Big Ten Conference

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Big Ten Conference

Association	NCAA
Commissioner	James Delany (since 1989)
Sports fielded	25 men's: 12 women's: 13
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FBS
Region	Midwestern United States Mid-Atlantic States
Official website	bigten.org
Locations

The Big Ten Conference, formerly Western Conference and Big Nine Conference, is the oldest Division I college athletic conference in the United States. Its twelve member institutions (which are primarily flagship research universities in their respective states, well-regarded academically, and with relatively large student enrollment) are located primarily in the Midwest, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Penn State in the east, and from Indiana in the south to Minnesota in the north. The conference competes in the NCAA's 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. Member schools of the Big Ten (or, in two cases, their parent university systems) also are members of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a leading educational and research consortium.

Despite the conference's name, the Big Ten actually consists of 12 schools, following the addition of The Pennsylvania State University in 1993 and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2011. In 2014, the conference will expand to 14 members with the additions of the University of Maryland, College Park and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. It is not to be confused with the Big 12 Conference, which has only ten schools and represents a different region of the country.

Member schools

Current members

Big Ten institutions are also, along with charter member the University of Chicago, part of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), which shares a $5.6 billion research fund.

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Joined Big Ten	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Logo	Varsity Teams	NCAA Championships (As of December 9, 2012) (excludes football)	Big Ten Championships (As of April 1, 2012)	Football Division
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	Urbana, Illinois (41,250) and Champaign, Illinois (81,055)	1867	1896	Public	41,918	Fighting Illini	Orange & Blue	File:Fighting Illini Primary Logo.png	21	18	230	Leaders
Indiana University	Bloomington, Indiana (80,405)	1820	1899 (Athletics since 1900)	Public	42,464	Hoosiers	Cream & Crimson	File:Indiana U logo.png	24	24	167	Leaders
University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa (67,062)	1847	1899 (Athletics since 1900)	Public	31,498	Hawkeyes	Gold & Black		24	25	105	Legends
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan (114,024)	1817	1896 (Inactive 1907–1917)	Public	37,197	Wolverines	Maize & Blue		27	33	351	Legends
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan (48,579)	1855	1950 (Athletics since 1953)	Public	48,906	Spartans	Green & White		25	19	84	Legends
University of Minnesota	Twin Cities, Minnesota (3,317,308)	1851	1896	Public	51,853	Golden Gophers	Maroon & Gold		23	16	178	Legends
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska (251,624)	1869	2011	Public	24,593	Cornhuskers	Scarlet & Cream		21	16	3	Legends
Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois (74,239)	1851	1896	Private	14,988	Wildcats	Purple & White		19	8	69	Legends
Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio (787,033)	1870	1912	Public	56,867	Buckeyes	Scarlet & Gray		35	24	185	Leaders
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, Pennsylvania (38,420)	1855	1990 (Athletics since 1993)	Public	44,817	Nittany Lions	Blue & White		31	41	57	Leaders
Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana (28,778)	1869	1896	Public	39,637	Boilermakers	Old Gold & Black		18	3	69	Leaders
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin (223,389)	1848	1896	Public	42,595	Badgers	Cardinal & White		23	28	183	Leaders

Future members

These future members are to join the Big Ten conference.

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joining Big Ten	Sources	Nickname	Colors	Varsity Teams	NCAA Championships (As of December 9, 2012) (excludes football)	Current Conference
University of Maryland	College Park, Maryland (30,413)	1856	Public	37,631	(2014)		Terrapins	Red, White, Black, & Gold	20	25	ACC
Rutgers University	New Brunswick, New Jersey (55,181)	1766	Public	38,912	(2014)		Scarlet Knights	Scarlet	27	1	Big East

Former member

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Undergrad Enrollment	Joined Big Ten	Left Big Ten	Nickname	Colors	Varsity Teams	NCAA Championships (as a member)	Big Ten Championships
University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois (2,695,598)	1890	Private	5,027	1896	1946	Maroons	Maroon & White	19	1	73

• The University of Chicago was a co-founder of the conference and still maintains affiliation through the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.
• Lake Forest College attended the original 1895 meeting that led to the formation of the conference, but did not join it.

