Big Ten Conference

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Big Ten Conference

Association	NCAA
Commissioner	James Delany (since 1989)
Sports fielded	26 men's: 13 women's: 13
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FBS
Region	Midwestern United States (11 schools) Mid-Atlantic States (1 school; 3 schools in 2014)
Official website	bigten.org
Locations

The Big Ten Conference (B1G), formerly Western Conference and Big Nine Conference, is the oldest Division I collegiate 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 Pennsylvania in the east. 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 Pennsylvania State University in 1990 and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2011. In 2014, the conference will expand to 14 full members with the additions of the University of Maryland, College Park and Rutgers University, and one affiliate member with the addition of Johns Hopkins University in men's lacrosse. It is not to be confused with the Big 12 Conference, which has ten schools and represents a different region of the country, save for the state of Iowa.

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).

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Joined Big Ten	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Varsity Teams	NCAA Championships (As of June 9, 2013) (excludes football)	Big Ten Championships (As of July 1, 2013)	Football Division	Football Future Division (2014)
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	Urbana, Illinois (41,250) and Champaign, Illinois (81,055)	1867	1896	Public	41,918	Fighting Illini	Orange & Blue	21	18	237	Leaders	West
Indiana University	Bloomington, Indiana (80,405)	1820	1899 (Athletics since 1900)	Public	42,464	Hoosiers	Cream & Crimson	24	24	168	Leaders	East
University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa (70,133)	1847	1899 (Athletics since 1900)	Public	31,498	Hawkeyes	Black & Gold	24	25	106	Legends	West
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan (113,934)	1817	1896 (Inactive 1907–1917)	Public	37,197	Wolverines	Maize & Blue	27	35	366	Legends	East
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan (48,579)	1855	1950 (Athletics since 1953)	Public	48,906	Spartans	Green & White	25	19	93	Legends	East
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota (382,578)	1851	1896	Public	51,853	Golden Gophers	Maroon & Gold	23	17	160	Legends	West
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska (258,379)	1869	2011	Public	24,593	Cornhuskers	Scarlet & Cream	21	17	6	Legends	West
Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois (74,486)	1851	1896	Private	14,988	Wildcats	Purple & White	19	8	73	Legends	West
Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio (787,033)	1870	1912	Public	56,867	Buckeyes	Scarlet & Gray	35	25	203	Leaders	East
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, Pennsylvania (42,034)	1855	1990 (Athletics since 1993)	Public	44,817	Nittany Lions	Blue & White	31	42	68	Leaders	East
Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana (29,596)	1869	1896	Public	39,637	Boilermakers	Old Gold & Black	18	3	71	Leaders	West
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin (233,209)	1848	1896	Public	42,595	Badgers	Cardinal & White	23	28	190	Leaders	West

Future members

These future members are to join the Big Ten conference in all sports.

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Joining Big Ten	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Varsity Teams	NCAA Championships (As of December 9, 2012) (excludes football)	Football Future Division (2014)	Current Conference	Sources
University of Maryland	College Park, Maryland (30,413)	1856	2014	Public	37,631	Terrapins	Red, White, Black, & Gold	20	25	East	ACC
Rutgers University	New Brunswick, New Jersey (55,181) and Piscataway, New Jersey (50,482)	1766	2014	Public	41,565	Scarlet Knights	Scarlet	27	1	East	Big East (field hockey, men's and women's lacrosse) Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (wrestling) The American (all other sports)

Future affiliate member

In June 2013, the conference announced the addition of Johns Hopkins University as an affiliate member for men's lacrosse.

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joining Big Ten	Sources	Nickname	Colors	Sport	NCAA Championships (As of December 9, 2012)	Current Conference
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, Maryland (621,342)	1876	Private	5,066	2014		Blue Jays	Columbia Blue & Black	Men's Lacrosse	9 In Men's Lacrosse	Independent (lacrosse) Centennial (all sports, NCAA Division III)

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.

