Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference
Established	1896; 125 years ago (1896)
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FBS
Members	14 + 2 affiliate members
Sports fielded	28 men's: 14 women's: 14
Region	Midwest East North Central West North Central Northeast Mid-Atlantic
Former names	Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives (officially, 1896–1987) Western Conference (1896–1899) Big Nine (1899–1917, 1946–1949)
Headquarters	Rosemont, Illinois
Commissioner	Kevin Warren
Website	bigten.org
Locations

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. It is based in Rosemont, Illinois. For many decades this conference consisted of ten universities, and presently has 14 member and two affiliate institutions. They compete in the NCAA Division I; 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. The conference includes the flagship public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska, as well as two additional public land-grant schools and a private university.

Big Ten member institutions are major research universities with large financial endowments and strong academic reputations. All institutions except full member University of Nebraska and associate member University of Notre Dame are members of the Association of American Universities. Large student enrollment is a hallmark of Big Ten Universities, as 12 of the 14 members feature enrollments of 30,000 or more students (Nebraska and Northwestern being the exceptions). Northwestern is the lone private university among Big Ten membership (the University of Chicago, a private university, left the conference in 1946). Collectively, Big Ten universities educate more than 520,000 total students and have 5.7 million living alumni.^[1] Big Ten universities engage in $9.3 billion in funded research each year.^[2] Big Ten universities are also members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance, an academic consortium. In 2014–15, members generated more than $10 billion in research expenditures.^[3]

Though the Big Ten existed for nearly a century as an assemblage of universities located primarily in the Midwest, the conference's geographic footprint now stretches east to the Atlantic Ocean. Despite the conference's name, the Big Ten has grown to fourteen members, with the following universities accepting invitations to join: Pennsylvania State University in 1990, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2011, and both the University of Maryland and Rutgers University in 2014. Johns Hopkins University was invited in 2012 to join the Big Ten as an associate member participating in men's lacrosse, and in 2015, it was also accepted as an associate member in women's lacrosse. Notre Dame joined the Big Ten on July 1, 2017, as an associate member in men's ice hockey.^[4]

Member schools[]

Members[]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Endowment (millions)	Nickname	Colors
East Division
Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	1820	1899[a]	Public	42,552	$2,426	Hoosiers
University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, Maryland	1856	2014		40,709	$1,496	Terrapins
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	1817	1896, 1917[b]		47,907	$12,477	Wolverines
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	1855	1950[c]		49,695	$3,069	Spartans
Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	1870	1912		61,369	$5,287	Buckeyes
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, Pennsylvania	1855	1990[d]		45,901	$3,403	Nittany Lions
Rutgers University	New Brunswick–Piscataway, New Jersey	1766	2014		50,411	$1,484	Scarlet Knights
West Division
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign	Urbana-Champaign, Illinois	1867	1896	Public	52,331	$2,404	Fighting Illini
University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	1847	1899[e]		30,448	$2,526	Hawkeyes
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota	1851	1896		52,017	$3,872	Golden Gophers
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska	1869	2011		25,057	$1,735	Cornhuskers
Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	1851	1896	Private (Non-sectarian)	22,316	$10,927	Wildcats
Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	1869		Public	45,869	$2,590	Boilermakers
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	1848			45,540	$3,179	Badgers

Associate members[]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Sport(s)	Primary Conference
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, Maryland	1876	2014	Private (Non-sectarian)	29,094	Blue Jays		lacrosse (m)[a]	Centennial (NCAA D-III)
								lacrosse (w)[b]
University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, Indiana	1842	2017	Private (Catholic)	12,472	Fighting Irish		Men's Ice hockey	ACC

Former member^[a][]

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Current Conference
University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	1890	1896	1946[b]	Private	17,470	Maroons		University Athletic Association (NCAA D-III)

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.^[6]

Teams in Big Ten Conference competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	13	—
Basketball	14	14
Cross country	12	14
Field hockey	—	9
Football	14	—
Golf	14	14
Gymnastics	7	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	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Indiana	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Iowa	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	8
Maryland	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	8
Michigan	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	14
Michigan State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Minnesota	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	9
Nebraska	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Northwestern	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	8
Ohio State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	14
Penn State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	14
Purdue	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Rutgers	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	10
Wisconsin	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Totals	13	14	12	14	14	5	6+1*	5+1°	9	8	10	11	13	14	148+2
Johns Hopkins								Y							1
Notre Dame							Y								1

Notes:

* Notre Dame joined the Big Ten in the 2017–18 school year as an affiliate member in men's ice hockey.^[7] 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.^[8]

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big Ten Conference that are played by Big Ten schools

School	Fencing[a]	Lightweight Rowing[b]	Pistol[c]	Rifle[d]	Rowing[b]	Volleyball
Ohio State	Independent	No	Independent	PRC	No	MIVA
Penn State	Independent	No	No	No	No	EIVA
Rutgers	No	EARC	No	No	EARC	No
Wisconsin	No	No	No	No	EARC	No

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	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Indiana	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Iowa	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Maryland	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Michigan	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	14
Michigan State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Minnesota	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Nebraska	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Northwestern	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	10
Ohio State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	14
Penn State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	13
Purdue	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Rutgers	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	14
Wisconsin	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Totals	14	14	9	14	10	6+1[c 1]	8	14	14	11	14	13	13	14	173+1
Johns Hopkins						Y									1

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	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	CWPA	No	No
Iowa	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	[g]
Michigan	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	CWPA	No	No
Minnesota	No	No	WCHA	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nebraska	Independent	No	No	No	No	GARC	No	No	Independent	No
Northwestern	No	Independent	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ohio State	No	Independent	WCHA	No	Independent	PRC	Independent	No	No	No
Penn State	No	Independent	CHA	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Rutgers	No	No	No	EARC	No	No	No	No	No	No
Wisconsin	No	No	WCHA	EARC	No	No	No	No	No	No

History[]

Initiated and led by Purdue University President James Henry Smart,^[10] 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.^[11] The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives was founded at a second meeting on February 8, 1896.^[12] Lake Forest was not at the 1896 meeting that established the conference 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,^[13] but was turned away both times. In April 1907, Michigan was voted out of the conference for failing to adhere to league rules.^[14] 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 sought to rejoin the conference after a nine-year absence.^[15][16]

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. Chicago discontinued its football program in 1939^[17] 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.^[18] On May 20, 1949,^[12] 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, There were virtually no rules. 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. The 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".^[10] 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 Conference was also established in 1895, which eventually split into 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.^[19] 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.^[20] Around 1993, the league explored adding Kansas, Missouri and Rutgers or other potential schools, to create a 14-team league with two football divisions.^[21] 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.^[22] (In 1926, Notre Dame had briefly considered official entry into the Big Ten but chose to retain its independent status.^[23]) 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.^[24] 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.^[25] 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."^[26]

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.^[27] However, the new "Legends" and "Leaders" names were not met with enthusiasm. Some traditional rivals, including Ohio State and Michigan, were placed in separate divisions.^[28]

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.^[29] 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.^[30] The Big Ten's Council of Presidents approved the move later that day.^[31] One day later, Rutgers University of the Big East also accepted an offer for membership from the Big Ten as its 14th member school.^[32]

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.^[33] Under the new plan, the Legends and Leaders divisions were replaced with geographic divisions.^[33] 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.^[34] In the current divisional alignment, the only permanently protected cross-divisional rivalry game in football is Indiana–Purdue.^[33] 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.^[35] 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.^[36] 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.^[37] 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.^[38][39][40]

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."^[11]

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

With the exception of Nebraska, each Big Ten institution is a member of the American Association of Universities and is ranked in the US News & World Report top 100 and the Times Higher Education top 200.^[41] Nebraska joined the AAU in 1909 but was removed in April 2011 when the AAU disallowed University of Nebraska Medical Center data points to be included in the AAU formula and began to decrease the weight given to agricultural research. Commissioner Jim Delany stated that Nebraska's removal from the AAU would have no bearing upon their Big Ten membership. Nebraska does, however, lead the NCAA with a record of 314 Academic All-Americans (followed by Notre Dame with 221).^[42][43] Currently, no Division I FBS conference is composed exclusively of AAU members. In other divisions of the NCAA, the Ivy League (Division I FCS) and University Athletic Association (Division III) are the conferences composed exclusively of AAU members.