Endowments

Conference Rank	National Rank	Institution	Location	Endowment Funds	Percentage Change YOY
1	7	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$7,834,752,000	19.4%
2	9	Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	$7,182,745,000	20.8%
3	27	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	$2,503,305,000	14.0%
4	31	Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	$2,120,714,000	13.4%
5	32	Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	$2,001,601,000	22.6%
6	34	University of Wisconsin	Madison, Wisconsin	$1,872,933,000	20.7%
7	39	Pennsylvania State University	University Park, Pennsylvania	$1,725,138,000	26.1%
8	45	University of Illinois	Champaign, Illinois	$1,600,603,000	24.1%
9	47	Indiana University	Bloomington, Indiana	$1,576,615,000	0.1%
10	54	Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	$1,400,380,000	22.0%
11	58	University of Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	$1,241,577,000	8.6%
12	72	University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	$1,044,097,000	31.9%
13	93	University of Maryland	College Park, Maryland	$791,809,000	17.7%
14	105	Rutgers University	New Brunswick, New Jersey	$698,507,000	16.7%

• Data provided by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute as of March 12, 2012.

Membership timeline

Full members Full members (non-football) Other Conference Other Conference

Sports

The Big Ten Conference sponsors championship competition in twelve men's and thirteen women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Men's ice hockey will debut in the 2013-14 school year, and it is probable that women's lacrosse will be added in 2014-15.

Teams in Big Ten Conference competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	11	-
Basketball	12	12
Cross Country	12	12
Field Hockey	-	7
Football	12	-
Golf	12	12
Gymnastics	7	8
Rowing	-	7
Soccer	7	12
Softball	-	12
Swimming & Diving	10	12
Tennis	12	12
Track and Field (Indoor)	11	11
Track and Field (Outdoor)	11	11
Volleyball	-	12
Wrestling	12	-

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Gymnastics	Ice Hockey*	Soccer	Swimming	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Wrestling	Total B1G Sports
Illinois	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Indiana	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Iowa	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Michigan	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	13
Michigan State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Minnesota	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Nebraska	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Northwestern	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	8
Ohio State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	13
Penn State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	13
Purdue	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Wisconsin	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Totals	11	12	11	12	12	7	6	7	10	12	11	11	12	134

• * = Ice Hockey will be a sponsored sport beginning in 2013-2014

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

School	Fencing	Lacrosse	Volleyball
Michigan	No	ECAC	No
Ohio State	Independent	ECAC	MIVA
Penn State	Independent	Colonial	EIVA

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Field Hockey	Golf	Gymnastics	Rowing	Soccer	Softball	Swimming	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total B1G Sports
Illinois	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Indiana	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Iowa	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	13
Michigan	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	13
Michigan State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	13
Minnesota	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Nebraska	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Northwestern	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	9
Ohio State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	13
Penn State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Purdue	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Wisconsin	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Totals	12	12	7	12	8	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	140

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Big Ten Conference which are played by Big Ten schools:

School	Fencing	Ice Hockey	Lacrosse	Water Polo
Indiana	No	No	No	CWPA
Michigan	No	No	ALC	CWPA
Minnesota	No	WCHA	No	No
Northwestern	Independent	No	ALC	No
Ohio State	Independent	WCHA	ALC	No
Penn State	Independent	CHA	ALC	No
Wisconsin	No	WCHA	No	No

History

Initiated and led by Purdue University president James Smart, the presidents of 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. The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives was founded at a second meeting on February 8, 1896. 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 Purdue, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Chicago, 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, but was turned away both times. In April 1907, Michigan was voted out of the conference for failing to adhere to league rules. Ohio State was added to the conference in 1912. The first reference to the conference as the Big Ten was in November 1917 after Michigan rejoined following a nine-year absence.

Big Ten logo (1990–2011). To reflect the addition of the 11th school, Pennsylvania State, the number 11 was disguised in the negative space of the "Big Ten" lettering.

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 and withdrew from the conference in 1946 after struggling to gain victories in many conference matchups. It was believed that one of several schools, notably Pittsburgh, Nebraska, Michigan State, Marquette, Notre Dame, and Iowa State would replace Chicago at the time. On May 20, 1949, 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. In 1990, the Big Ten universities voted to expand the conference to 11 teams, and extended an invitation to Pennsylvania State University, which accepted it. When Penn State joined in 1990, it was decided that 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 had shown interest in Big Ten membership after Penn State joined. Around 1993, the league explored adding Kansas, Missouri, and Rutgers, or other potential schools, to create a 14-team league with two divisions. These talks died when the Big 8 Conference merged with former Southwest Conference members to create the Big 12.