Membership timeline

Full members Full members (non-football) Sport Affiliate (Men's Lacrosse) Other Conference Other Conference

Sports

The Big Ten Conference sponsors championship competition in thirteen men's and women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Men's ice hockey will debut in the 2013–14 school year. Men's and 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
Ice Hockey	6	-
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	Lacrosse1	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Wrestling	Total Big Ten Sports
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	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
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	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Minnesota	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
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
Wisconsin	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Totals	11	12	11	12	12	7	6	3	7	10	12	11	11	12	137
Future Members
Maryland	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	8
Rutgers	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	10
Future Affiliate Member
Johns Hopkins2	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
New Totals	13	14	12	14	14	7	6	6	9	10	12	12	13	14	156

Notes:

1: Lacrosse will be a sponsored sport beginning in 2014–15

2: Johns Hopkins will be joining the Big Ten as an affiliate member in men's lacrosse only, beginning in 2014. It will continue to field its other sports in the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference except women's lacrosse, which will remain in the American Lacrosse Conference until becoming independent.

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

School	Fencing1	Lacrosse2	Lightweight Rowing3	Pistol4	Rifle5	Rowing3	Volleyball
Michigan	No	ECAC	No	No	No	No	No
Ohio State	Independent	ECAC	No	Independent	PRC	No	MIVA
Penn State	Independent	Colonial	No	No	No	No	EIVA
Wisconsin	No	No	No	No		EARC	No
Future Members
Maryland	No	ACC6	No	No	No	No	No
Rutgers	No	Big East6	EARC	No	No	EARC	No

Notes:

1: Fencing is officially a coeducational team sport, although a few schools field only a women's team. Ohio State and Penn State, like most NCAA fencing schools, have coed teams.

2: Men's lacrosse will be added in 2014, with five member schools and affiliate member Johns Hopkins.

3: Men's rowing, whether heavyweight or lightweight, is not governed by the NCAA, but instead by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association.

4: Unlike rifle, pistol is not an NCAA-governed sport. It is fully coeducational.

5: Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Ohio State fields a coed team.

6: Maryland and Rutgers lacrosse will join the Big Ten Conference in July 2014. Rutgers will play the 2014 lacrosse season in the Big East before joining the Big Ten.

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 Big Ten Sports
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	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	13
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	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	13
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
Wisconsin	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Totals	12	12	7	12	8	4	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	144
Future Members
Maryland	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Rutgers	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	14
New Totals	14	14	9	14	10	6	8	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	170

• * Lacrosse will be a sponsored sport beginning with the 2014–15 academic year.

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

School	Bowling	Fencing	Ice Hockey	Lacrosse	Lightweight Rowing	Pistol	Rifle	Synchronized Swimming	Water Polo
Indiana	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	CWPA
Michigan	No	No	No	ALC	No	No	No	No	CWPA
Minnesota	No	No	WCHA	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nebraska	Independent	No	No	No	No	No	GARC	No	No
Northwestern	No	Independent	No	ALC	No	No	No	No	No
Ohio State	No	Independent	WCHA	ALC	No	Independent	PRC	Independent	No
Penn State	No	Independent	CHA	ALC	No	No	No	No	No
Wisconsin	No	No	WCHA	No	EARC	No	No	No	No
Future Members
Maryland	No	No	No	ACC	No	No	No	No	No
Rutgers	No	No	No	Big East	EARC	No	No	No	No

History

Initiated and led by Purdue University president James Henry 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 known references to the conference as the Big Ten were 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 2010–13 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.

On April 28, 2013, the Big Ten presidents and chancellors unanimously approved a divisional realignment that will take effect when Maryland and Rutgers join in 2014. Under the new plan, the "Leaders" and "Legends" divisions will be replaced with geographic divisions. The West Division will include all member schools in the Central Time Zone plus Purdue, while the East Division will include the other seven schools. 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. In the new divisional alignment, the only protected cross-divisional rivalry game in football will be Indiana–Purdue.

On June 3, 2013, the Big Ten announced the sponsorship of men's and women's lacrosse. The addition of women's lacrosse was possible with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers to the conference, joining existing programs at Northwestern, Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State. To sponsor men's lacrosse, Johns Hopkins University opted to join the conference as its first affiliate member beginning in 2014. Johns Hopkins had previously been independent in men's lacrosse for 130 years, claiming 44 national championships.

