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan 1817 1896 1917 b Public 47 907 17 022 Wolverines Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan 1855 1950 c Public land grant 49 695 3 926 Spartans Ohio State University Columbus Ohio 1870 1912 61 369 6 814 Buckeyes Pennsylvania State University University Park Pennsylvania 1855 1990 d 45 901 4 613 Nittany Lions Rutgers University New Brunswick Piscataway New Jersey 1766 2014 50 411 2 000 Scarlet Knights West DivisionUniversity of Illinois Urbana Champaign Urbana Champaign Illinois 1867 1896 Public land grant 52 331 3 380 Fighting Illini University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa 1847 1899 e Public 30 448 3 137 Hawkeyes University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis St Paul Minnesota 1851 1896 Public land grant 52 017 5 443 Golden Gophers University of Nebraska Lincoln Lincoln Nebraska 1869 2011 25 057 2 310 Cornhuskers Northwestern University Evanston Illinois 1851 1896 Private not for profit non sectarian 22 316 14 958 Wildcats Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana 1869 Public land grant 45 869 3 584 Boilermakers University of Wisconsin Madison Madison Wisconsin 1848 47 935 3 981 Badgers Notes Athletic teams started competing in the conference effective the 1900 01 school year In April 1907 Michigan was voted out of the conference for refusing to adhere to league rules limiting football teams to no more than five games and players to three years of eligibility Consequently its athletic teams were independent from 1907 08 to 1916 17 Athletic teams started competing in the conference effective the 1953 54 school year Athletic teams started competing in the conference effective the 1991 92 school year Athletic teams started competing in the conference effective the 1900 01 school year Future members Edit On June 30 2022 University of California Los Angeles UCLA and the University of Southern California USC announced plans to withdraw from the Pac 12 Conference to join the Big Ten in 2024 as full members 5 6 Institution Location Founded Join Date Type Enrollment Endowment millions Nickname Colors CurrentconferenceUniversity of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California 1919 2024 Public land grant 45 900 3 892 Bruins Pac 12University of Southern California 1880 Private not for profit non sectarian 49 500 8 120 Trojans Associate members Edit Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Nickname Colors Big Ten sport s Primary conferenceJohns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland 1876 2014 15 Private not for profit Non sectarian 29 094 Blue Jays men s lacrosse a Centennial NCAA D III women s lacrosse b University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Indiana 1842 2017 18 Private not for profit Catholic 12 472 Fighting Irish men s ice hockey ACCNotes On July 1 2014 Johns Hopkins University joined the conference as an associate member in men s lacrosse On July 1 2016 Johns Hopkins University became an associate member in women s lacrosse Former member a Edit Institution Location Founded Joined Left Type Enrollment Nickname Colors Current conferenceUniversity of Chicago Chicago Illinois 1890 1896 1946 b Private not for profit Non sectarian 17 470 Maroons UAA NCAA D III Notes Lake Forest College attended the original 1895 meeting that led to the formation of the conference but never participated in athletics or any other activities The University of Chicago was a co founder of the conference The school dropped football after the 1939 fall season 1939 40 school year but remained a member in other sports until the end of the 1945 46 academic year 7 Membership timeline Edit Full members Full members non football Sport affiliate Other conference Other conferenceSports EditThe Big Ten Conference sponsors championship competition in 14 men s and 14 women s NCAA sanctioned sports 8 Teams in Big Ten Conference competition Sport Men s Women sBaseball 13 Basketball 14 14Cross country 12 14Field hockey 9Football 14 Golf 14 14Gymnastics 5 10Ice hockey 7 Lacrosse 6 7Rowing 8Soccer 9 14Softball 14Swimming amp diving 10 13Tennis 12 14Track and field indoor 12 13Track and field outdoor 13 13Volleyball 14Wrestling 14 Men s sponsored sports by school Edit School Base ball Basket ball Cross Country Football Golf Gym nastics Ice hockey Lac rosse Soccer Swimming amp diving Tennis Track amp field indoor Track amp field outdoor Wrest ling TotalIllinois Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Y Y Y Y 10Indiana Y Y Y Y Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y 11Iowa Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N Y Y Y 8Maryland Y Y N Y Y N N Y Y N N N Y Y 8Michigan Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 14Michigan State Y Y Y Y Y N Y N Y N Y Y Y Y 11Minnesota Y Y Y Y Y N Y N N Y N N Y Y 9Nebraska Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Y Y Y Y 10Northwestern Y Y N Y Y N N N Y Y Y N N Y 8Ohio State Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 14Penn State Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 14Purdue Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Y Y Y Y Y 10Rutgers Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y N N Y Y Y 10Wisconsin N Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y 11Totals 13 14 12 