All Big Ten members are members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), formerly known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), an academic consortium which allows students at Big Ten institutions to take distance courses at other participating institutions.^[44] Students at participating schools are also allowed "in-house" viewing privileges at other participating schools' libraries.^[45] The BTAA also employs collective purchasing, which has saved member institutions $19 million to date.^[46] The University of Chicago, a former Big Ten Conference member, was a member of the CIC from 1958 to June 29, 2016 (when it was renamed the Big Ten Academic Alliance).^[47][48]

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.^[49]

Institution	2019 Total Revenue from Athletics[50]	2019 Total Expenses on Athletics[50]	2019 Surplus/(Deficit)	2012 Average Spending per student-athlete[50]
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

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)^[51]

• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (annual; at each school; one male student-athlete and one female student-athlete)^[52]

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	2018– 19	2017– 18	2016– 17	2015– 16	2014– 15	2013– 14	2012– 13	2011– 12	2010– 11	2009– 10	10-yr Average
Illinois Fighting Illini	43	36	38	54	31	47	31	21	23	35	36
Indiana Hoosiers	32	52	47	41	61	36	32	38	28	43	41
Iowa Hawkeyes	38	51	52	62	44	78	65	48	43	55	54
Maryland Terrapins	40	50	49	59	33	32	44	27	17	28	38
Michigan Wolverines	2	5	4	3	19	13	4	10	15	25	10
Michigan State Spartans	47	48	50	53	34	29	30	34	42	39	41
Minnesota Golden Gophers	20	19	30	18	26	21	22	22	29	18	23
Nebraska Cornhuskers	48	31	38	27	39	23	24	40	33	17	32
Northwestern Wildcats	45	31	36	50	50	50	40	44	46	50	44
Ohio State Buckeyes	12	6	2	2	7	25	16	4	2	8	8
Penn State Nittany Lions	13	10	7	20	8	5	6	12	13	4	10
Purdue Boilermakers	55	41	41	45	60	48	42	47	49	54	48
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	82	103	113	83	104	91	120	111	158	96	106
Wisconsin Badgers	16	22	16	27	18	18	29	26	26	21	22

University	Top 10 rankings
Michigan	20
Ohio State	12
Penn State	9
Nebraska	5
Minnesota	1

2018–19 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	69	23
Indiana	18	81
Iowa	48	50
Maryland	4	5
Michigan	12	15
Michigan State	11	NR
Minnesota	66	19
Nebraska	54	14
Northwestern	NR	30
Ohio State	10	37
Penn State	8	24
Purdue	62	81
Rutgers	97	NR
Wisconsin	54	24

Conference records[]

For Big Ten records, by sport (not including football), see footnote^[53]

NCAA national titles[]

Totals are per NCAA annual list published every July^[54] and NCAA-published gymnastics history,^[55] 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[56][55]	36	3	0	Wolverines	Men's swimming (12) (plus 7 unofficial titles)
University of Maryland	31	8	23	0	Terrapins	Women's lacrosse (14)
Ohio State University	30	24	3	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 (23)
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	16

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^[57]

Institution	# of[58]
University of Chicago7	73
University of Illinois	253
Indiana University	182
University of Iowa	113
University of Maryland2	24
University of Michigan	404
Michigan State University	99
University of Minnesota	168
University of Nebraska3	14
Northwestern University	77
University of Notre Dame4	1
Ohio State University	241
Pennsylvania State University5	81
Purdue University	73
Rutgers University6	1
Johns Hopkins University1	2
University of Wisconsin	204

Current champions[]

Sport	Champion	Tournament champion
Men's cross country	Wisconsin (2021)	—
Women's cross country	Minnesota (2021)	—
Field hockey	Iowa (2021)	Rutgers (2021)
Football	Michigan (2021)
Men's soccer	(2021)	Penn State (2021)
Women's soccer	Rutgers (2021)	Michigan (2021)
Women's volleyball	‡Wisconsin (2021)	—
Women's swimming and diving	Ohio State (2021)	—
Men's indoor track and field	Iowa (2021)	—
Women's indoor track and field	Minnesota (2021)	—
Men's swimming and diving	Michigan (2021)	—
Women's basketball	Maryland (2021)	Maryland (2021)
Wrestling	Iowa/Penn State (2021)	‡Iowa (2021)
Men's basketball	Michigan (2021)	Illinois (2021)
Men's ice hockey	Wisconsin (2021)	Minnesota (2021)
Women's gymnastics	Iowa (2021)	Minnesota (2021)
Men's gymnastics	Michigan (2021)	Michigan (2021)
Women's tennis	Michigan & Ohio State(2021)	Ohio State (2021)
Men's tennis	West: Illinois (2021) East: Michigan/Ohio State (2021)	Illinois (2021)
Women's golf	Michigan State (2021)	—
Men's golf	Illinois (2021)	—
Women's lacrosse	Northwestern (2021)	Northwestern (2021)
Men's lacrosse	Maryland (2021)	Maryland (2021)
Softball	Michigan (2021)	Michigan (2019)
Men's outdoor track and field	Iowa (2021)	—
Women's outdoor track and field	Ohio State (2021)	—
Women's rowing	Michigan (2021)	—
Baseball	Nebraska (2021)	Ohio State (2019)

‡ 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.^[34][59] 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.^[60] 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).^[61] At the time this policy was first announced, games against FBS independents Notre Dame and BYU would automatically count toward the Power Five requirement.^[62] 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.^[63]

All-time school records[]

This list goes through the 2020 season.

#	Team	Records	Pct.	Division Championships	Big Ten Championships	Claimed National Championships
1	Ohio State	931–327–53	.730	9	39†	8
2	Michigan	964–350–36	.727	1	43	11
3	Nebraska††	905–400–40	.688	1	0	5
4	Penn State	901–402–42	.686	2	4	2
5	Michigan State	708–465–44	.600	3	9	6
6	Wisconsin	719–502–53	.585	5	14	1
7	Minnesota	706–524–42	.571	1	18	7
8	Iowa	661–561–39	.540	1	11	5
9	Purdue	617–571–48	.519	0	8	0
10	Maryland††	654–608–43	.518	0	0	1
11	Illinois	609–597–50	.504	0	15	5
12	Rutgers††	653–663–42	.496	0	0	0
13	Northwestern	546–669–44	.451	2	8	0
14	Indiana	494–682–44	.423	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. Maryland and Rutgers joined the Big Ten 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.^[64]

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	Outback Bowl[65]	Tampa, Florida	SEC
4	Las Vegas Bowl or Belk Bowl†	Paradise, Nevada or Charlotte, North Carolina	Pac-12 or ACC
5	Music City Bowl[65]	Nashville, Tennessee	SEC
6	Pinstripe Bowl[65]	New York City	ACC
7	Guaranteed Rate Bowl[65]	Phoenix, Arizona	Big 12
8	Redbox Bowl[65]	Santa Clara, California	Pac-12
9	Quick Lane Bowl[65]	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 Belk 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.)^[66] 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.^[67]

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	2021 guaranteed pay
1	Pennsylvania State University	James Franklin	$7,000,000
2	Ohio State University	Ryan Day	$6,610,000
3	Northwestern University	Pat Fitzgerald	$5,748,000
4	Michigan State University	Mel Tucker	$5,566,000
t-5	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Scott Frost	$5,000,000
t-5	University of Iowa	Kirk Ferentz	$5,000,000
7	University of Minnesota	P. J. Fleck	$4,420,000
8	Purdue University	Jeff Brohm	$4,417,000
9	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Paul Chryst	$4,362,000
10	Indiana University Bloomington	Tom Allen	$4,260,000
11	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	Bret Bielema	$4,200,000
12	University of Michigan	Jim Harbaugh	$4,030,000
13	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	Greg Schiano	$4,000,000
14	University of Maryland, College Park	Mike Locksley	$2,538,000

Marching bands[]

All Big Ten member schools have marching bands which perform regularly during the football season. Ten of fourteen member schools have won the Sudler Trophy,^[68] generally considered the most prestigious honor a collegiate marching band can receive.^[69] The first three Sudler trophies were awarded to Big Ten marching bands—Michigan (1982), Illinois (1983) and Ohio State (1984).^[68] The Big Ten also has more Sudler Trophy recipients than any other collegiate athletic conference.^[68]

Conference individual honors[]

Coaches and media of the Big Ten Conference award individual honors at the end of each football season.

Men's basketball[]

The Big Ten has participated in basketball since 1904, and has led the nation in attendance every season since 1978.^[70] It has been a national powerhouse in men's basketball, having multiple championship winners and often sending four or more teams to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Previous NCAA champions include Indiana with five titles, Michigan State with two, and Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio State with one each. Maryland, which joined the Big Ten in 2014, won one NCAA championship as a member of the ACC.^[71][72] Ohio State played in the first NCAA tournament national championship game in 1939, losing to Oregon. Despite this, Jimmy Hull of Ohio State was the first NCAA tournament MVP. The first three tournament MVPs came from the Big Ten (Marv Huffman of Indiana in 1940 and John Katz of Wisconsin in 1941).

Big Ten teams have also experienced success in the postseason NIT. Since 1974, 13 Big Ten teams have made it to the championship game, winning nine championships. Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, and Minnesota have won two NIT championships, while Indiana and Purdue have won one each. Two other current members, Maryland and Nebraska, won NIT titles before they joined the Big Ten. In addition, the Helms Athletic Foundation recognizes Illinois as the 1915 National Champions, Minnesota as the 1902 and 1919 National Champions, Northwestern as the 1931 National Champion, Purdue as the 1932 National Champions, and Wisconsin as 1912, 1914 and 1916 National Champions. Former member Chicago won a post-season national championship series in 1908.

Since 1999, the Big Ten has taken part in the ACC–Big Ten Challenge with the Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC holds an 11–5–2 record against the Big Ten; Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin are the only Big Ten schools without losing records in the challenge.

