Draft:List of Big Ten Conference Champions

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Membership[edit]

All-Time Big Ten Championships by university through July 1, 2023. After the 2023–24 school year, Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington will be leaving the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten.

Team Years Regular Season Postseason Total
Chicago Maroons 1896–1946 17 46 62
Illinois Fighting Illini 1896–present 76 165 241
Indiana Hoosiers 1899–present 54 156 210
Iowa Hawkeyes 1899–present 57 81 138
Maryland Terrapins 2014–present 30 19 49
Michigan Wolverines 1896–1907, 1917–present 159 322 481
Michigan State Spartans 1950–present 49 77 126
Minnesota Golden Gophers 1896–present 80 124 204
Nebraska Cornhuskers 2011–present 12 13 25
Northwestern Wildcats 1896–present 51 56 107
Ohio State Buckeyes 1912–present 120 167 287
Penn State Nittany Lions 1990–present 66 52 118
Purdue Boilermakers 1896–present 44 45 89
Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2014–present 1 2 3
Wisconsin Badgers 1896–present 60 153 213

Current Champions[edit]

Baseball[edit]

Main articles: List of Big Ten Conference baseball champions and Big Ten baseball tournament

The Big Ten Baseball champion was determined by regular season finish from 1896 until 1980, and from 1993-present. The Big Ten Tournament began in 1981 and determined the conference champion until 1992. Now, the regular season determines the Big Ten champion and the tournament determines the NCAA tournament automatic bid. All schools but Wisconsin field a baseball team, which sponsored baseball from 1896-1991.

Men's Basketball[edit]

Main articles: List of Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions and Big Ten men's basketball tournament
  1. ^ Purdue was able to keep their conference championship despite forfeiting 18 wins and vacating 2 games for using an ineligible player.
  2. ^ Minnesota had all wins from the 1993-94 season to the 1997-98 season, as well as their 1997 conference championship vacated due to the Minnesota academic scandal.
  3. ^ Because of the Ed Martin scandal, the NCAA vacated the records for the Michigan basketball team from the 1995–96 season through the 1998–99 season, including the 1998 and 1999 Big Ten tournaments. Michigan had won the Tournament championship in 1998 with a 3–0 record.
  4. ^ Ohio State has vacated the records of 34 games in 1998–99, 16 games in 1999–00 and the entire 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons, including the 1999 and 2001 Big Ten tournaments, and the 2002 Big Ten tournament championship.

Women's Basketball[edit]

Main articles: List of Big Ten Conference women's basketball regular season champions and Big Ten women's basketball tournament
  1. ^ a b c Ohio Stated had 52 wins vacated and lost their regular-season Big Ten titles in 2017 and 2018, as well as the 2018 conference tournament crown.

Cross Country[edit]

Nebraska won the first Cross Country championship in 1908 in an open meet. Northwestern discontinued their Men's Cross Country program in 1988.

Field Hockey[edit]

1989-1991: Five Conference teams competed in the Midwest Collegiate Field Hockey Conference; the sport was reinstated in 1992 when Penn State joined the Conference.

Football[edit]

Main articles: List of Big Ten Conference football champions and Big Ten Football Championship Game

Beginning in 2011, the Big Ten instituted divisional play with the division winners meeting in the Big Ten Championship Game to determine the conference champion

  1. ^ Ohio State had their 2010 wins and Big Ten Championship vacated due to NCAA violations.
  2. ^ Ohio State was ineligible for the conference championship game and post-season bowl game due to NCAA sanctions. Wisconsin played in the conference championship due to Penn State also being ineligible.

Golf[edit]

Gymnastics[edit]

Men's[edit]

In 2019, the conference began crowning a Big Ten regular season champion based on conference standings

Purdue dropped their Men's Gymnastics program for the 1932 season, Northwestern dropped in 1959, Indiana in 1983, Wisconsin in 1991, Michigan State in 2001, and Iowa and Minnesota in 2022.

Women's[edit]

In 2013, the conference began crowning a Big Ten regular season champion based on conference standings

Ice Hockey[edit]

Main articles: List of Big Ten men's ice hockey champions and Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

For 23 seasons from 1959-81, Big Ten standings were determined by regular season games between Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota and Wisconsin while playing in another conference. Ohio State played a total of six games against Big Ten schools between 1969 and 1981. Conference-sponsored men's ice hockey was discontinued following the 1980-81 season and reinstated prior to the 2013-14 season.