In 2012, the Conference announced it will be moving its headquarters from its current location in Park Ridge, Illinois to neighboring Rosemont by the end of 2013. The new office building is situated within the Rosemont Financial District, right alongside Interstate 294. The move into the building was finalized on October 14, 2013.

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 & Committee on Institutional Cooperation

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) . All three future Big Ten members—all-sports members Maryland and Rutgers, plus men's lacrosse affiliate Johns Hopkins—are also AAU members. 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.

11 of the 13 public schools in the Big Ten (including Maryland and Rutgers) are considered "Public Ivies." The only members not included are Purdue and Nebraska. As mentioned above, all past, present, and future members of the Big Ten (full members and affiliates) are members of the American Association of Universities and are ranked in the US News & World Report top 100 and the Times Higher Education top 200, with the exception of Nebraska on all three accounts.

Schools ranked by academic measures

Institutions below are ranked by 6-year graduation rate.

Institution	2012 6-year graduation rate	2012 Freshman returning for sophomore year	2012 Average SAT score(CR+Math) of first-time freshman	2013 US News National Ranking	2013 World Ranking	3013 Research expenditures, in millions
Northwestern Universityb	94%	97%	1460	12	22	619
University of Michiganab	90%	97%	1360	28	18	1279
ACC average	85.2%	93%	1302	49		404
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaignab	84%	94%	1340	41	29	546
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	84%	67%	1195	101	263	245
Pennsylvania State Universityab	86%	92%	1195	37	49	795
University of Wisconsin–Madisonab	83%	95%	1280	41	30	1112
Ohio State Universityab	82%	92%	1255	52	59	832
University of Maryland, College Parkab	82%	94%	1300	62	108	246
BIG 10 average	80%	90%	1248	59	83	718
Rutgers Universityab	77%	92%	1165	69	103	432
Indiana University Bloomingtonab	75%	88%	1165	83	132	184
PAC-12 average	74.2%	88%	1210	80	148	570
University of Minnesota Twin Citiesab	73%	91%	1295	69	46	847
Michigan State Universityab	73%	91%	1120	73	83	454
University of Iowaab	71%	83%	1170	73	161	444
SEC average	70.5%	87%	1186	96		327
Purdue Universityb	69%	91%	1180	68	62	578
BIG 12 average	67.38%	83.7%	1141	112		209
National average	58%	75%	1010	Unranked	Unranked	0

• ^a This institution is considered to be a "Public Ivy" a distinction given to top public research universities in the United States.
• ^b This institution is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an invite-only association composed of leading research universities.

University Endowments

See also: List of U.S. colleges and universities by endowment

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%
		BIG 12 average		$2,594,278,400
3	27	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	$2,503,305,000	14.0%
-	-	BIG 10 average	-	$2,400,774,714	16.8%
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%
-	-	ACC average	-	$1,738,781,000	18.3%
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	14.9%
-	-	SEC average	-	$1,471,189,714	-
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	18.5%
12	72	University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	$1,044,097,000	16.7%
13	90	University of Maryland	College Park, Maryland	$812,871,000	2.7%
14	101	Rutgers University	New Brunswick, New Jersey	$693,515,000	-0.7%
-	-	National average	-	$497,562,000	17.9%

• Endowment data provided by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute as of March 19, 2012.

University Spending Comparison Athletics VS Academics

The average spending per FTE non-athlete student refers to the full cost of education per full-time equivalent(FTE) undergraduate student. Includes only the direct and indirect costs related to educating students; spending related to other university activities or services is excluded.

The average spending per student-athlete refers to the total athletic operating expenses, including scholarship costs per unduplicated athlete.

Institution	Location	Average spending per FTE non-athlete student(2011)	Average Spending per student-athlete(2011)
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$26,345	$143,390
Rutgers University	New Brunswick, New Jersey	$21,930	$98,997
Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	$20,873	$140,560
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	$20,688	$109,923
University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	$20,349	$135,473
University of Wisconsin	Madison, Wisconsin	$19,246	$121,658
Big 10 Median	-	$18,881	$125,018
Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	$18,516	$124,590
University of Maryland	College Park, Maryland	$17,519	$88,935
Indiana University	Bloomington, Indiana	$17,380	$109,329
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	$16,657	$118,986
University of Illinois	Champaign, Illinois	$16,370	$144,639
FBS Median		$13,736	$96,948
University of Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	$12,844	$125,446
FCS Median		$11,945	$36,055
Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	Not reported	Not reported

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. Net profit is calculated using the total revenue and total expenses data provided by USA Today, individual institutions and the United States Department of Education.