All-time school records[]

This list goes through April 5, 2021 and is listed by win pct. in NCAA Division I men's college basketball

#	Big Ten	Overall record	Pct.	Big Ten Tournament Championships	Big Ten Regular Season Championships	NCAA National Championships
1	Purdue	1855–1045	.640	1	24	0
2	Illinois	1833–1031	.640	3	17	0
3	Indiana	1865–1080	.635	0	22	5
4	Ohio State	1810–1138	.614	4†	20†	1
5	Michigan State	1754–1114	.612	6	16	2
6	Michigan	1659–1060	.610	2†	15	1
7	Maryland	1604–1056	.603	0	1	1
8	Iowa	1695–1193–1	.587	2	8	0
9	Minnesota	1677–1248–2	.573	0	8	0
10	Wisconsin	1653–1237	.572	3	19	1
11	Penn State	1508–1211–1	.555	0	0	0
12	Nebraska	1529–1410	.520	0	0	0
13	Rutgers	1276–1235	.508	0	0	0
14	Northwestern	1105–1557–1	.415	0	2	0

† Michigan vacated its 1998 Big Ten Tournament title, and Ohio State vacated its 2002 Big Ten Tournament, as well as 2000 and 2002 regular season titles, due to NCAA sanctions.

National championships, Final Fours, and NCAA tournament appearances[]

Current Big Ten Conference basketball programs have combined to win 11 NCAA men's basketball championships. Indiana has won five, Michigan State has won two, while Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin have won one national championship each. 11 of the 14 current conference members have advanced to the Final Four at least once in their history. Nine Big Ten schools (Indiana, Michigan State, Illinois, Purdue, Ohio State, Maryland, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin) are among the national top-50 in all-time NCAA tournament appearances.

School	Men's NCAA Championships	Men's NCAA Final Fours	Men's NCAA Elite Eights	Men's NCAA Sweet Sixteens	Men's NCAA Tournament Appearances
Illinois		5 (1949, 1951, 1952, 1989, 2005)	9 (1942, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1984, 1989, 2001, 2005)	11 (1951, 1952, 1963, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005)	31 (1942, 1949, 1951–52, 1963, 1981, 1983–90, 1993–95, 1997, 1998, 2000–07, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2021)
Indiana	5 (1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987)	8 (1940, 1953, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1987, 1992, 2002)	11 (1940, 1953, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993, 2002)	22 (1953, 1954, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991–94, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2016)	39 (1940, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980–84, 1986–2003, 2006–08, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Iowa		3 (1955, 1956, 1980)	4 (1955, 1956, 1980, 1987)	8 (1955, 1956, 1970, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1999)	27 (1955, 1956, 1970, 1979–83, 1985–89, 1991–93, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2014–16, 2019, 2021)
Maryland	1 (2002)	2 (2001, 2002)	4 (1973, 1975, 2001, 2002)	14 (1958, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001–03, 2016)	28 (1958, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1983–86, 1994–2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015–17, 2019, 2021)
Michigan	1 (1989)	6 (1964, 1965, 1976, 1989, 2013, 2018)	14 (1948, 1964–66, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021)	16 (1964–66, 1974, 1976–77, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2013, 2014, 2017–19, 2021)	27 (1948, 1964–66, 1974–77, 1985–90, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2011–14, 2016–19, 2021)
Michigan State	2 (1979, 2000)	10 (1957, 1979, 1999–01, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2019)	14 (1957, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1999–01, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2019)	20 (1957, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998–2001, 2003, 2005, 2008–10, 2012–15, 2019)	34 (1957, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1990–92, 1994, 1995, 1998–2019, 2021)
Minnesota			1 (1990)	3 (1982, 1989, 1990)	10 (1982, 1989, 1990, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019)
Nebraska					7 (1986, 1991–94, 1998, 2014)
Northwestern					1 (2017)
Ohio State	1 (1960)	10 (1939, 1944–46, 1960–62, 1968, 2007, 2012)	14 (1939, 1944–46, 1950, 1960–62, 1968, 1971, 1992, 2007, 2012, 2013)	14 (1960–62, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1983, 1991, 1992, 2007, 2010–13)	30 (1939, 1944–46, 1950, 1960–62, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990–92, 2006, 2007, 2009–15, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Penn State		1 (1954)	2 (1942, 1954)	4 (1952, 1954, 1955, 2001)	9 (1942, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2011)
Purdue		2 (1969, 1980)	5 (1969, 1980, 1994, 2000, 2019)	12 (1969, 1980, 1988, 1994, 1998–2000, 2009, 2010, 2017–19)	31 (1969, 1977, 1980, 1983–88, 1990, 1991, 1993–95, 1997–2000, 2003, 2007–12, 2015–19, 2021)
Rutgers		1 (1976)	1 (1976)	2 (1976, 1979)	7 (1975, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1991, 2021)
Wisconsin	1 (1941)	4 (1941, 2000, 2014, 2015)	6 (1941, 1947, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2015)	10 (2000, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014–17)	25 (1941, 1947, 1994, 1997, 1999–2017, 2019, 2021)

Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. Italics indicate honors earned before the school competed in the Big Ten.

NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations[]

† denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate more than one overtime.

Year	Champion		Runner-up		Venue and city
1939	Oregon	46	Ohio State	33	Patten Gymnasium	Evanston, Illinois
1940	Indiana	60	Kansas	42	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri
1941	Wisconsin	39	Washington State	34	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (2)
1953	Indiana (2)	69	Kansas	68	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (4)
1956	San Francisco (2)	83	Iowa	71	McGaw Hall	Evanston, Illinois (2)
1960	Ohio State	75	California	55	Cow Palace	Daly City, California
1961†	Cincinnati	70	Ohio State	65	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (8)
1962	Cincinnati (2)	71	Ohio State	59	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky (3)
1965	UCLA (2)	91	Michigan	80	Memorial Coliseum	Portland, Oregon
1969	UCLA (5)	92	Purdue	72	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky (6)
1976	Indiana (3)	86	Michigan	68	The Spectrum	Philadelphia
1979	Michigan State	75	Indiana State	64	Special Events Center	Salt Lake City
1981	Indiana (4)	63	North Carolina	50	Spectrum	Philadelphia (2)
1987	Indiana (5)	74	Syracuse	73	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans (2)
1989†	Michigan	80	Seton Hall	79	Kingdome	Seattle (4)
1992	Duke (2)	71	Michigan[a 1]	51	Metrodome	Minneapolis
1993	North Carolina (3)	77	Michigan[a 1]	71	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans (3)
2000	Michigan State (2)	89	Florida	76	RCA Dome	Indianapolis (4)
2002	Maryland	64	Indiana	52	Georgia Dome	Atlanta (2)
2005	North Carolina (4)	75	Illinois	70	Edward Jones Dome	St. Louis (3)
2007	Florida (2)	84	Ohio State	75	Georgia Dome	Atlanta (3)
2009	North Carolina (5)	89	Michigan State	72	Ford Field	Detroit
2013	Louisville[a 2]	82	Michigan	76	Georgia Dome	Atlanta (4)
2015	Duke (5)	68	Wisconsin	63	Lucas Oil Stadium	Indianapolis (7)
2018	Villanova (3)	79	Michigan	62	Alamodome	San Antonio (4)

Post-season NIT championships and runners-up[]

Year	Champion		Runner-up		MVP	Venue and city
1972	Maryland	100	Niagara	69	Tom McMillen, Maryland	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1974	Purdue	87	Utah	81	Mike Sojourner, Utah	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1979	Indiana	53	Purdue	52	Butch Carter and Ray Tolbert, Indiana	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1980	Virginia	58	Minnesota	55	Ralph Sampson, Virginia	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1982	Bradley	68	Purdue	61	Mitchell Anderson, Bradley	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1984	Michigan	83	Notre Dame	63	Tim McCormick, Michigan	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1985	UCLA	65	Indiana	62	Reggie Miller, UCLA	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1986	Ohio State	73	Wyoming	63	Brad Sellers, Ohio State	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1988	Connecticut	72	Ohio State	67	Phil Gamble, UConn	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1993	Minnesota	62	Georgetown	61	Voshon Lenard, Minnesota	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1996	Nebraska	60	Saint Joseph's	56	Erick Strickland, Nebraska	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1997	Michigan[b 1]	82	Florida State	73	Robert Traylor, Michigan	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1998	Minnesota[b 2]	79	Penn State	72	Kevin Clark, Minnesota	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2004	Michigan	62	Rutgers	55	Daniel Horton, Michigan	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2006	South Carolina	76	Michigan	64	Renaldo Balkman, South Carolina	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2008	Ohio State	92	Massachusetts	85	Kosta Koufos, Ohio State	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2009	Penn State	69	Baylor	63	Jamelle Cornley, Penn State	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2012	Stanford	75	Minnesota	51	Aaron Bright, Stanford	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2013	Baylor	74	Iowa	54	Pierre Jackson, Baylor	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2014	Minnesota	65	SMU	63	Austin Hollins, Minnesota	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2018	Penn State	82	Utah	66	Lamar Stevens, Penn State	Madison Square Garden	New York City

Women's basketball[]

Women's basketball teams have played a total of ten times in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament (since 1982) and Women's National Invitation Tournament Championship (since 1998). Purdue is the only current Big Ten member to have won the NCAA women's basketball national title while a member of the conference. Both schools that joined in 2014, Maryland and Rutgers, won national titles before joining the Big Ten—Rutgers won the final AIAW championship in 1982, when it was a member of the Eastern 8, and Maryland won the NCAA title in 2006 as a member of the ACC. Big Ten women's basketball led conference attendance from 1993 to 1999.^[73]

Like the men's teams, the women's basketball teams in the Big Ten participate in the Big Ten–ACC Women's Challenge, which was founded in 2007.