Lacrosse[edit]

Men's[edit]

Main article: Big Ten men's lacrosse tournament

Women's[edit]

Main article: Big Ten women's lacrosse tournament

Rowing[edit]

Soccer[edit]

Men's[edit]

Main article: Big Ten men's soccer tournament

1991-2008: End of season championship used to determine Big Ten Conference Champion 2009-Present: The regular-season winner is declared Big Ten Champion. "Big Ten Championship" renamed to "Big Ten Tournament" and used to determine NCAA automatic qualifier. 1995: Wisconsin and Indiana share title due to poor field conditions for semifinal games and time constraints for NCAA Tournament play

Women's[edit]

Main article: Big Ten women's soccer tournament

1997: Big Ten Tournament used to determine NCAA automatic qualifier only; Regular season winner declared Big Ten Champion. 2009 & 2010: No postseason tournament held. Regular season winner declared Big Ten Champion and NCAA automatic qualifier. 2011: Big Ten Tournament reinstated and used to determine NCAA automatic qualifier only; Regular season winner declared Big Ten Champion.

Softball[edit]

Main articles: List of Big Ten Conference softball champions and Big Ten softball tournament

2009: Tournament discontinued. Conference champion/automatic bid into NCAA Championship determined by regular season standings. 2013: Tournament reinstated to determine automatic bid into NCAA Championship. Conference champion determined by regular season standings.

Swimming & Diving[edit]

Michigan State dropped their Swim & Dive programs following the 2021 season.

Tennis[edit]

Men's[edit]

1910-33: If players from one team swept singles (S) and doubles (D) titles, that team was named team champion. If singles and doubles titlists came from different teams, the team championship was tied among those two teams. 1934-64: team champion decided by point total (on the basis of matches won in both singles and doubles) at Conference championship. 1965-84: team champion decided by combination of round-robin dual-meet and championship results 1985: singles and doubles tournament conducted to determine Conference champion in singles and doubles. Team dual match tournament held to determine conference team champion. 1986-90: conference championship point total used to determine team champion. 1991-98: conference championship dual match playoff used to determine team champion 1999-2008: regular season winner declared “Big Ten Men’s Tennis Regular Season Champion” and championship used to determine “Big Ten Champion” and NCAA automatic qualifier. 2009-present: regular season winner declared “Big Ten Champion” and tournament used to determine “Big Ten Tournament Champion” and NCAA automatic qualifier.

Women's[edit]

From 1982-2008, a tournament was used to determine Big Ten Conference Champion. Since 2009, the regular-season winner has been declared the Big Ten Conference Champion and the tournament is used to determine the Big Ten Tournament Champion and the conference's automatic qualifer to the NCAA Tournament.

Men's Track & Field[edit]

1901-25: Outdoor champions determined by “Western Intercollegiate Wrestling, Gymnastics and Fencing Association” in an open meet. 1926: start using closed meet format. 2002: Indoor Meet cancelled, no champion awarded. Northwestern discontinued program in 1988

Women's Track & Field[edit]

Volleyball[edit]

Wrestling[edit]

1913-21: champions determined by “Western Intercollegiate Wrestling, Gymnastics and Fencing Association” in an open meet. 1922-25: team championship based on dual meet records. 1926-33: determined individual champions in a closed meet format. 1934: start using point system.

National Championships[edit]

* A championship marked by an asterisk (*) indicates that the institution was not a member of the Big Ten at the time of the championship.

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.

Institution 2022–
23 		2021–
22 		2020–
21 		2019–
20 		2018–
19 		2017–
18 		2016–
17 		2015–
16 		2014–
15 		2013–
14 		10-yr
Average
Boston College Eagles 105 109 74 N/A 87 95 72 48 70 65 81
California Golden Bears 22 27 40 N/A 18 20 14 11 12 20 20
Clemson Tigers 51 65 36 N/A 73 52 52 42 57 60 54
Duke Blue Devils 16 21 21 N/A 9 11 32 24 20 10 18
Florida State Seminoles 17 14 16 N/A 7 9 13 22 11 12 13
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 78 68 44 N/A 66 121 102 80 72 89 80
Louisville Cardinals 32 34 40 N/A 35 30 26 29 29 30 32
Miami Hurricanes 49 50 62 N/A 58 62 56 40 55 64 55
North Carolina Tar Heels 8 6 4 N/A 10 13 5 7 5 14 8
NC State Wolfpack 19 17 23 N/A 26 15 29 32 27 41 25
Notre Dame Fighting Irish 20 8 14 N/A 17 22 23 17 10 3 15
Pittsburgh Panthers 52 73 73 N/A 137 111 92 110 96 85 92
SMU Mustangs 73 89 125 N/A 160 128 108 88 88 96 106
Stanford Cardinal 1 2 2 N/A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Syracuse Orange 45 72 64 N/A 54 46 44 21 47 53 50
Virginia Cavaliers 4 11 11 N/A 8 21 19 8 6 4 10
Virginia Tech Hokies 55 33 32 N/A 49 28 40 38 35 37 39
Wake Forest Demon Deacons 42 45 54 N/A 36 48 55 68 90 70 56
University Cup Wins Top 10
rankings
Stanford 26 29
North Carolina 1 24
Virginia 9
California 8
Duke 7
Notre Dame 5
Florida State 5

ACC Current Champions[edit]

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