14 14 5 6 1 5 1 9 8 10 11 13 14 148 2Associate MembersJohns Hopkins Y 1Notre Dame Y 1Future membersUCLA Y Y Y Y Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N 9USC Y Y N Y Y N N N N Y Y Y Y N 8Notes Notre Dame joined the Big Ten in the 2017 18 school year as an affiliate member in men s ice hockey 9 It continues to field its other sports in the ACC except in football where it will continue to compete as an independent Johns Hopkins joined the Big Ten in 2014 as an affiliate member in men s lacrosse with women s lacrosse following in 2016 It continues to field its other sports in the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference 10 Men s varsity sports not sponsored by the Big Ten Conference that are played by Big Ten schools School Fencing a Lightweightrowing b Pistol c Rifle d Rowing b Volleyball Water poloOhio State Independent N Independent PRC N MIVA NPenn State Independent N N N N EIVA NRutgers N EARC N N EARC N NWisconsin N N N N EARC N NFuture MembersUCLA N N N N N MPSF MPSFUSC N N N N N MPSF MPSF Fencing is officially a coeducational team sport although a few schools field only a women s team Ohio State and Penn State like most NCAA fencing schools have coed teams a b Men s rowing whether heavyweight or lightweight is not governed by the NCAA but instead by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Rutgers Men s Rowing was downgraded to Club status in 2008 but remains a member of the EARC Unlike rifle pistol is not an NCAA governed sport It is fully coeducational Rifle is technically a men s sport but men s women s and coed teams all compete against each other Ohio State fields a coed team Women s sponsored sports by school Edit School Basket ball Cross country Fieldhockey Golf Gym nastics Lacrosse Rowing Soccer Softball Swimming amp diving Tennis Track amp field indoor Track amp field outdoor Volley ball TotalIllinois Y Y N Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11Indiana Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 12Iowa Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 13Maryland Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y Y 12Michigan Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 14Michigan State Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y 12Minnesota Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 12Nebraska Y Y N Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11Northwestern Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y Y N N Y 10Ohio State Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 14Penn State Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 13Purdue Y Y N Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 10Rutgers Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 14Wisconsin Y Y N Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11Totals 14 14 9 14 10 6 1 c 1 8 14 14 12 14 13 13 14 172 1Associate MembersJohns Hopkins YFuture MembersUCLA Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 12USC Y Y N Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y 11Notes Women s varsity sports not sponsored by the Big Ten Conference that are played by Big Ten schools School Bowling Fencing a Icehockey Lightweightrowing b Pistol c Rifle d Synchronizedswimming e Waterpolo Beachvolleyball Wrestling f Indiana N N N N N N N MPSF N NIowa N N N N N N N N N g Michigan N N N N N N N CWPA N NMinnesota N N WCHA N N N N N N NNebraska Independent N N N N GARC N N Independent NNorthwestern N Independent N N N N N N N NOhio State N Independent WCHA N Independent PRC Independent N N NPenn State N Independent CHA N N N N N N NRutgers N N N EARC N N N N N NWisconsin N N WCHA EARC N N N N N NFuture membersUCLA N N N N N N N MPSF Pac 12 h NUSC N N N N N N N MPSF Pac 12 h N Fencing is officially a coeducational team sport but all bouts involve members of the same sex Most NCAA fencing schools field both men s and women s squads although a few schools field only a women s squad Ohio State and Penn State have both men s and women s squads while Northwestern fields only a women s squad The only category of rowing that the NCAA governs is women s heavyweight rowing Women s lightweight rowing as with all men s rowing is governed by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Unlike rifle pistol is not an NCAA governed sport It is fully coeducational Rifle is technically a men s sport but men s women s and coed teams all compete against each other Nebraska fields a women only team and Ohio State fields a coed team Synchronized swimming is not governed by the NCAA Collegiate competition is governed by United States Synchronized Swimming the sport s national governing body Women s wrestling is currently part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program NCAA recognized competition is governed by the National Wrestling Coaches Association Iowa will add women s wrestling in the 2023 24 school year 11 a b UCLA and USC have not announced future conference affiliation for beach volleyball History EditIn an initiative led by Purdue University President James Henry Smart 12 the presidents of the University of Chicago University of Illinois University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin Northwestern University Purdue University and Lake Forest College met in Chicago on January 11 1895 to discuss the regulation