National championships, Final Fours, and NCAA tournament appearances[]

Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. Italics indicate seasons before the school competed in the Big Ten.

School	Women's AIAW/NCAA Championships	Women's AIAW/NCAA Final Fours	Women's AIAW/NCAA Elite Eights	Women's AIAW/NCAA Sweet Sixteens	Women's AIAW/NCAA Tournament Appearances
Illinois				2 (1997, 1998)	8 (1982, 1986, 1987, 1997–2000, 2003)
Indiana			1 (2021)	1 (2021)	7 (1983, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2016, 2019, 2021)
Iowa		1 (1993)	4 (1987, 1988, 1993, 2019)	8 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2015, 2019, 2021)	27 (1986–94, 1996–98, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010–15, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Maryland	1 (2006)	6 (1978, 1982, 1989, 2006, 2014, 2015)	14 (1978–82, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015)	18 (1978–83, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012–14, 2015, 2017, 2021)	32 (1978–84, 1986, 1988–93, 1997, 2001, 2004–09, 2011–14, 2015–19, 2021)
Michigan				1 (2021)	8 (1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Michigan State		1 (2005)	1 (2005)	3 (2005, 2006, 2009)	19 (1977, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2003–07, 2009–14, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Minnesota		1 (2004)	1 (2004)	4 (1977, 2003, 2004, 2005)	13 (1977, 1981, 1982, 1994, 2002–06, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2018)
Nebraska				2 (2010, 2013)	14 (1988, 1993, 1996, 1998-2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012–15, 2018)
Northwestern				1	8 (1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2015, 2021)
Ohio State		1 (1993)	4 (1975, 1985, 1987, 1993)	11 (1985–89, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017)	26 (1975, 1978, 1984–90, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003–12, 2015–18)
Penn State		1 (2000)	4 (1983, 1994, 2000, 2004)	13 (1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002-04, 2012, 2014)	26 (1976, 1982-88, 1990, 1991, 1992–96, 1999–2005, 2011–14)
Purdue	1 (1999)	3 (1994, 1999, 2001)	8 (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009)	12 (1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)	26 (1989–92, 1994–2009, 2011–14, 2016, 2017)
Rutgers	1 (1982)	3 (1982, 2000, 2007)	7 (1986, 1987, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008)	11 (1986–88, 1998–2000, 2005–09)	27 (1982, 1986–94, 1998–2001, 2003–12, 2015, 2019, 2021)
Wisconsin					8 (1982, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010)

NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations[]

Year	Champion		Runner-up		Venue and city
1993	Texas Tech	84	Ohio State	82	The Omni	Atlanta
1999	Purdue	62	Duke	45	San Jose Arena	San Jose, California
2001	Notre Dame	68	Purdue	66	Savvis Center	St. Louis
2005	Baylor	84	Michigan State	62	RCA Dome	Indianapolis
2006	Maryland	78	Duke	75	TD Banknorth Garden	Boston
2007	Tennessee	59	Rutgers	46	Quicken Loans Arena	Cleveland

Women's National Invitation Tournament championship games[]

Year	Champion		Runner-up		Venue	City
1998	Penn State	59	Baylor	56	Ferrell Center	Waco, Texas
1999	Arkansas	67	Wisconsin	64	Bud Walton Arena	Fayetteville, Arkansas
2000	Wisconsin	75	Florida	74	Kohl Center	Madison, Wisconsin
2001	Ohio State	62	New Mexico	61	University Arena	Albuquerque, New Mexico
2007	Wyoming	72	Wisconsin	56	Arena-Auditorium	Laramie, Wyoming
2008	Marquette	81	Michigan State	66	Breslin Center	East Lansing, Michigan
2014	Rutgers	56	UTEP	54	Don Haskins Center	El Paso, Texas
2017	Michigan	89	Georgia Tech	79	Calihan Hall	Detroit, Michigan
2018	Indiana	65	Virginia Tech	57	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall	Bloomington, Indiana
2019	Arizona	56	Northwestern	42	McKale Center	Tucson, Arizona

Field hockey[]

Big Ten field hockey programs have won 11 NCAA Championships, although only three of these titles were won by schools as Big Ten members. Maryland won eight national championships as a member of the ACC, second most in the sport all-time. Penn State's two AIAW championships were also won before it became a Big Ten member and before the NCAA sponsored women's sports.

School	NCAA National Championships	NCAA Runner Up	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Tournament Appearances
Indiana				2 (2002, 2007)
Iowa	1 (1986)	3 (1984, 1988, 1992)	12 1984, 1986–90, 1992-94, 1999, 2008, 2020)	26 1982–96, 1999, 2004, 2006–08, 2011, 2012, 2018–21)
Maryland	8 (1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011)	4 (1995, 2001, 2009, 2017, 2018)	20 (1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999–2001, 2003–06, 2008–13, 2017–18, 2021)	33 (1985, 1987, 1988, 1990–93, 1995–2019, 2021)
Michigan	1 (2001)	2 (1999, 2020)	5 (1999, 2001, 2003, 2017, 2020)	18 (1999–2005, 2007, 2010–12, 2015–21)
Michigan State			2 (2002, 2004)	9 (2001–04, 2007–10, 2013)
Northwestern	1 (2021)		5 (1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, 2021)	16 (1983–91, 1993, 1994, 2014, 2017, 2019–21)
Ohio State			1 (2010)	7 (1994, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009–11)
Penn State		2 (2002, 2007)	7 (1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2007)	34 (1982–2000, 2002, 2003, 2005–08, 2010–14, 2016–18, 2021)
Rutgers				3 (1984, 1986, 2018, 2021)

Men's gymnastics[]

The Big Ten fields seven of the remaining fifteen Division I men's gymnastics teams, though Iowa and Minnesota will drop the sport after the 2020–21 season. In 2014, Michigan edged out Oklahoma for their 6th NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship, the school's third in five years.^[74]

NCAA Championships and Runners-up[]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Host
1938	Chicago†	Illinois	Chicago
1939	Illinois	Army	Chicago
1940	Illinois	Navy/Temple	Chicago
1941	Illinois	Minnesota	Chicago
1942	Illinois	Penn State††	Navy
1948	Penn State††	Temple	Chicago
1949	Temple	Minnesota	California
1950	Illinois	Temple	Army
1951	Florida State	Illinois/Southern Cal	Michigan
1953	Penn State††	Illinois	Syracuse
1954	Penn State††	Illinois	Illinois
1955	Illinois	Penn State††	UCLA
1956	Illinois	Penn State††	North Carolina
1957	Penn State††	Illinois	Navy
1958	Michigan State†††/Illinois		Michigan State
1959	Penn State††	Illinois	California
1960	Penn State††	Southern Cal	Penn State
1961	Penn State††	Southern Illinois	Illinois
1963	Michigan	Southern Illinois	Pittsburgh
1965	Penn State††	Washington	Southern Illinois
1967	Southern Illinois	Michigan	Southern Illinois
1969	Iowa	Penn State††/Colorado State	Washington
1970	Michigan	Iowa State/New Mexico state	Temple
1973	Iowa State	Penn State††	Oregon
1976	Penn State††	LSU	Temple
1979	Nebraska††	Oklahoma	LSU
1980	Nebraska††	Iowa State	Nebraska
1981	Nebraska††	Oklahoma	Nebraska
1982	Nebraska††	UCLA	Nebraska
1983	Nebraska††	UCLA	Penn State
1984	UCLA	Penn State††	UCLA
1985	Ohio State	Nebraska††	Nebraska
1986	Arizona State	Nebraska††	Nebraska
1987	UCLA	Nebraska††	UCLA
1988	Nebraska††	Illinois	Nebraska
1989	Illinois	Nebraska††	Nebraska
1990	Nebraska††	Minnesota	Minnesota
1991	Oklahoma	Penn State††	Penn State
1992	Stanford	Nebraska††	Nebraska
1993	Stanford	Nebraska††	New Mexico
1994	Nebraska††	Stanford	Nebraska
1995	Stanford	Nebraska††	Ohio State
1996	Ohio State	California	Stanford
1998	California	Iowa	Penn State
1999	Michigan	Ohio State	Nebraska
2000	Penn State	Michigan	Iowa
2001	Ohio State	Oklahoma	Ohio State
2002	Oklahoma	Ohio State	Oklahoma
2003	Oklahoma	Ohio State	Temple
2004	Penn State	Oklahoma	Illinois
2005	Oklahoma	Ohio State	Army
2006	Oklahoma	Illinois	Oklahoma
2007	Penn State	Oklahoma	Penn State
2009	Stanford	Michigan	Minnesota
2010	Michigan	Stanford	Army
2012	Illinois	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
2013	Michigan	Oklahoma	Penn State
2014	Michigan	Oklahoma	Michigan
2017	Oklahoma	Ohio State	Army
2018	Oklahoma	Minnesota	UIC

†–Chicago left the Big Ten in 1946.