Locations of the Big Ten member institutions

Following the addition of previously independent Penn State, efforts were made to encourage the University of Notre Dame, the last remaining non-service academy independent, to join the league. Early in the 20th century, Notre Dame briefly considered official entry into the Big Ten but chose to maintain its independence instead. However, in 1999, both Notre Dame and the Big Ten entered into private negotiations concerning a possible membership that would include Notre Dame. Although the Notre Dame faculty senate endorsed the idea with a near unanimous vote, the ND board of trustees decided against joining the conference and Notre Dame ultimately withdrew from negotiations. [2]

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 2010–12 NCAA conference realignment. 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. The conference retained the name "Big Ten".

On September 1, Delany revealed the conference's divisional split and announced the new division names on December 13, 2010: Legends and Leaders. The new "Legends" and "Leaders" names were not met with enthusiasm. Some traditional rivals, including Ohio State and Michigan, were placed in separate divisions. For the football season, each team plays the others in its division, one "cross-over" game, and two rotating cross-divisional games.

On November 19, 2012, the University of Maryland's Board of Regents voted to withdraw from the ACC and to join the Big Ten as its 13th member effective on July 1, 2014. The Big Ten's Council of Presidents approved the move later that day. One day later, Rutgers University of the Big East also accepted an offer for membership from the Big Ten as its 14th member school.

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."

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
James Delany	1989–

Academics

The Big Ten Conference is known for its academics as well as its athletics. Prior to the addition of Nebraska on July 1, 2011, it was the only Division I conference to have all its members in the Association of American Universities (AAU). Nebraska was removed from the AAU in April 2011, due to the AAU no longer allowing Nebraska to include their Medical Center in the AAU formula and the decreased 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. However, Nebraska does lead the NCAA with a record of 291 Academic All-Americans (followed by Notre Dame with 221) . Currently no Division I conference has all its members in the AAU, but a Division III conference, University Athletic Association, is composed of entirely AAU members.

The Big Ten also runs the Committee on Institutional Cooperation along with the University of Chicago, which allows students at participating institutions to take distance courses at other participating institutions. Students at participating schools are also allowed "in-house" viewing privileges at other participating schools' libraries. They also employ collective purchasing, which has saved member institutions $19 million to date.

Awards and honors

• Big Ten Athlete of the Year
• Big Ten Medal of Honor (annual; at each school; one male scholar-athlete and one female scholar-athlete)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (annual; at each school; one male student-athlete and one female student-athlete)

Conference records

For Big Ten records, by sport (not including football), see footnote

Conference championships

For Big Ten championships, by year, see footnote

Football

See also: List of Big Ten Conference football standings and 2012 Big Ten Conference football season

Under the current format, each school plays a total of eight conference games, consisting of the other five teams in its division, two schools from the other division on a rotating basis, and one school from the other division that it plays each year.

The following table shows the permanent cross-division opponent for each school (records through the 2011 season with Legends Division wins listed first):

Legends Division	Leaders Division	Series Record
Minnesota	Wisconsin	59–54–8
Michigan	Ohio State	58–44–6
Northwestern	Illinois	46–54–5
Iowa	Purdue	34–46–3
Michigan State	Indiana	41–15–2
Nebraska	Penn State	8-6–0*
Overall Inter-Divisional Record		245–218–24

All-time school records by wins

This list goes through the 2011 season.