Conference Rank (2012)	National Rank (2012)	Institution	2012 Total Revenue from Athletics	2012 Total Expenses on Athletics
1	2	Ohio State University	$142,043,057	$124,419,412
2	3	University of Michigan	$140,131,187	$115,200,187
3	8	Pennsylvania State University	$108,252,281	$107,389,258
4	11	University of Wisconsin–Madison	$103,803,040	$102,275,206
6	15	University of Iowa	$97,902,974	$104,658,746
7	17	Michigan State University	$93,946,707	$88,100,432
8	23	University of Minnesota	$83,619,526	$83,619,526
9	26	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	$81,631,252	$77,037,282
10	29	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	$78,708,250	$76,740,736
11	31	Indiana University Bloomington	$72,973,954	$69,915,060
12	35	Purdue University	$70,624,394	$68,056,269
13	39	University of Maryland, College Park	$68,142,660	$68,109,639
14	39	Rutgers–New Brunswick	$64,038,720	$64,038,720

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 2013 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 2012 season with Legends Division wins listed first):

Legends Division	Leaders Division	Series Record
Minnesota	Wisconsin	58–56–8
Michigan	Ohio State	58–44–6
Northwestern	Illinois	47–54–5
Iowa	Purdue	34–46–3
Michigan State	Indiana	41–15–2
Nebraska	Penn State	8–6–0
Overall Inter-Divisional Record		245–218–24

When Maryland and Rutgers join in 2014, the divisions (as previously noted) will change 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 will be Indiana–Purdue. Also, beginning in 2016, the Big Ten will adopt a nine-game conference schedule.

West Division	East Division
Purdue*	Indiana*
Illinois	Maryland
Iowa	Michigan
Minnesota	Michigan State
Nebraska	Ohio State
Northwestern	Penn State
Wisconsin	Rutgers

* The game between Indiana and Purdue will be the only protected game between the East and West divisions. (All other matchups between East and West will occur on a rotating basis.)

All-time school records by wins

This list goes through the 2012 season.

#	Team	Records	Pct.	Division Championships (2011–present)	Big Ten Championships	Claimed National Championships
1	Michigan	903-315-36	.734	0	42	11
2	Nebraska	856-353-41	.702	1	0	5
3	Ohio State	837-316-53	.716	2*	34	7
4	Penn State	723-365-43	.658	0	3	2
5	Minnesota	652-487-44	.570	0	18	7
6	Michigan State	648-437-44	.593	2	7	6
7	Wisconsin	644-476-53	.572	1	14	0
8	Iowa	598-530-39	.529	0	11	1
9	Purdue	592-514-48	.534	0	8	0
10	Illinois	582-544-50	.516	0	15	5
11	Northwestern	499-636-44	.442	0	8	0
12	Indiana	454-624-44	.424	0	2	0

• Ohio State was awarded the Leaders Division in 2012, however they were ineligible to participate in the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game. Due to Penn State also being ineligible, Wisconsin was selected to participate and went on to defeat Nebraska 70-31.

Future members records by wins

This list goes through the 2012 season.

#	Team	Records	Pct.	Conference Championships	Claimed National Championships
-	Rutgers	626–606–42	.508	4	1
-	Maryland	620–553–43	.528	11	2

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.

The third game was on December 7, 2013 between Michigan State and Ohio State. Michigan State won the game 34-24 over the Buckeyes, 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	Texas Bowl	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. Due to their "Rose Bowl or bust" policy, the 1972, 1973 and 1974 Michigan squads did not play in bowl games despite posting 10 wins in each season.

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.

Starting in the 2014-2015 season, a new slate of bowl game selections will include several new bowl games.