††–Finishes prior to Penn State and Nebraska joining the Big Ten.

†††–Michigan State no longer competes in gymnastics.

Men's ice hockey[]

The Big Ten began sponsoring men's ice hockey in the 2013–14 season, the only Power Five conference to do so.^[75][76] The inaugural season included 6 schools: Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State joined from the disbanded CCHA; Minnesota and Wisconsin joined from the WCHA; and Penn State joined after playing its first NCAA Division I season (2012–13) as an independent.^[75][76] Notre Dame joined the league as an associate member beginning with the 2017–18 season.^[77] Arizona State has a scheduling agreement with the conference for the 2020–21 season as an all-away game team, playing all seven Big Ten squads four times, but is not part of the conference and therefore is ineligible for the conference tournament or associated NCAA tournament automatic berth.^[78]

All-time school records[]

This list goes through the 2020–21 season. Totals for conference regular-season and tournament championships include those won before the schools played Big Ten hockey.

#	Team	Overall record	Pct.	NCAA Championships	NCAA Frozen Fours	NCAA Tournament Appearances	Tournament Championships	Regular Season Championships
1	Minnesota	1854–1055–200[a]	.628	5	21	37	15	18
2	Michigan	1,720–1,111–168[a]	.602	9	25	37	10	14
3	Wisconsin	1301–924–173[a]	.579	6	12	26	13	3
4	Michigan State	1,328–1,087–164[a]	.547	3	11	27	11	8
5	Penn State	168–147–24[a]	.531	0	0	1	1	0
6	Notre Dame	911–905–166[a]	.502	0	4	9	3	2
7	Ohio State	943–941–169[a]	.500	0	2	7	2	1

Conference records[]

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Team's records against current conference opponents (as of the end of the 2018–19 season).

School	Michigan			Michigan State			Minnesota			Notre Dame			Ohio State			Penn State			Wisconsin			Total
	W	L	T	W	L	T	W	L	T	W	L	T	W	L	T	W	L	T	W	L	T	W	L	T	Win%
Michigan				165	135	24	128	143	16	79	59	5	83	44	14	15	12	0	75	61	13	544	456	72	.541
Michigan State	135	165	24				48	118	16	63	48	12	89	45	13	9	13	4	55	53	3	400	444	73	.476
Minnesota	143	128	16	118	48	16				30	20	3	29	7	4	15	12	0	170	96	23	502	309	63	.610
Notre Dame	61	78	5	48	63	12	20	30	3				35	37	10	8	4	2	23	41	8	193	254	40	.437
Ohio State	44	83	14	45	89	13	7	29	4	37	35	10				15	10	2	16	18	3	164	264	46	.395
Penn State	12	15	0	13	9	4	12	15	0	4	8	2	10	15	2				17	12	3	68	74	11	.480
Wisconsin	61	75	13	55	56	4	96	170	23	41	23	8	18	16	3	12	17	3				281	356	53	.446

Note: games where one or more of the programs was not a varsity team are not included.

Conference champions[]

Season	School	Conference record
2013–14	Minnesota	14–3–3–0
2014–15	Minnesota	12–5–3–0
2015–16	Minnesota	14–6–0–0
2016–17	Minnesota	14–5–1–0
2017–18	Notre Dame	17–6–1–1
2018–19	Ohio State	13–7–4–3
2019–20	Penn State	12–8–4–1
2020–21	Wisconsin	17–6–1–0

Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions[]

Year	Winning team	Coach	Losing team	Coach	Score	Location	Venue
2014	Wisconsin	Mike Eaves	Ohio State	Steve Rohlik	5–4 (OT)	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center
2015	Minnesota	Don Lucia	Michigan	Red Berenson	4–2	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena
2016	Michigan	Red Berenson	Minnesota	Don Lucia	5–3	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center
2017	Penn State	Guy Gadowsky	Wisconsin	Tony Granato	2–1 (2OT)	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena
2018	Notre Dame	Jeff Jackson	Ohio State	Steve Rohlik	3–2 (OT)	Notre Dame, Indiana	Compton Family Ice Arena
2019	Notre Dame	Jeff Jackson	Penn State	Guy Gadowsky	3–2	Notre Dame, Indiana	Compton Family Ice Arena
2020	Canceled in progress due to COVID-19
2021	Minnesota	Bob Motzko	Wisconsin	Tony Granato	6–4	Notre Dame, Indiana	Compton Family Ice Arena

NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations[]

Year	Winning team	Coach	Losing team	Coach	Score	Location	Finals venue
1948	Michigan	Vic Heyliger	Dartmouth	Eddie Jeremiah	8–4	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1951	Michigan (2)	Vic Heyliger	Brown	Westcott Moulton	7–1	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1952	Michigan (3)	Vic Heyliger	Colorado College	Cheddy Thompson	4–1	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1953	Michigan (4)	Vic Heyliger	Minnesota	John Mariucci	7–3	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1954	Rensselaer	Ned Harkness	Minnesota	John Mariucci	5–4 (OT)	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1955	Michigan (5)	Vic Heyliger	Colorado College	Cheddy Thompson	5–3	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1956	Michigan (6)	Vic Heyliger	Michigan Tech	Al Renfrew	7–5	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1957	Colorado College (2)	Tom Bedecki	Michigan	Vic Heyliger	13–6	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Broadmoor Ice Palace
1959	North Dakota	Bob May	Michigan State	Amo Bessone	4–3 (OT)	Troy, New York	RPI Field House
1964	Michigan (7)	Al Renfrew	Denver	Murray Armstrong	6–3	Denver, Colorado	University of Denver Arena
1966	Michigan State	Amo Bessone	Clarkson	Len Ceglarski	6–1	Minneapolis	Williams Arena
1971	Boston University	Jack Kelley	Minnesota	Glen Sonmor	4–2	Syracuse, New York	Onondaga War Memorial
1973	Wisconsin	Bob Johnson	Denver [a 1]	Murray Armstrong	4–2	Boston	Boston Garden
1974	Minnesota	Herb Brooks	Michigan Tech	John MacInnes	4–2	Boston	Boston Garden
1975	Michigan Tech (3)	John MacInnes	Minnesota	Herb Brooks	6–1	St. Louis, Missouri	St. Louis Arena
1976	Minnesota (2)	Herb Brooks	Michigan Tech	John MacInnes	6–4	Denver, Colorado	University of Denver Arena
1977	Wisconsin (2)	Bob Johnson	Michigan	Dan Farrell	6–5 (OT)	Detroit	Olympia Stadium
1979	Minnesota (3)	Herb Brooks	North Dakota	Gino Gasparini	4–3	Detroit	Olympia Stadium
1981	Wisconsin (3)	Bob Johnson	Minnesota	Brad Buetow	6–3	Duluth, Minnesota	Duluth Entertainment Center
1982	North Dakota (4)	Gino Gasparini	Wisconsin	Bob Johnson	5–2	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Civic Center
1983	Wisconsin (4)	Jeff Sauer	Harvard	Bill Cleary	6–2	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Ralph Engelstad Arena
1986	Michigan State (2)	Ron Mason	Harvard	Bill Cleary	6–5	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Civic Center
1987	North Dakota (5)	Gino Gasparini	Michigan State	Ron Mason	5–3	Detroit	Joe Louis Arena
1989	Harvard	Bill Cleary	Minnesota	Doug Woog	4–3 (OT)	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Saint Paul Civic Center
1990	Wisconsin (5)	Jeff Sauer	Colgate	Terry Slater	7–3	Detroit	Joe Louis Arena
1992	Lake Superior State (2)	Jeff Jackson	Wisconsin1	Jeff Sauer	5–3	Albany, New York	Knickerbocker Arena
1996	Michigan (8)	Red Berenson	Colorado College	Don Lucia	3–2 (OT)	Cincinnati	Riverfront Coliseum
1998	Michigan (9)	Red Berenson	Boston College	Jerry York	3–2 (OT)	Boston	FleetCenter
2002	Minnesota (4)	Don Lucia	Maine	Tim Whitehead	4–3 (OT)	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center
2003	Minnesota (5)	Don Lucia	New Hampshire	Dick Umile	5–1	Buffalo, New York	HSBC Arena
2006	Wisconsin (6)	Mike Eaves	Boston College	Jerry York	2–1	Milwaukee	Bradley Center
2007	Michigan State (3)	Rick Comley	Boston College	Jerry York	3–1	St. Louis, Missouri	Scottrade Center
2010	Boston College (4)	Jerry York	Wisconsin	Mike Eaves	5–0	Detroit	Ford Field
2011	Minnesota–Duluth	Scott Sandelin	Michigan	Red Berenson	3–2 (OT)	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center
2014	Union	Rick Bennett	Minnesota	Don Lucia	7–4	Philadelphia	Wells Fargo Center
2018	Minnesota–Duluth (2)	Scott Sandelin	Notre Dame	Jeff Jackson	2–1	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center

Awards[]

At the conclusion of each regular season schedule the coaches of each Big Ten team, as well as a media panel, vote which players they choose to be on the three All-Conference Teams:^[79] first team, second team and rookie team. Additionally they vote to award the 5 individual trophies to an eligible player at the same time. The Big Ten also awards a Tournament Most Outstanding Player which is voted on after the conclusion of the conference tournament. Each team also names one of their players to be honored for the conference Sportsmanship Award. All of the awards were created for the inaugural season (2013–14).