#	Big Ten	Records	Pct.	Division Championships (2011–present)	Big Ten Championships	Claimed National Championships
1	Michigan	903-314-36 (through 2012)	.735	0	42	11
3	Nebraska	856-349-41	.704	1	0	5
2	Ohio State	825-316-53	.713	1	35	7
4	Penn State	716-361-43	.658	0	3	2
6	Minnesota	648-482-44	.571	0	18	7
5	Michigan State	640-434-44	.592	1	7	6
7	Wisconsin	636-471-53	.571	1	14	0
9	Iowa	595-523-39	.531	0	11	1
8	Purdue	586-508-48	.534	0	8	0
10	Illinois	580-534-50	.520	0	15	5
11	Northwestern	489-632-44	.439	0	8	0
12	Indiana	448-631-44	.419	0	2	0

Big Ten Conference Champions

Main article: List of Big Ten Conference football champions

Big Ten Championship Game

Main article: Big Ten Football Championship Game

The Big Ten Football Championship Game pits the Big Ten Leaders Divisional leader against the Big Ten Legends Divisional leader. With the addition of Nebraska to the Big Ten Conference beginning in the 2011 season, the Big Ten Conference announced on August 5, 2010, that the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game would be held at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Fox Sports will televise the conference championship games from 2011–16.

The first game was on December 3, 2011 between Michigan State and Wisconsin. Wisconsin won the game 42-39 over the Spartans, receiving the Stagg Championship Trophy.

The second game was on December 1, 2012 between Nebraska and Wisconsin. Wisconsin won the game 70-31 over the Cornhuskers, receiving the Stagg Championship Trophy.

Big Ten Conference football rivalry games

Main article: List of Big Ten Conference football rivalry games

Bowl games

Since 1946, the Big Ten champion has had a tie-in with the Rose Bowl game, now a BCS bowl. The Big Ten also has tie-ins with seven non-BCS bowls.

Pick	Name	Location	Opposing Conference	Opposing Pick
1	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	Pac-12 or BCS	–
2	Capital One Bowl	Orlando, Florida	SEC	2
3	Outback Bowl	Tampa, Florida	SEC	3/4
4/5	Gator Bowl	Jacksonville, Florida	SEC	6
4/5	Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl	Tempe, Arizona	Big 12	4
6	Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas	Houston, Texas	Big 12	6
7	Heart of Dallas Bowl	Dallas, Texas	Big 12	8
8	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl	Detroit, Michigan	MAC	1/2

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. Due to those 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 and Southeastern Conference, which always placed multiple teams in bowl games every year.

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 won-lost records; many factors influence bowl selections, especially the likely turnout of the team's fans. Picks are made after BCS selections; the bowl with the #2 pick will have the first pick of the remaining teams in the conference.

The Capital One (first choice) and Outback (second) Bowls can select any eligible team except a team that has two fewer wins or two more losses, in all games, than another eligible team. If a second conference team is selected for a BCS bowl, the two-win/loss requirement is not applicable for the Outback Bowl. The remaining picks are made in order by the Gator, Buffalo Wild Wings, Meineke Car Care, Heart of Dallas and Little Caesars Pizza Bowls, picking eligible teams without restrictions.

Marching bands

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

Conference Individual Honors

Main article: Big Ten Conference football individual honors

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

Men's basketball

See also: 2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season and 2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The Big Ten has participated in basketball since 1904, and has led the nation in attendance every season since 1978. 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. 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 eight championships. NIT champions from the Big Ten include Michigan and Ohio State with two, and Indiana, Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue with one each.

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 the 1912, 1914 and 1916 National Champions.

Since 1999, the Big Ten has taken part in the ACC–Big Ten Challenge with the Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC holds a 10–3 record against the Big Ten, and Ohio State is the only Big Ten school without a losing record in the challenge.

All-time school records

This list goes through the 2011-2012 season.

#	Big Ten	Overall Record	Pct.	Big Ten Tournament Championships	Big Ten Regular Season Championships	NCAA National Championships
1	Illinois	1667-897	.650	2	17	0
2	Indiana	1672-945	.639	0	21	5
3	Purdue	1660-944	.637	1	22	0
4	Michigan State	1536-1027	.610	3	13	2
5	Iowa	1595-1065	.600	2	8	0
6	Ohio State	1528-1010	.602	3	19	1
7	Michigan	1317-913	.590	0	12	1
8	Minnesota	1384-1050	.569	0	8	0
9	Penn State	1361-1066	.561	0	0	0
10	Wisconsin	1439-1136	.559	2	17	1
11	Nebraska	1399-1251	.528	0	0	0
12	Northwestern	979-1400-1	.412	0	2	0