Name	Location	Opposing Conference
Rose Bowl or Playoff	Pasadena, California or Playoff Site	Pac-12 or Playoff Team
Capital One Bowl	Orlando, Florida	SEC
Outback Bowl	Tampa, Florida	SEC
Holiday Bowl	San Diego, California	Pac-12
Music City Bowl or Gator Bowl †	Nashville, TN or Jacksonville, FL	SEC
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl	San Francisco, California	Pac-12
Pinstripe Bowl	New York City	ACC
New Detroit Bowl	Detroit, Michigan	tbd
Heart of Dallas Bowl or Armed Forces Bowl	Ft Worth, TX or Dallas, TX	Conference USA

†The Big Ten and ACC will switch between the Music City and Gator bowls on alternating years

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.

Head coach compensation (Football)

The total pay of head coaches includes university and non-university compensation. This includes base salary, income from contracts, foundation supplements, bonuses and media and radio pay.

Conference Rank	National Rank	Institution	Head Coach	2013 Total Pay
1	6	Ohio State University	Urban Meyer	$4,608,000
2	8	University of Michigan	Brady Hoke	$4,154,000
3	9	University of Iowa	Kirk Ferentz	$3,985,000
		SEC average		$3,306,078
4	14	Pennsylvania State University	Bill O'Brien	$3,282,779
5	18	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Bo Pelini	$2,975,000
		ACC average		$2,277,665
		BIG 10 average		$2,221,153
6	41	Northwestern University	Pat Fitzgerald	$2,221,153
		BIG 12 average		$2,187,646
7	43	Purdue University	Darrell Hazell	$2,160,833
		PAC-12 average		$2,051,860
8	47	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Gary Andersen	$2,035,823
9	48	University of Maryland, College Park	Randy Edsall	$2,025,440
10	51	Michigan State University	Mark Dantonio	$1,959,744
11	60	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	Tim Beckman	$1,700,000
12	66	Indiana University Bloomington	Kevin Wilson	$1,291,220
13	67	University of Minnesota	Jerry Kill	$1,200,000
14	74	Rutgers University	Kyle Flood	$860,000

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: 2013–14 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season and 2014 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. Maryland, which is joining the Big Ten on July 1, 2014, has won one NCAA title. 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. Soon-to-be conference member Maryland has won one NIT title.

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 10–3–1 record against the Big Ten; Illinois and Ohio State are the only Big Ten schools without losing records in the challenge. When it joins the Big Ten in 2014, Maryland will join Illinois and Ohio State as the only Big Ten schools with a winning challenge record.

All-time school records

This list goes through the 2012-2013 season.

#	Big Ten	Overall Record	Pct.	Big Ten Tournament Championships	Big Ten Regular Season Championships	NCAA National Championships
1	Illinois	1688-908	.650	2	17	0
2	Indiana	1719-965	.640	0	21	5
3	Purdue	1676-957	.637	1	22	0
4	Ohio State	1558-1008	.607	4	20	1
5	Michigan State	1552-1038	.599	3	13	2
6	Iowa	1530-1078	.587	2	8	0
7	Michigan	1348-977	.580	0	13	1
8	Penn State	1361-1066-1	.561	0	0	0
9	Wisconsin	1440-1136	.559	2	17	1
10	Minnesota	1482-1186	.555	0	8	0
11	Nebraska	1370-1218	.529	0	0	0
12	Northwestern	960-1424-1	.403	0	2	0

Future members all-time records

This list goes through the 2012-2013 season.

#	Team	Overall Record	Pct.	Conference Tournament Championships	Conference Regular Season Championships	NCAA National Championships
-	Maryland	1426-973	.549	4	6	1
-	Rutgers	1170-1105	.514	1	0	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
2013	Louisville (3)	82	Michigan	76	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia (4)

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
2013	Baylor	74	Iowa	54	Pierre Jackson, Baylor	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 2013, Michigan edged out Oklahoma for their 5th NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship, the school's second in four years.

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
2013	Michigan	Oklahoma	Penn State

†-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 ten times in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship (since 1982) and Women's National Invitation Tournament Championship (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

Men's ice hockey

The Big Ten began sponsoring men's ice hockey in the 2013–14 season. The inaugural season includes 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 (2012-2013) as an independent.

NOTE: Overall (win-loss-tie) records shown below are thru the conclusion of 2012-13 season.