Men's lacrosse[]

The Big Ten began sponsoring men's lacrosse in the 2015 season. The Big Ten lacrosse league includes Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, and Johns Hopkins, which joined the Big Ten conference as an affiliate member in 2014. The teams that compete in Big Ten men's lacrosse have combined to win 12 NCAA national championships.^[80]

With the addition of Johns Hopkins and Maryland to the league, Big Ten men's lacrosse boasts two of the top programs and most heated rivals in the history of the sport. Johns Hopkins (29) and Maryland (26) combine for 55 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Final Four appearances. The media and both schools have called Johns Hopkins–Maryland rivalry the greatest and most historic rivalry in men's lacrosse. Since 1895, the two teams have matched up more than 100 times.^[81][82][83]

All-time school records[]

This list goes through the 2021 season.

#	Team	Overall record	Pct.	Big Ten Tournament Championships	Big Ten Regular Season Championships	NCAA National Championships
1	Maryland	844–277–4	.752	2	4	3
2	Johns Hopkins	966–325–15	.735	2	1	9
3	Rutgers	623–522–14	.544	0	0	0
4	Ohio State	498–426–5	.537	0	0	0
5	Penn State	553–533–8	.509	1	1	0
6	Michigan	42–88	.323	0	0	0

National championships, Final Fours, and NCAA tournament appearances[]

School	Men's NCAA Championships	Men's NCAA Runner-Up	Men's NCAA Final Fours	Men's NCAA Quarterfinals	Men's NCAA Tournament Appearances
Johns Hopkins	9 (1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2005, 2007)	9 (1972, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 2003, 2008)	29 (1972–74, 1976–87, 1989, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2002–05, 2007–08, 2015)	41 (1972–89, 1991–2009, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018)	46 (1972–2012, 2014–18)
Maryland	3 (1973, 1975, 2017)	11 (1971, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1995, 1997–98, 2011–12, 2015–16)	26 (1971–79, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997–98, 2003, 2005–06, 2011–12, 2014–18)	37 (1971–79, 1981–83, 1986–87, 1989, 1991–92, 1995–98, 2000–01, 2003–06, 2008–12, 2014–18)	41 (1971–79, 1981–83, 1986–87, 1989, 1991–98, 2000–01, 2003–18)
Michigan					0
Ohio State		1 (2017)	1 (2017)	4 (2008, 2013, 2015, 2017)	6 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Penn State			1 (2019)	1 (2019)	4 (2003, 2005, 2013, 2017)
Rutgers				2 (1986, 1990)	9 (1972, 1974, 1975, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 2003, 2004)

Big Ten Conference Champions[]

Season	School	Conference Record
2015	Maryland Johns Hopkins	4–1 4–1
2016	Maryland	5–0
2017	Maryland	4–1
2018	Maryland	4–1
2019	Penn State	5–0
2020	Season canceled and no champion crowned
2021	Maryland	10–0

Big Ten Men's Lacrosse Tournament champions[]

Year	Winning team	Coach	Losing team	Coach	Score	Location	Venue
2015	Johns Hopkins	Dave Pietramala	Ohio State		13–6	College Park, Maryland	Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium
2016	Maryland	John Tillman	Rutgers		14–8	Baltimore, Maryland	Homewood Field
2017	Maryland	John Tillman	Ohio State		10–9	Columbus, Ohio	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
	Johns Hopkins	David Pietramala	Maryland	John Tillman	13–10	Ann Arbor, Michigan
	Penn State		Johns Hopkins	David Pietramala	18–17 (OT)	Piscataway, New Jersey	HighPoint.com Stadium
	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	Maryland	John Tillman	Johns Hopkins	Peter Milliman	12–10	State College, Pennsylvania	Panzer Stadium

Women's lacrosse[]

Women's lacrosse became a Big Ten-sponsored sport in the 2015 season. The Big Ten women's lacrosse league includes Johns Hopkins, Maryland, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, and Rutgers. Big Ten women's lacrosse programs have 23 of the 38 all-time NCAA championships, including 12 of the last 15. Maryland has earned one pre-NCAA national title and has won 14 NCAA national championships, including seven straight from 1995 to 2001 and most recently in 2019. Northwestern has claimed seven NCAA titles, including five straight from 2005 to 2009. Penn State has earned three pre-NCAA national titles and two NCAA titles in 1987 and 1989. Johns Hopkins became the seventh women's lacrosse program in the Big Ten as of July 1, 2016.

All-time school records[]

This list goes through the 2021 season.

#	Team	Overall record	Pct.	NCAA National Championships	NCAA Tournament Runner Up	NCAA Tournament Final Fours	NCAA Tournament appearances	Big Ten Tournament Championships	Big Ten Regular Season Championships
1	Maryland	742–146–3	.834	14	8	27	36	3	5
2	Northwestern	379–139	.732	7	1	12	22	2	1
3	Penn State	537–263–5	.670	2	2	7	24	1	0
4	Johns Hopkins	445–285–4	.609	0	0	0	8	0	0
5	Ohio State	217–194	.528	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	Rutgers	320–365–6	.467	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	Michigan	49–71	.408	0	0	0	1	0	0

Men's soccer[]

The Big Ten men's soccer league includes Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, and Wisconsin. Big Ten men's soccer programs have combined to win 15 NCAA national championships.

All-time school records[]

This list goes through the 2013–14 season.

#	Team	Total Seasons	Overall record	NCAA National Championships	NCAA Tournament Runner Up	NCAA Tournament College Cups	NCAA Tournament Appearances
1	Indiana	41	677–162–76	8	7	19	39
2	Maryland	67	681–316–91	4	3	13	33
3	Michigan	14	141–115–26	0	0	1	5
4	Michigan State	58	540–295–92	2	2	4	15
5	Northwestern	34	268–370–87	0	0	0	8
6	Ohio State	61	406–439–104	0	1	0	8
7	Penn State	103	776–359–121	0	0	1	31
8	Rutgers	41	541–391–108	0	1	3	5
9	Wisconsin	37	381–271–74	1	0	1	6

Rivalries[]

Intra-conference football rivalries[]

The members of the Big Ten have longstanding rivalries with each other, especially on the football field. Each school, except Maryland and Rutgers, has at least one traveling trophy at stake. The following is a list of active rivalries in the Big Ten Conference with totals & records through the completion of the 2016 season.