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, Pennsylvania
1979	Michigan State	75	Indiana State	64	Special Events Center	Salt Lake City, Utah
1981	Indiana (4)	63	North Carolina	50	Spectrum	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2)
1987	Indiana (5)	74	Syracuse	73	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana (2)
1989†	Michigan	80	Seton Hall	79	Kingdome	Seattle, Washington (4)
1992	Duke (2)	71	Michigan	51	Metrodome	Minneapolis, Minnesota
1993	North Carolina (3)	77	Michigan	71	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana (3)
2000	Michigan State (2)	89	Florida	76	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana (4)
2002	Maryland	64	Indiana	52	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia (2)
2005	North Carolina (4)	75	Illinois	70	Edward Jones Dome	St. Louis, Missouri (3)
2007	Florida (2)	84	Ohio State	75	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia (3)
2009	North Carolina (5)	89	Michigan State	72	Ford Field	Detroit, Michigan

Post-season NIT championships and runners-up

Year	Champion		Runner-up		MVP	Venue and 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	82	Florida State	73	Louis Bullock, Michigan	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

See also: List of Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions, Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, and NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Bids By School

Men's gymnastics

The Big Ten fields seven of the remaining sixteen Division I men's gymnastics. In 2012, Illinois edged out #1 Oklahoma for their 10th NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship, the school's first since 1989.

NCAA Championships & 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

†-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.

Women's basketball

Women's basketball teams have played a total of nine times in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship (since 1982) and Women's National Invitation Tournament (since 1998). Big Ten women's teams have also led conference attendance from 1993–1999.

NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations

Year	Champion		Runner-up		Venue and city
1993	Texas Tech	84	Ohio State	82	The Omni	Atlanta, Georgia
1999	Purdue	62	Duke	45	San Jose Arena	San Jose, California
2001	Notre Dame	68	Purdue	66	Savvis Center	St. Louis, Missouri
2005	Baylor	84	Michigan State	62	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana

Women's National Invitation Tournament championship games

Year	Champion		Runner-up		Venue and 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

See also: List of Big Ten Conference women's basketball regular season champions and Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

Rivalries

Main articles: Indiana–Purdue rivalry, Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry, Illibuck, and Ohio State–Penn State football rivalry

Football

The members of the Big Ten have longstanding rivalries with each other, especially on the football field. Each school has at least one traveling trophy at stake. The following is a list of active rivalries in the Big Ten Conference.