and control of intercollegiate athletics The eligibility of student athletes was one of the main topics of discussion 13 The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives was founded at a second meeting on February 8 1896 14 Lake Forest was not at the 1896 meeting and was replaced by the University of Michigan At the time the organization was more commonly known as the Western Conference consisting of Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Chicago Purdue and Northwestern The first reference to the conference as the Big Nine was in 1899 after Iowa and Indiana had joined Nebraska first petitioned to join the league in 1900 and again in 1911 15 but was turned away both times In April 1907 Michigan was voted out of the conference for refusing to adhere to league rules limiting football teams to no more than five games and players to three years of eligibility 16 Ohio State was added to the conference in 1912 The first known references to the conference as the Big Ten were in December 1916 when Michigan rejoined the conference after a nine year absence 17 18 The conference was again known as the Big Nine after the University of Chicago decided to de emphasize varsity athletics just after World War II In 1939 UChicago President Robert Maynard Hutchins made the decision to abolish the football program based on his negative views of big time college football s excesses and associated problems of the time 19 and withdrew from the conference in 1946 after struggling to obtain victories in many conference matchups It was believed that one of several schools notably Iowa State Marquette Michigan State Nebraska Notre Dame and Pittsburgh would replace Chicago at the time 20 On May 20 1949 14 Michigan State ended the speculation by joining and the conference was again known as the Big Ten The Big Ten s membership would remain unchanged for the next 40 years The conference s official name throughout this period remained the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives It did not formally adopt the name Big Ten until 1987 when it was incorporated as a not for profit corporation Early history Edit As intercollegiate football rapidly increased during the 1890s so did the ruthless nature of the game Tempers flared fights erupted and injuries soared Between 1880 and 1905 college football players suffered more than 325 deaths and 1 149 injuries To deal with mounting criticism of the game President James H Smart of Purdue University invited representatives from the University of Chicago University of Illinois University of Michigan University of Minnesota Northwestern University and University of Wisconsin to a Chicago meeting to create policies aimed at regulating intercollegiate athletics These schools were the original seven members In 1899 Indiana University and the University of Iowa joined the conference to increase the membership to nine schools Ohio State University joined in 1912 and Michigan State University joined in 1948 In 1905 the conference was officially incorporated as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives 12 The conference is one of the nation s oldest predating the founding of the NCAA by a decade and was one of the first collegiate conferences to sponsor men s basketball The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was also established in 1895 its successor the Southern Conference eventually spawned the Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference 1990 expansion Penn State Edit Big Ten logo 1990 2011 To reflect the addition of the 11th school Penn State the number 11 was placed in the negative space of the Big Ten lettering In 1990 the Big Ten universities voted to expand the conference to 11 teams and extended an invitation to Atlantic 10 member and football independent Pennsylvania State University which accepted it 21 When Penn State joined in 1990 it was decided the conference would continue to be called the Big Ten but its logo was modified to reflect the change the number 11 was disguised in the negative space of the traditionally blue Big Ten lettering Missouri showed interest in Big Ten membership after Penn State joined 22 Around 1993 the league explored adding Kansas Missouri and Rutgers or other potential schools to create a 14 team league with two football divisions 23 These talks died when the Big Eight Conference merged with former Southwest Conference members to create the Big 12 Following the addition of Penn State efforts were made to encourage the University of Notre Dame at that time the last remaining non service academy independent to join the league In 1999 Notre Dame and the Big Ten entered into private negotiations concerning a possible membership that would include Notre Dame Although Notre Dame s faculty senate endorsed the idea with a near unanimous vote the school s board of trustees decided against joining the conference 24 In 1926 Notre Dame had briefly considered official entry into the Big Ten but chose to retain its independent status 25 Notre Dame subsequently joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports except football in which Notre Dame maintains its independent status as long as it plays at least five games per season against ACC opponents This was believed to be the major stumbling block to Notre Dame joining the