Teams		Rivalry name	Trophy	Meetings	Record	Series leader	Current streak
Illinois	Northwestern	Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry	Land of Lincoln Trophy	112	55–52-5	Illinois	Illinois lost 4
	Ohio State	Illinois–Ohio State football rivalry	Illibuck	103	30–69–4	Ohio State	Illinois lost 9
	Purdue	Illinois–Purdue football rivalry	Purdue Cannon	95	45–44-6	Illinois	Illinois won 1
Indiana
	Michigan State	Indiana–Michigan State football rivalry	Old Brass Spittoon	65	15–48–2	Michigan State	Michigan State won 2
	Purdue	Indiana–Purdue rivalry	Old Oaken Bucket	121	41–74–6	Purdue	Indiana won 1
Iowa	Minnesota	Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry	Floyd of Rosedale	112	48–62–2	Minnesota	Iowa won 4
	Wisconsin	Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry	Heartland Trophy	92	43–47–2	Wisconsin	Iowa lost 3
	Nebraska	Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry	Heroes Trophy	49	17–29–3	Nebraska	Iowa won 4
Maryland	Penn State	Maryland–Penn State football rivalry	—	43	3–40–1	Penn State	Maryland won 1
Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry	Paul Bunyan Trophy	111	70–36–5	Michigan	Michigan won 1
	Minnesota	Michigan–Minnesota football rivalry	Little Brown Jug	103	75–25–3	Michigan	Michigan won 2
	Northwestern	Michigan–Northwestern football rivalry	George Jewett Trophy	76	59–15–2	Michigan	Northwestern lost 6
	Ohio State	Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry	—	116	59–51–6	Michigan	Michigan won 1
Michigan State	Indiana	Indiana–Michigan State football rivalry	Old Brass Spittoon	65	48–15–2	Michigan State	Michigan State won 2
	Michigan	Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry	Paul Bunyan Trophy	111	70–36–5	Michigan	Michigan State won 1
	Penn State	Michigan State–Penn State football rivalry	Land Grant Trophy	34	17–16–1	Michigan State	Michigan State lost 1
Minnesota	Iowa	Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry	Floyd of Rosedale	112	62–48–2	Minnesota	Minnesota lost 4
	Michigan	Michigan–Minnesota football rivalry	Little Brown Jug	103	25–75–3	Michigan	Minnesota lost 2
	Nebraska	Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry	$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy	58	31–25–2	Minnesota	Minnesota lost 1
	Penn State	Minnesota–Penn State football rivalry	Governor's Victory Bell	15	6–9	Penn State	Minnesota won 1
	Wisconsin	Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry	Paul Bunyan's Axe	129	60–61–8	Wisconsin	Minnesota lost 1
Nebraska	Iowa	Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry	Heroes Trophy	49	29–17–3	Nebraska	Nebraska lost 4
	Minnesota	Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry	$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy	59	32–25–2	Minnesota	Nebraska won 1
	Wisconsin	Nebraska–Wisconsin football rivalry	Freedom Trophy	13	4–9	Wisconsin	Nebraska lost 6
Northwestern	Illinois	Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry	Land of Lincoln Trophy	112	52–55–5	Illinois	Northwestern won 4
	Michigan	Michigan–Northwestern football rivalry	George Jewett Trophy	76	59–15–2	Michigan	Michigan won 6
Ohio State	Illinois	Illinois–Ohio State football rivalry	Illibuck	103	69–30–4	Ohio State	Ohio State won 9
	Michigan	Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry	—	116	51–59–6	Michigan	Ohio State lost 1
	Penn State	Ohio State–Penn State football rivalry	—	35	20–14	Ohio State	Ohio State won 3
Penn State	Maryland	Maryland–Penn State football rivalry	—	43	40–3–1	Penn State	Maryland won 1
	Michigan State	Michigan State–Penn State football rivalry	Land Grant Trophy	34	17–16–1	Michigan State	Penn State won 1
	Minnesota	Minnesota–Penn State football rivalry	Governor's Victory Bell	15	9–6	Penn State	Penn State lost 1
	Ohio State	Ohio State–Penn State football rivalry	—	35	14–20	Ohio State	Penn State lost 3
Purdue	Illinois	Illinois–Purdue football rivalry	Purdue Cannon	95	45–44–6	Illinois	Purdue lost 1
	Indiana	Indiana–Purdue rivalry	Old Oaken Bucket	121	74–41–6	Purdue	Purdue lost 1
Wisconsin	Iowa	Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry	Heartland Trophy	92	47–43–2	Wisconsin	Wisconsin won 3
	Minnesota	Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry	Paul Bunyan's Axe	129	61–60–8	Wisconsin	Wisconsin won 1
	Nebraska	Nebraska–Wisconsin football rivalry	Freedom Trophy	13	9–4	Wisconsin	Wisconsin won 6

Extra-conference football rivalries[]

Teams		Rivalry Name	Trophy	Meetings	Record	Series leader	Current Streak
Illinois	Missouri	Illinois–Missouri football rivalry	—	24	7–17	Missouri	Illinois lost 6
Indiana	Kentucky	Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	—	36	18–17–1	Indiana	Indiana won 1
Iowa	Iowa State	Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry	Cy-Hawk Trophy	63	41–22	Iowa	Iowa won 4
Maryland	Navy	Maryland–Navy rivalry	Crab Bowl Trophy	21	7–14	Navy	Maryland won 2
	Virginia	Maryland–Virginia football rivalry	Tydings Trophy	78	44–32–2	Maryland	Maryland won 2
	West Virginia	Maryland–West Virginia football rivalry	—	51	22–27–2	West Virginia	Maryland lost 1
Michigan	Notre Dame	Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry	—	42	24–17–1	Michigan	Michigan won 1
Michigan State	Notre Dame	Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry	Megaphone Trophy	79	29–49–1	Notre Dame	Michigan State lost 1
Nebraska	Missouri	Missouri–Nebraska football rivalry	Victory Bell	104	65–36–3	Nebraska	Nebraska won 2
	Oklahoma	Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry	—	86	45–38–3	Oklahoma	Nebraska lost 1
	Miami (FL)	Miami–Nebraska football rivalry	—	12	6–6	Tied	Nebraska lost 1
	Colorado	Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry	—	69	49–18–2	Nebraska	Nebraska won 3
	Texas	Nebraska–Texas football rivalry	—	14	10–4	Texas	Nebraska lost 6
	Kansas	Kansas–Nebraska football rivalry	—	117	91–23–3	Nebraska	Nebraska won 3
Penn State	Pittsburgh	Penn State–Pittsburgh football rivalry	—	100	53-43–4	Penn State	Penn State won 3
	Syracuse	Penn State–Syracuse football rivalry	—	71	43–23–5	Penn State	Penn State won 5
	Temple	Penn State–Temple football rivalry	—	45	40–4–1	Penn State	Penn State won 1
	West Virginia	Penn State–West Virginia football rivalry	—	59	48–9–2	Penn State	Penn State won 4
Purdue	Notre Dame	Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry	Shillelagh Trophy	86	26–58–2	Notre Dame	Purdue lost 7

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From 1993 through 2010, the Big Ten football schedule was set up with each team having two permanent matches within the conference, with the other eight teams in the conference rotating out of the schedule in pairs for two-year stints. Permanent matches were as follows:^{[citation needed]}

• Illinois: Indiana, Northwestern
• Indiana: Illinois, Purdue
• Iowa: Minnesota, Wisconsin
• Michigan: Michigan State, Ohio State
• Michigan State: Michigan, Penn State
• Minnesota: Iowa, Wisconsin
• Northwestern: Illinois, Purdue
• Ohio State: Michigan, Penn State
• Penn State: Michigan State, Ohio State
• Purdue: Indiana, Northwestern
• Wisconsin: Iowa, Minnesota

This system was discontinued after the 2010 season, as teams became grouped into two divisions, and would play all teams in their division once, with one protected cross-over game, and two games rotating against the other five opponents from the opposing division.

Most of the above permanent rivalries were maintained. By virtue of the new alignment, a handful of new permanent divisional opponents were created, as all pairs of teams within the same division would face off each season. Furthermore, three new permanent inter-divisional matches resulted from the realignment: Purdue–Iowa, Michigan State–Indiana, and Penn State–Nebraska. The following past permanent matches were maintained across divisions: Minnesota–Wisconsin, Michigan–Ohio State, and Illinois–Northwestern.

The new alignment, however, caused some of the above permanent rivalries to be discontinued. These were: Iowa–Wisconsin, Northwestern–Purdue, and Michigan State–Penn State. These matchups would continue to be played, but only twice every five years on average. More rivalries were disrupted, and some resumed on a yearly basis, when the league realigned into East and West Divisions for the 2014 season with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers. The two new schools were placed in the new East Division with Penn State, and the two Indiana schools were divided (Indiana to the East and Purdue to the West). With the move to a nine-game conference schedule in 2016, all cross-division games will be held at least once in a four-year cycle except for Indiana–Purdue, which is the only protected cross-division game.^[33] The conference later announced that once the new scheduling format takes effect in 2016, members will be prohibited from playing FCS teams, and required to play at least one non-conference game against a team in the Power Five conferences (ACC, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC; presumably, this would also allow for non-conference games against Big Ten opponents that are not on the conference schedule). Games against independents Notre Dame (an ACC member in non-football sports) and BYU will also count toward the Power Five requirement.^[62]

Intra-conference basketball rivalries[]

• Illinois: Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern
• Indiana: Illinois, Purdue
• Iowa: Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin
• Maryland: Penn State
• Michigan: Michigan State, Ohio State
• Michigan State: Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin
• Minnesota: Iowa, Wisconsin
• Northwestern: Illinois
• Ohio State: Michigan, Penn State, Michigan State
• Penn State: Maryland, Ohio State
• Purdue: Indiana
• Wisconsin: Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota

Extra-conference basketball rivalries[]

• Illinois: Missouri
• Indiana: Kentucky
• Iowa: Drake, Iowa State, Northern Iowa
• Maryland: Duke, Georgetown, Virginia
• Michigan: Duke, Detroit Mercy
• Michigan State: Duke, Oakland
• Nebraska: Creighton
• Penn State: Bucknell, Pittsburgh
• Rutgers: Princeton, Seton Hall
• Wisconsin: Green Bay, Marquette, Milwaukee

Other sports[]

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Men's ice hockey[]

• Michigan–Michigan State
• Minnesota–Wisconsin ()
• Minnesota–North Dakota
• Minnesota–Minnesota Duluth
• Minnesota–St. Cloud State
• Michigan–Notre Dame

Men's lacrosse[]

• Maryland–Johns Hopkins
• Penn State–Bucknell
• Rutgers–Princeton

Men's soccer[]

• Michigan–Michigan State (Big Bear Trophy)

Wrestling[]

• Penn State–Lehigh
• Iowa–Iowa State
• Iowa–Oklahoma State
• Rutgers–Princeton

Extra-conference rivalries[]

Three Big Ten teams—Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan—had rivalries in football with Notre Dame. After the University of Southern California with 35 wins (including a vacated 2005 win), the Michigan State Spartans have the most wins against the Irish, with 28. The Purdue Boilermakers follow with 26, and Michigan ranks fourth all-time with 24.