Teams		Rivalry Name	Trophy	Meetings	Record	Series leader	Current Streak
Illinois	Indiana	Illinois-Indiana rivalry	—	68	45–21–2	Illinois	Illinois won 2
	Missouri	State Farm Arch Rivalry	—	24	7–17–0	Missouri	Illinois lost 6
	Northwestern	Illinois-Northwestern rivalry	Land of Lincoln Trophy	105	54–46–5	Illinois	Illinois lost 1
	Ohio State	Illinois-Ohio State rivalry	Illibuck	98	30–64–4	Ohio State	Illinois lost 4
	Purdue	Illinois-Purdue rivalry	Purdue Cannon	87	42–39–6	Illinois	Illinois lost 4
Indiana	Illinois	Illinois-Indiana rivalry	—	69	22–45–2	Illinois	Indiana won 1
	Kentucky	Bourbon Barrel Game	Bourbon Barrel (retired 1999)	36	18–17–1	Indiana	Indiana won 1
	Michigan State	Indiana-Michigan State rivalry	Old Brass Spittoon	58	15–41–2	Michigan State	Indiana lost 3
	Purdue	Indiana-Purdue rivalry	Old Oaken Bucket	114	37–71–6	Purdue	Indiana lost 1
Iowa	Iowa State	Iowa-Iowa State rivalry	Cy-Hawk Trophy	60	39–21–0	Iowa	Iowa lost 2
	Minnesota	Battle for Floyd of Rosedale	Floyd of Rosedale	106	43–61–2	Minnesota	Iowa won 1
	Nebraska	The Heroes Game	Heroes Trophy	43	12–28–3	Nebraska	Iowa lost 5
	Wisconsin	Iowa-Wisconsin rivalry	Heartland Trophy	86	42–42–2	Series tied	Iowa lost 1
Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan-Michigan State rivalry	Paul Bunyan Trophy	104	67–32–5	Michigan	Michigan won 1
	Minnesota	Michigan-Minnesota rivalry	Little Brown Jug	98	71–24–3	Michigan	Michigan won 5
	Notre Dame	Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry	—	40	23–16–1	Michigan	Michigan lost 1
	Ohio State	The Game	—	108	58–45–6	Michigan	Michigan lost 1
Michigan State	Indiana	Indiana-Michigan State rivalry	Old Brass Spittoon	58	41–15–2	Michigan State	Michigan State won 3
	Michigan	Michigan-Michigan State rivalry	Paul Bunyan Trophy	104	32–67–5	Michigan	Michigan State lost 1
	Notre Dame	Michigan State-Notre Dame rivalry	Megaphone Trophy	75	28–46–1	Notre Dame	Michigan State lost 1
	Penn State	Michigan State-Penn State rivalry	Land Grant Trophy	28	13–14–1	Michigan State	Michigan State won 1
	Central Michigan	Michigan State-Central Michigan rivalry	-	8	5–3–0	Michigan State	Michigan State won 2
Minnesota	Iowa	Battle for Floyd of Rosedale	Floyd of Rosedale	106	61–43–2	Minnesota	Minnesota lost 1
	Michigan	Michigan-Minnesota rivalry	Little Brown Jug	98	24–71–3	Michigan	Minnesota lost 1
	Penn State	Minnesota-Penn State rivalry	Governor's Victory Bell	12	4–8–0	Penn State	Minnesota lost 4
	Wisconsin	Minnesota-Wisconsin rivalry	Slab of Bacon\Paul Bunyan's Axe	121	59–54–8	Minnesota	Minnesota lost 8
Nebraska	Iowa	The Heroes Game	Heroes Trophy	43	28–12–3	Nebraska	Nebraska won 5
	Penn State	Nebraska-Penn State rivalry	—	14	8–6–0	Nebraska	Nebraska won 3
Northwestern	Illinois	Illinois-Northwestern rivalry	Land of Lincoln Trophy	105	46–54–5	Illinois	Northwestern won 1
Ohio State	Illinois	Illinois-Ohio State rivalry	Illibuck	98	64–30–4	Ohio State	Ohio State won 4
	Michigan	The Game	—	108	45–58–6	Michigan	Ohio State won 1
	Penn State	Ohio State-Penn State rivalry	—	28	15–13–0	Ohio State	Ohio State won 1
Penn State	Michigan State	Michigan State-Penn State rivalry	Land Grant Trophy	28	14–13–1	Penn State	Penn State lost 1
	Minnesota	Minnesota-Penn State rivalry	Governor's Victory Bell	12	8–4–0	Penn State	Penn State won 4
	Nebraska	Nebraska-Penn State rivalry	—	14	8–6–0	Nebraska	Penn State lost 3
	Ohio State	Ohio State-Penn State rivalry	—	28	13–15–0	Ohio State	Ohio State won 1
	Temple	Penn State-Temple rivalry	—	41	37–3–1	Penn State	Penn State won 30
Purdue	Illinois	Illinois-Purdue rivalry	Purdue Cannon	87	39–42–6	Illinois	Purdue won 4
	Indiana	Indiana-Purdue rivalry	Old Oaken Bucket	114	71–37–6	Purdue	Purdue won 1
	Notre Dame	Notre Dame-Purdue rivalry	Shillelagh Trophy	83	26–55–2	Notre Dame	Purdue lost 4
Wisconsin	Iowa	Iowa-Wisconsin rivalry	Heartland Trophy	86	42–42–2	Series tied	Wisconsin won 1
	Minnesota	Minnesota-Wisconsin rivalry	Slab of Bacon\Paul Bunyan's Axe	121	54–59–8	Minnesota	Wisconsin won 8

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:

• 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 re-alignment: 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.

Basketball

See also: 2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

• Illinois: Indiana, Michigan State
• Indiana: Illinois, Purdue (Indiana–Purdue rivalry)
• Iowa: Minnesota,Wisconsin
• Michigan: Ohio State, Michigan State
• Michigan State: Michigan, Wisconsin
• Minnesota: Iowa, Northwestern
• Northwestern: Minnesota, Purdue
• Ohio State: Michigan, Wisconsin
• Penn State: Michigan, Ohio State
• Purdue: Indiana (Indiana–Purdue rivalry), Northwestern
• Wisconsin: Iowa, Michigan State

Men's soccer

• Michigan-Michigan State (Big Bear Trophy)

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 23.