Big Ten as Notre Dame wanted to retain its independent home game broadcasting contract with NBC Sports while the Big Ten insisted upon a full membership with no special exemptions 2010 2014 expansion Nebraska Maryland Rutgers Edit Main article 2010 2014 Big Ten Conference realignment In December 2009 Big Ten Conference commissioner Jim Delany announced that the league was looking to expand in what would later be part of a nationwide trend as part of the 2010 2014 NCAA conference realignment 26 On June 11 2010 the University of Nebraska applied for membership in the Big Ten and was unanimously approved as the conference s 12th school which became effective July 1 2011 27 The conference retained the name Big Ten This briefly led to the interesting and ironic result of the Big Ten consisting of twelve teams and the Big 12 consisting of ten teams with fellow former Big 12 member Colorado s move to the Pac 12 Conference Legends and Leaders divisions Edit On September 1 2010 Delany revealed the conference s football divisional split but noted that the division names would be announced later Those division names as well as the conference s new logo were made public on December 13 2010 For its new logo the conference replaced the hidden 11 logo with one that uses the B1G character combination in its branding Delany did not comment on the logo that day but it was immediately evident that the new logo would allow fans to see BIG and 10 in a single word 28 For the new football division names the Big Ten was unable to use geographic names because they had rejected a geographic arrangement Delany announced that the new divisions would be known as the Legends Division and Leaders Division In the Legends division were Iowa Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Nebraska and Northwestern The Leaders division was composed of Illinois Indiana Ohio State Penn State Purdue and Wisconsin Conference officials stated they had focused on creating competitive fairness rather than splitting by geographical location 29 However the new Legends and Leaders divisions were not met with enthusiasm Some traditional rivals including Ohio State and Michigan were placed in separate divisions 30 For the football season each team played the others in its division one cross over rivalry game and two rotating cross divisional games At the end of the regular season the two division winners met in a new Big Ten Football Championship Game 31 The Legends and Leaders divisional alignment was in effect for the 2011 2012 and 2013 football seasons West and East divisions Edit Big Ten Conference Interactive fullscreen map Location of Big Ten members Full Member East Division Full Member West Division Future Members On November 19 2012 the University of Maryland s Board of Regents voted to withdraw from the ACC and join the Big Ten as its 13th member effective on July 1 2014 32 The Big Ten s Council of Presidents approved the move later that day 33 One day later Rutgers University of the Big East also accepted an offer for membership from the Big Ten as its 14th member school 34 On April 28 2013 the Big Ten presidents and chancellors unanimously approved a football divisional realignment that went into effect when Maryland and Rutgers joined in 2014 35 Under the new plan the Legends and Leaders divisions were replaced with geographic divisions 35 The West Division includes Illinois Iowa Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Purdue and Wisconsin of which all but Purdue are in the Central Time Zone while the East Division includes Indiana Maryland Michigan Michigan State Ohio State Penn State and Rutgers all of which are in the Eastern Time Zone The final issue in determining the new divisions was which of the two Indiana schools would be sent to the West Purdue was chosen because its West Lafayette campus is geographically west of Indiana s home city of Bloomington 36 In the current divisional alignment the only permanently protected cross divisional rivalry game in football is Indiana Purdue 35 As before the two division winners play each other in the Big Ten Football Championship Game On June 3 2013 the Big Ten announced the sponsorship of men s and women s lacrosse For any conference to qualify for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament at least six member schools must play the sport In women s lacrosse the addition of Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten brought the conference up to the requisite six participants joining programs at Michigan Northwestern Ohio State and Penn State 37 In men s lacrosse Ohio State and Penn State were the only existing participants Coincident with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers Michigan agreed to upgrade its successful club team to varsity status giving the Big Ten five sponsoring schools one short of the minimum six for an automatic bid Johns Hopkins University opted to join the conference as its first affiliate member beginning in 2014 Johns Hopkins had been independent in men s lacrosse for 130 years claiming 44 national championships 38 As long time independents joined conferences for example Syracuse joining the Atlantic Coast Conference other schools competing as independents in some cases concluded that the inability to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament was becoming a more serious competitive disadvantage in scheduling and recruiting On March 23 2016 the Big Ten Conference and Notre Dame announced the Fighting Irish would become a men s ice hockey affiliate beginning with the 2017 18 season 39 Notre Dame had been a member of Hockey East and the move saves travel time and renews rivalries with former CCHA and WCHA members The conference s headquarters in Rosemont Illinois In 2012 the conference announced it would move its headquarters from its location in Park Ridge Illinois to neighboring Rosemont by the end of 2013 The current office building is situated within Rosemont s MB Financial Entertainment District alongside Interstate 294 The move into the building was finalized on October 14 2013 40 41 42 UCLA and USC future expansion Edit Main article 2021 22 NCAA conference realignment On June 30 2022 UCLA and USC announced that they will be joining the Big Ten Conference effective August 2 2024 enabling both schools to remain in the Pac 12 Conference for the duration of the Pac 12 s existing media rights agreements 5 6 43 44 The expansion delayed the announcement of a new media deal which would eventually be unveiled at 7 billion with the potential to grow to 10 billion This deal ended the conference s long running partnership with ESPN ABC 45 and specifically states how much more money each broadcaster would pay if Notre Dame and Notre Dame alone were to join 46 Commissioners EditThe office of the commissioner of athletics was created in 1922 to study athletic problems of the various member universities and assist in enforcing the eligibility rules which govern Big Ten athletics 13 Name Years NotesJohn L Griffith 1922 1944 died in officeKenneth L Tug Wilson 1945 1961 retiredWilliam R Reed 1961 1971 died in officeWayne Duke 1971 1989 retiredJim Delany 1989 2020 retiredKevin Warren 2020 presentAll Big Ten members are members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance formerly known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation 47 48 49 The University of Chicago a former Big Ten Conference member was a member of the CIC from 1958 to June 29 2016 50 51 52 53 Schools ranked by revenue EditThe schools below are listed by conference rank of total revenue Total revenue includes ticket sales contributions and donations rights licensing student fees school funds and all other sources including TV income camp income food and novelties Total expenses includes coaching staff scholarships buildings ground maintenance utilities and rental fees and all other costs including recruiting team travel equipment and uniforms conference dues and insurance costs Surplus or deficit is calculated using the total revenue and total expenses data provided by USA Today individual institutions and the United States Department of Education 54 Institution 2019 Total Revenuefrom Athletics 55 2019 Total Expenseson Athletics 55 2019 Surplus Deficit 2012 Average Spendingper student athlete 55 Ohio State University 210 548 239 223 605 396 13 057 157 158 901University of Michigan 197 820 410 196 616 430 1 203 980 133 488Pennsylvania State University 164 529 326 160 369 805 4 159 521 Not reportedUniversity of Wisconsin Madison 157 660 107 154 621 828 3 038 279 116 487University of Iowa 151 976 026 147 632 275 3 343 751 154 592Michigan State University 140 010 865 135 655 740 4 355 125 120 356University of Nebraska Lincoln 136 233 460 134 713 519 1 529 941 128 182University of Minnesota 130 456 454 129 450 256 1 006 198 102 980Indiana University Bloomington 127 832 628 114 822 135 13 010 493 110 102University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 118 565 501 120 168 951 1 603 450 154 719Purdue University 110 844 907 103 526 447 7 318 460 135 301University of Maryland College Park 108 796 303 108 785 924 10 379 113 706Rutgers University New Brunswick 103 251 280 103 167 344 83 936 104 638Northwestern University Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reportedTelevision and media rights EditFor the 2007 season the Big Ten negotiated a ten year television deal with ABC ESPN for tier 1 football media rights The men s basketball rights were earned by CBS The conference also joined with Fox Sports to form the Big Ten Network which would air multiple sports including football In 2016 the conference negotiated a six year deal which made Fox the primary football rights holder and guaranteed the network the football Championship game ABC ESPN secured the rights for a significant amount of additional games and CBS retained the rights to top tier men s basketball rights and Fox earned the right to air several basketball games as well In total the rights earned the conference more than 2 6 billion 56 On August 18 2022 the Big Ten announced a media rights deal with Fox CBS NBC and Peacock The deal is reportedly worth more than 7 billion per year which is estimated to bring 80 100 million per year to each member school Fox FS1 earned the tier 1 rights which included 24 27 football games in 2023 24 then 30 32 games for the remainder of the contract It also earned the right to air four of the seven Big Ten championship games during the contract The network will also broadcast 45 men s basketball games in 23 24 and at least that many in the years thereafter The Big Ten Network also