Penn State has a longstanding rivalry with Pittsburgh of the ACC, but the two schools did not meet from 2000 until renewing the rivalry with an alternating home-and-home series from 2016 to 2019. Penn State also has long histories with independent Notre Dame; Temple of The American; Syracuse, and Boston College of the ACC; and West Virginia, of the Big 12 Conference. Additionally, Penn State maintains strong intrastate rivalries with Patriot League universities Bucknell in men's basketball and men's lacrosse, and Lehigh in wrestling. Most of these rivalries were cultivated while Penn State operated independent of conference affiliation; the constraints of playing a full conference schedule, especially in football, have reduced the number of meetings between Penn State and its non-Big Ten rivals.

Iowa has an in-state rivalry with Iowa State of the Big 12, with the winner getting the Cy-Hawk Trophy in football. Iowa and Iowa State also compete annually in the Cy-Hawk Series sponsored by Hy-Vee (as of 2011 this series is now sponsored by The Iowa Corngrowers Association), the competition includes all head-to-head regular season competitions in all sports. Iowa also holds rivalries in basketball with the state's other two Division I programs, Drake and Northern Iowa.

Indiana has an out-of-conference rivalry with Kentucky of the SEC (see Indiana–Kentucky rivalry). While the two schools played in football for many years, the rivalry was rooted in their decades of national success in men's basketball. The two no longer play one another in football, but their basketball rivalry continued until a dispute about game sites ended the series after 2011. In the last season of the rivalry (2011–12), the teams played twice. During the regular season, then-unranked Indiana defeated then-#1 ranked Kentucky 73–72 at Assembly Hall. The Wildcats avenged the loss in the NCAA tournament, defeating Indiana 102–90 in the South Regional final in Atlanta on their way to a national title. The teams next played in the 2016 NCAA tournament, with Indiana winning.

Illinois has a longstanding basketball rivalry with the SEC's Missouri Tigers, with the two men's teams squaring off annually in the "Braggin' Rights" game. It has been held in St. Louis since 1980, first at the St. Louis Arena and since 1994 at the Enterprise Center. This rivalry has been carried over into football as "The Arch Rivalry" with games played at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis in 2002 and 2003 and four games in 2007 through 2010.[2]

Wisconsin has a long-standing in-state basketball rivalry with Marquette. The series has intensified as of late with both teams having made the Final Four in recent years. The schools also played an annual football game before Marquette abandoned its football program in 1961. The school also has minor rivalries in basketball with the two other Division I members of the University of Wisconsin System, which include the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.

Minnesota men's ice hockey has a prolific and fierce border rivalry with the University of North Dakota. The two teams played annually between 1948 and 2013 as members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association prior to the inception of the Big Ten Conference. The rivalry resumed in 2016 in non-conference action.

In the early days of the Big Ten, the Chicago-Michigan game was played on Thanksgiving, usually with conference championship implications. It was considered one of the first major rivalries of the conference.

Also in the early days of the conference, and at Knute Rockne's insistence, Northwestern and Notre Dame had a yearly contest, with the winner taking home a shillelagh, much like the winner of the USC–Notre Dame and Purdue–Notre Dame contests now receive. The Northwestern–Notre Dame shillelagh was largely forgotten by the early 1960s and is now solely an element of college football's storied past.^[85]

Facilities[]

Three Big Ten football stadiums seat over 100,000 spectators: Michigan Stadium (Michigan), Beaver Stadium (Penn State), and Ohio Stadium (Ohio State). Only five other college football stadiums have a capacity over 100,000 (four in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and one in the Big 12 Conference).^[86] Michigan Stadium and Beaver Stadium, respectively, are the two largest American football stadiums by capacity in the United States,^[86][87] and all three of the Big Ten's largest venues rank among the ten largest sports stadiums in the world.

Big Ten schools also play in two of the 10 largest on-campus basketball arenas in the country: Ohio State's Value City Arena and Maryland's Xfinity Center. Additionally, arenas at Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Penn State rank among the 20 largest on-campus basketball facilities in the United States. The Big Ten Conference has the most on-campus basketball arenas with seating capacities of 15,000 or more of any NCAA conference, with seven. (Of the other conferences considered "power conferences" in men's basketball, the ACC has two such arenas, the Big East none, the Big 12 three, the Pac-12 one, and the SEC five. Outside of these conferences, the Mountain West Conference has four such arenas and the West Coast Conference one.)

Football, basketball, and baseball facilities[]

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Opened	Basketball arena	Capacity	Opened	Baseball stadium	Capacity	Opened
Illinois	Memorial Stadium	60,670	1923	State Farm Center	16,618	1963	Illinois Field	3,000	1988
Indiana	Memorial Stadium	52,626	1960	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall	17,357	1971	Bart Kaufman Field	2,500	2013
Iowa	Kinnick Stadium	70,585	1929	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	15,400	1983	Duane Banks Field	3,000	1974
Maryland	Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium	51,802	1950	Xfinity Center	17,950	2002	Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium	2,500	1965
Michigan	Michigan Stadium	107,601	1927	Crisler Center	12,707	1967	Ray Fisher Stadium	4,000	1923
Michigan State	Spartan Stadium	75,005	1923	Breslin Student Events Center	14,797	1989	McLane Stadium at Kona Field Jackson Field	4,000 13,527	1902 1996
Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium	52,525	2009	Williams Arena	14,625	1928	U.S. Bank Stadium Siebert Field	N/A 1,420	2016 2013
Nebraska	Memorial Stadium	87,000	1923	Pinnacle Bank Arena	15,000	2013	Haymarket Park	8,500	2001
Northwestern	Ryan Field	47,330	1926	Welsh–Ryan Arena	7,039	1952	Rocky Miller Park	600	1944
Ohio State	Ohio Stadium	104,944	1922	Value City Arena	19,049	1998	Bill Davis Stadium	4,450	1997
Penn State	Beaver Stadium	106,572	1960	Bryce Jordan Center	15,261	1996	Medlar Field	5,570	2006
Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium	57,236	1924	Mackey Arena	14,846	1967	Alexander Field	1,500	2013
Rutgers	SHI Stadium	52,454	1994	Rutgers Athletic Center	8,000	1977	Bainton Field	1,250	2007
Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium	80,321	1917	Kohl Center	17,230	1998	Non-baseball school	N/A	N/A

Ice hockey arenas[]

School	Men's arena	Capacity	Women's arena	Capacity
Michigan	Yost Ice Arena	5,800	No varsity team
Michigan State	Munn Ice Arena	6,470	No varsity team
Minnesota	3M Arena at Mariucci	10,000	Ridder Arena	3,400
Notre Dame	Compton Family Ice Arena	5,022	No varsity team
Ohio State	Value City Arena	17,500	OSU Ice Rink	1,415
Penn State	Pegula Ice Arena	5,782	Pegula Ice Arena	5,782
Wisconsin	Kohl Center	15,359	LaBahn Arena	2,273

Soccer stadiums[]

Stadium	Team(s)	City	Capacity	Opened
Bill Armstrong Stadium	Indiana Hoosiers	Bloomington, Indiana	6,500	1981
Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium	Minnesota Golden Gophers	Falcon Heights, Minnesota	1,000	1999
DeMartin Soccer Complex	Michigan State Spartans	Lansing, Michigan	2,500	2008
Jeffrey Field	Penn State Nittany Lions	State College, Pennsylvania	5,000	1966
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium	Ohio State Buckeyes	Columbus, Ohio	10,000	2001
McClimon Soccer Complex	Wisconsin Badgers	Madison, Wisconsin	1,611	1959
SeatGeek Stadium	Northwestern Wildcats	Bridgeview, Illinois	20,000	2006
U-M Soccer Stadium	Michigan Wolverines	Ann Arbor, Michigan	2,200	2010
Yurcak Field	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Piscataway, New Jersey	5,000	1994
Ludwig Field	Maryland Terrapins	College Park, Maryland	7,000	1995

Media[]

As of 2017, the Big Ten has carriage agreements with the following broadcast and cable networks.^[88][89]

• Fox Sports:
  • 24 to 27 football games per year (including tier 1 rights).
    • Nine games total in primetime on Fox and FS1.
  • Top pick in the draft of weeks to select first in football.
  • Football championship game every year.
  • 39 to 47 men's basketball games.
    • Potentially ten of those games on Fox broadcast network.
• ESPN:
  • 27 football games
    • All intraconference games on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.
    • At least six primetime games per season on ABC or ESPN.
  • 38 men's basketball games.
    • Most intraconference games on ESPN or ESPN2.
  • Broad coverage of women's basketball and Olympic sports.
• CBS Sports:
  • Rights to the semifinals and championship of the men's basketball tournament.
  • At least ten regular season games per season.
  • Sundays will be the primary day for Big Ten basketball to air on CBS.
  • All of these parameters are about the same as the previous agreement.
• Big Ten Network was created in 2006 through a joint partnership between the Big Ten and News Corporation and debuted the following year, replacing the ESPN Plus package previously offered to Big Ten markets via syndication. Based in downtown Chicago, the network's lineup consists exclusively of Big Ten-related programming, such as a nightly highlights show, in addition to live events.^[90]

See also[]

• List of Big Ten National Championships
• Big Ten Universities
• Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities

References[]

External links[]

• Official website