Penn State had a longstanding rivalry with Pittsburgh of the Big East, but the two schools have not met since 2000. Penn State also had long histories with independent Notre Dame; Syracuse, Rutgers, and Temple of the Big East; Maryland and Boston College of the ACC; and West Virginia, a longtime Big East member now in the Big 12 Conference. Penn State also has 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. The rivalries with Maryland and Rutgers will resume on at least an intermittent basis when those schools join Penn State in the Big Ten.

Iowa has an in-state rivalry with Iowa State, 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 (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.

Illinois has a longstanding basketball rivalry with Missouri, with the two men's teams squaring off annually in the "Braggin' Rights" game in St. Louis. 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.[3]

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.

In the early days of the Big Ten, the Chicago-Michigan game was played on Thanksgiving, usually with conference championship implications and 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.

Facilities

The Big Ten has the distinction of being the conference with the most stadiums seating over 100,000, at three of the stadiums (Beaver Stadium, Michigan Stadium, and Ohio Stadium). Only three other college football stadiums have such a capacity: Neyland Stadium at the University of Tennessee and Bryant–Denny Stadium of the University of Alabama in the Southeastern Conference, and Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin in the Big 12 Conference.

The three stadiums are three of the four largest football stadiums in the United States, as well as the third, fourth, and seventh largest sports stadiums in the world.

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity
Illinois	Memorial Stadium, Champaign	60,670	Assembly Hall, Champaign	16,618	Illinois Field	3,000
Indiana	Memorial Stadium, Bloomington	52,929	Assembly Hall, Bloomington	17,472	Bart Kaufman Field	2,500
Iowa	Kinnick Stadium	70,585	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	15,500	Duane Banks Field	3,000
Maryland	Byrd Stadium	54,000	Comcast Center	17,950	Shipley Field	2,500
Michigan	Michigan Stadium	109,901	Crisler Arena	12,721	Ray Fisher Stadium	4,000
Michigan State	Spartan Stadium	75,005	Breslin Student Events Center	14,797	Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field Cooley Law School Stadium	2,500 7,527
Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium	50,805	Williams Arena	14,625	Siebert Field Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Target Field	1,500 46,564 39,504
Nebraska	Memorial Stadium, Lincoln	81,067	Devaney Center[4]	13,595	Hawks Field	8,486
Northwestern	Ryan Field	47,130	Welsh-Ryan Arena	8,117	Rocky Miller Park	1,000
Ohio State	Ohio Stadium	102,329	Value City Arena	18,809	Bill Davis Stadium	4,450
Penn State	Beaver Stadium	106,572	Bryce Jordan Center	15,261	Medlar Field at Lubrano Park	5,406
Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium	62,500	Mackey Arena	14,240	Alexander Field	1,500 (expandable to 2,500)
Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium	52,454	Louis Brown Athletic Center	8,000	Bainton Field	1,500
Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium	80,321	Kohl Center	17,230	Non-baseball school

Future members in gray.

^ The Nebraska basketball teams are scheduled to move off-campus to the new Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2013.

Media

As of 2010, the Big Ten has carriage agreements with the following broadcast and cable networks.

Broadcast television

• ESPN on ABC broadcasts football games within the conference, primarily in the 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT slot on Saturdays, but occasionally at noon and during Saturday Night Football.
• CBS Sports carries select men's basketball games on weekends, including the semifinals and championship game of the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament.
• Fox Sports carries the Big Ten football championship from the 2011 through 2016 seasons.

Cable television

• 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.
• ESPN Inc.-Big Ten football, basketball and volleyball air on ESPN and ESPN2, and sometimes on ESPNU and ESPN Classic. The conference's contract with ABC/ESPN also allows for the transmission of events through ESPN Mobile, ESPN3.com, and On Demand platforms.

See also

• List of Big Ten National Championships
• Big Ten Universities
• Central Collegiate Hockey Association
• Committee on Institutional Cooperation
• Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities
• Western Collegiate Hockey Association

External links

• Official website