will continue to air up to 50 football games per year and a minimum of 126 men s basketball games The primary timeslot for Fox College Football will be Noon Eastern Time NBC earned the rights to air 16 football games in 2023 then 14 15 after Peacock will air eight football games and up to 47 men s basketball games and 30 women s basketball games The primary slot for football was announced as the Prime time block NBC will also air one football championship game CBS will air seven football games during the 2023 24 season and then increase to 14 to 15 per year Additionally CBS will air two football title games The main timeslot will be 3 30pm Eastern Time The network will maintain the rights to several basketball games including the final rounds of the men s and women s tournaments For the first time in 40 years ESPN did not earn the rights to air any conference sporting events 57 However commissioner Kevin Warren stated that the conference remains open to negotiating smaller deals with the network in the future Awards and honors EditBig Ten Athlete of the Year Edit The Big Ten Athlete of the Year award is given annually to the athletes voted as the top male and female athlete in the Big Ten Conference Big Ten Medal of Honor Edit Big Ten Medal of Honor annual at each school one male scholar athlete and one female scholar athlete 58 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award annual at each school one male student athlete and one female student athlete 59 NACDA Learfield Sports Directors Cup rankings Edit The NACDA Learfield Sports Directors Cup is an annual award given by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the U S colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics Big Ten universities typically finish ranked in the top 50 of the final Directors Cup annual rankings Institution 2021 22 2020 21 2019 20 2018 19 2017 18 2016 17 2015 16 2014 15 2013 14 2012 13 10 yrAverageIllinois Fighting Illini 52 47 N A 43 36 38 54 31 47 31 42Indiana Hoosiers 64 34 N A 32 52 47 41 61 36 32 44Iowa Hawkeyes 55 30 N A 38 51 52 62 44 78 65 53Maryland Terrapins 46 46 N A 40 50 49 59 33 32 44 44Michigan Wolverines 3 3 N A 2 5 4 3 19 13 4 6Michigan State Spartans 41 61 N A 47 48 50 53 34 29 30 43Minnesota Golden Gophers 28 28 N A 20 19 30 18 26 21 22 24Nebraska Cornhuskers 49 35 N A 48 31 38 27 39 23 24 35Northwestern Wildcats 36 31 N A 45 31 36 50 50 50 40 35Ohio State Buckeyes 4 9 N A 12 6 2 2 7 25 16 9Penn State Nittany Lions 43 39 N A 13 10 7 20 8 5 6 17Purdue Boilermakers 53 38 N A 55 41 41 45 60 48 42 47Rutgers Scarlet Knights 48 60 N A 82 103 113 83 104 91 120 89Wisconsin Badgers 24 37 N A 16 22 16 27 18 18 29 23University Top 10rankingsMichigan 22Ohio State 14Penn State 9Nebraska 5Minnesota 12021 22 Capital One Cup standings Edit The Capital One Cup is an award given annually to the best men s and women s Division I college athletics programs in the United States Points are earned throughout the year based on final standings of NCAA Championships and final coaches poll rankings Institution Men sRanking Women sRankingIllinois 78 NRIndiana 69 74Iowa 58 57Maryland 3 9Michigan 2 13Michigan State 61 85Minnesota 64 22Nebraska 47 11Northwestern 78 11Ohio State 17 21Penn State 21 70Purdue 88 37Rutgers 29 15Wisconsin NR 5Conference records EditFor Big Ten records by sport not including football see footnote 60 NCAA national titles EditTotals are per NCAA annual list published every July 61 and NCAA published gymnastics history 62 with subsequent results as of June 30 2021 obtained from NCAA org which provides intermittent updates throughout the year Excluded from this list are all national championships earned outside the scope of NCAA competition including Division I FBS football titles women s AIAW championships 17 and retroactive Helms Athletic Foundation titles Institution Total Men s Women s Co ed Nickname Most successful sport Titles Pennsylvania State University 52 28 11 13 Nittany Lions Fencing 14 University of Michigan 39 63 62 36 3 0 Wolverines Men s swimming 12 plus 7 unofficial titles University of Maryland 32 9 23 0 Terrapins Women s lacrosse 14 Ohio State University 31 24 4 3 Buckeyes Men s swimming 11 University of Wisconsin 31 22 9 0 Badgers Men s boxing 8 including 4 unofficial titles University of Iowa 25 24 1 0 Hawkeyes Men s wrestling 24 Indiana University 24 24 0 0 Hoosiers Men s soccer 8 Michigan State University 20 19 1 0 Spartans Men s cross country 8 University of Minnesota 19 13 6 0 Golden Gophers Women s ice hockey 6 University of Nebraska 19 8 11 0 Cornhuskers Men s gymnastics 8 University of Illinois 18 18 0 0 Fighting Illini Men s gymnastics 10 Northwestern University 9 1 8 0 Wildcats Women s lacrosse 7 Purdue University 3 1 2 0 Boilermakers Men s golf 1 Women s golf 1 Women s basketball 1 Rutgers University 1 1 0 0 Scarlet Knights Fencing 1 Total 312 221 75 16See also List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships and List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championshipsConference titles EditFor Big Ten championships by year see footnote 64 Totals do not include Big Ten tournament championships Institution of 65 University of Chicago7 73University of Illinois 250Indiana University 180University of Iowa 117University of Maryland2 29University of Michigan 409Michigan State University 110University of Minnesota 178University of Nebraska3 16Northwestern University 81University of Notre Dame4 1Ohio State University 248Pennsylvania State University5 92Purdue University 83Rutgers University6 3Johns Hopkins University1 1University of Wisconsin 208 Johns Hopkins was added in 2014 as an associate member that competed in men s lacrosse only Johns Hopkins also began competing as an associate member in women s lacrosse in the 2016 17 school year Maryland won 196 conference championships as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference ACC second most in ACC history Nebraska won 80 conference championships as a member of the Big 12 Conference second most in Big 12 history Nebraska also won 230 conference championships as a member of the Big Eight Conference the most in Big Eight history Notre Dame was added in 2017 as an associate member that competed in men s ice hockey only Penn State won or shared 70 conference championships as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference 1982 91 and earlier when it was known as the Eastern 8 Conference 1976 79 Rutgers won six conference championships as a member of the Middle Three Conference the Middle Atlantic Conference the Atlantic 10 Conference the original Big East Conference and both of its offshoots the current non football Big East Conference and the American Athletic Conference Chicago won 73 conference championships as a member of the Big Ten from 1896 to 1946 Current champions EditSport Champion TournamentchampionMen s cross country Wisconsin 2022 Women s cross country Michigan State 2022 Field hockey Maryland amp Penn State 2022 Michigan 2022 Football Michigan 2022 Men s soccer Maryland 2022 Rutgers 2022 Women s soccer Michigan State 2022 Penn State 2022 Women s volleyball Wisconsin 2022 Women s swimming and diving Ohio State 2022 Men s indoor track and field Iowa 2022 Women s indoor track and field Minnesota 2022 Men s swimming and diving Indiana 2022 Women s basketball Ohio State amp Iowa 2022 Iowa 2022 Wrestling Penn State 2022 Michigan 2022 Men s basketball Illinois amp Wisconsin 2022 Iowa 2022 Men s ice hockey Minnesota 2022 Michigan 2022 Women s ice hockey Minnesota amp Ohio State 2022 Ohio State 2022 Women s gymnastics Michigan 2022 Michigan 2022 Men s gymnastics Ohio State amp Michigan 2022 Michigan 2022 Women s tennis Ohio State 2022 Michigan 2022 Men s tennis Ohio State 2022 Michigan 2022 Women s golf Michigan 2022 Men s golf Illinois 2022 Women s lacrosse Maryland 2022 Maryland 2022 Men s lacrosse Maryland 2022 Maryland 2022 Softball Northwestern 2022 Nebraska 2022 Men s outdoor track and field Ohio State 2022 Women s outdoor track and field Ohio State 2022 Women s rowing Ohio State 2022 Baseball Maryland 2022 Michigan 2022 Denotes national championFootball EditSee also List of Big Ten Conference football standings 1959 present and 2022 Big Ten Conference football season When Maryland and Rutgers joined the Big Ten in 2014 the division names were changed to East and West with Purdue and the six schools in the Central Time Zone in the West and Indiana joining the remaining six Eastern Time Zone schools in the East The only protected cross division game is Indiana Purdue Beginning in 2016 the Big Ten adopted a nine game conference schedule 36 66 All teams have one cross division opponent they play annually that changes every six years except for Indiana and Purdue whose crossover is permanent The other six opponents are played every three years during that cycle For 2016 2021 the pairings are Maryland Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin Michigan State Northwestern Ohio State Nebraska Penn State Iowa and Rutgers Illinois and for 2022 2027 the pairings are Maryland Northwestern Michigan Nebraska Michigan State Minnesota Ohio State Wisconsin Penn State Illinois and Rutgers Iowa 67 In 2016 the Big Ten no longer allowed its members to play Football Championship Subdivision FCS teams and also requires at least one non conference game against a school in the Power Five conferences ACC Big 12 Pac 12 SEC Contracts for future games already scheduled against FCS teams would be honored However in 2017 the Big Ten started to allow teams to schedule an FCS opponent during years in which they only have four conference home games odd numbered years for East division teams even numbered years for West division teams 68 At the time this policy was first announced games against FBS independents Notre Dame and BYU would automatically count toward the Power Five requirement 69 ESPN citing a Big Ten executive reported in 2015 that the Big Ten would allow exceptions to the Power Five rule on a case by case basis and also that the other FBS independent at that time Army had been added to the list of non Power Five schools that would automatically be counted as Power Five opponents 70 All time school records Edit This list goes through the 2021 season Future conference members in gray Team Records Pct DivisionChampionships Big TenChampionships Claimed NationalChampionships2 Ohio State 942 330 53 731 10 39 81 Michigan 976 352 36 729 2 43 113 USC 867 362 54 697 0 0 114 Nebraska 908 409 40 684 1 0 55 Penn State 909 404 42 686 2 4 26 Michigan State 721 472 44 601 3 9 67 Wisconsin 729 506 53 587 5 14 18 UCLA 622 447 37 579 0 0 19 Minnesota 714 529 42 572 1 18 710 Iowa 677 566 39 543 2 11 511 Purdue 626 575 48 520 1 8 012 Maryland 662 616 43 517 0 0 113 Illinois 613 612 50 500 0 15 514 Rutgers 658 671 42 495 0 0 115 Northwestern 547 686 44 446 2 8 016 Indiana 496 692 44 420 0 2 0 Ohio State vacated 12 wins and its Big Ten title in 2010 due to NCAA sanctions Numbers of division and conference championships shown reflect Big Ten history only and do not include division and conference championships in former conferences USC and UCLA join the Big Ten in 2024 Maryland and Rutgers joined in 2014 and Nebraska joined in 2011 Number of Claimed National Championships as well as win loss tie records include all seasons played regardless of conference membership Big Ten Conference champions Edit Main articles List of Big Ten Conference football champions and Big Ten Football Championship Game Bowl games Edit Since 1946 the Big Ten champion has had a tie in with the Rose Bowl game Michigan appeared in the first bowl game the 1902 Rose Bowl After that the Big Ten did not allow their schools to participate in bowl games until the agreement struck with the Pacific Coast Conference for the 1947 Rose Bowl From 1946 through 1971 the Big Ten did not allow the same team to represent the conference in consecutive years in the Rose Bowl with an exception made after the 1961 season in which Minnesota played in the 1962 Rose Bowl after playing in the 1961 Rose Bowl due to Ohio State declining the bid because of Ohio State faculty concerns about academics It was not until the 1975 season that the Big Ten allowed teams to play in bowl games other than the Rose Bowl Michigan which had been shut out of the postseason the previous three years was the first beneficiary of the new rule when it played in the Orange Bowl vs Oklahoma Due to the pre 1975 rules Big Ten teams such as Michigan and Ohio State have lower numbers of all time bowl appearances than powerhouse teams from the Big 12 Conference previously Big Eight and Southwest Conferences and Southeastern Conference which always placed multiple teams in bowl games every year Since the 2020 21 season a new slate of bowl game selections has included several new bowl games 71 Pick Name Location OpposingConference1 Rose Bowl Pasadena California Pac 122 Citrus Bowl or Orange Bowl Orlando Florida or Miami Gardens Florida SEC or ACC3 ReliaQuest Bowl 72 Tampa Florida SEC4 Las Vegas Bowl or Duke s Mayo Bowl Paradise Nevada or Charlotte North Carolina Pac 12 or ACC5 Music City Bowl 72 Nashville Tennessee SEC6 Pinstripe Bowl 72 New York City ACC7 Guaranteed Rate Bowl 72 Phoenix Arizona Big 128 San Francisco Bowl 72 Santa Clara California Pac 129 Quick Lane Bowl 72 Detroit Michigan MAC If the conference champion is picked for the College Football Playoff in years the Rose Bowl does not host a semifinal the next highest ranked team in the committee rankings or runner up shall take its place at the Rose Bowl The Big Ten along with the SEC will be eligible to face the ACC representative in the Orange Bowl at least three out of the eight seasons that it does not host a semifinal for the Playoff over a 12 year span Notre Dame will be chosen the other two years if eligible The Big Ten will switch between the Las Vegas Bowl and Duke s Mayo Bowl on odd and even years respectively Bowl selection procedures Edit Although the pick order usually corresponds to the conference standings the bowls are not required to make their choices strictly according to the win loss records many factors influence bowl selections especially the likely turnout of the team s fans Picks are made after CFP selections the bowl with the 2 pick will have the first pick of the remaining teams in the conference For all non College Football Playoff partners the bowl partner will request a Big Ten team The Big Ten will approve or assign another team based on internal selection parameters When not hosting a semifinal the Orange Bowl will select the highest ranked team from the Big Ten SEC or Notre Dame to face an ACC opponent However in an 8 game cycle 12 years due to not counting when the Orange Bowl is a semifinal the Big Ten must be selected at least three times and no more than four times the SEC similarly will be selected between three and four times while Notre Dame may be selected up to two times 73 The Big Ten Champion cannot play in the Orange Bowl If a Big Ten team is not selected by the Orange Bowl the Citrus Bowl will submit a request for a Big Ten team Head coach compensation Edit Guaranteed compensation is due to the coaches regardless of performance Though most of the pay is directed from the university some also comes in the form of guaranteed endorsements and other income streams Most coaches also have performance based bonuses that can significantly raise their salaries 74 Two Big Ten member schools Northwestern a private institution and Penn State exempt from most open records laws due to its status as what Pennsylvania calls a state related institution are not obligated to provide salary information for their head coaches but choose to do so Conf Rank Institution Head coach 2023 guaranteed payT 1 Michigan State University Mel Tucker 9 500 000T 1 Ohio State University Ryan Day 9 500 0003, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free 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