#	Team	Overall Record	Pct.	NCAA Tournament Championships	NCAA Tournament Frozen Four	NCAA Tournament Appearances	Conference Tournament Champions	Conference Regular Season Champions
1	Minnesota	1646–938–171	.637	5	20	34	14	14
2	Michigan	1593–1019–143	.610	9	24	35	9	14
3	Michigan State	1227–903–135	.576	3	11	27	11	8
4	Wisconsin	1111–684–118	.619	6	12	25	12	3
5	Penn State	*946–299–52	.760	0	0	0	*11	*7
6	Ohio State	787–810–128	.493	0	1	6	2	1

(*)=Numbers include Penn State's ACHA records before joining the NCAA in 2012-13. Penn State has won 7 ACHA Tournaments and have appeared in 29 ACHA Tournaments.

NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations

Year	Winning team	Coach	Losing team	Coach	Score	Location	Finals venue
1948	Michigan	Vic Heyliger	Dartmouth	Edward 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, Minnesota	Williams Arena
1971	Boston University	Jack Kelley	Minnesota	Glen Sonmor	4–2	Syracuse, New York	Onondaga War Memorial
1973	Wisconsin	Bob Johnson	Denver1	Murray Armstrong	4–2	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Garden
1974	Minnesota	Herb Brooks	Michigan Tech	John MacInnes	4–2	Boston, Massachusetts	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, Michigan	Olympia Stadium
1979	Minnesota (3)	Herb Brooks	North Dakota	Gino Gasparini	4–3	Detroit, Michigan	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, Michigan	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, Michigan	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, Ohio	Riverfront Coliseum
1998	Michigan (9)	Red Berenson	Boston College	Jerry York	3–2 (OT)	Boston, Massachusetts	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, Wisconsin	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, Michigan	Ford Field
2011	Minnesota–Duluth	Scott Sandelin	Michigan	Red Berenson	3–2 (OT)	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center

^1 Participation in the tournament vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

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 with totals & records through the completion of the 2012 season.

Teams		Rivalry Name	Trophy	Meetings	Record	Series leader	Current Streak
Illinois	Indiana	Illinois–Indiana rivalry	—	68	45–21–2	Illinois	Illinois lost 2
	Missouri	Illinois–Missouri football rivalry	—	24	7–17	Missouri	Illinois lost 6
	Northwestern	Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry	Land of Lincoln Trophy	106	54–47–5	Illinois	Illinois lost 1
	Ohio State	Illinois–Ohio State football rivalry	Illibuck	98	30–64–4	Ohio State	Illinois lost 4
	Purdue	Illinois–Purdue football rivalry	Purdue Cannon	88	43–40–6	Illinois	Illinois won 1
Indiana	Illinois	Illinois–Indiana rivalry	—	69	22–45–2	Illinois	Indiana won 2
	Kentucky	Bourbon Barrel Game	Bourbon Barrel (retired 1999)	36	18–17–1	Indiana	Indiana won 1
	Michigan State	Indiana–Michigan State football rivalry	Old Brass Spittoon	58	15–41–2	Michigan State	Indiana lost 3
	Purdue	Indiana–Purdue rivalry	Old Oaken Bucket	115	37–72–6	Purdue	Indiana lost 1
Iowa	Iowa State	Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry	Cy-Hawk Trophy	60	40–21	Iowa	Iowa won 1
	Minnesota	Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry	Floyd of Rosedale	106	43–61–2	Minnesota	Iowa won 1
	Nebraska	Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry	Heroes Trophy	44	13–28–3	Nebraska	Iowa won 1
	Wisconsin	Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry	Heartland Trophy	87	42–43–2	Wisconsin	Iowa lost 2
Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry	Paul Bunyan Trophy	105	68–33–5	Michigan	Michigan State won 1
	Minnesota	Michigan–Minnesota football rivalry	Little Brown Jug	99	72–24–3	Michigan	Michigan won 5
	Notre Dame	Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry	—	40	23–16–1	Michigan	Michigan lost 1
	Ohio State	Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry	—	108	58–45–6	Michigan	Michigan lost 1
Michigan State	Indiana	Indiana–Michigan State football rivalry	Old Brass Spittoon	58	41–15–2	Michigan State	Michigan State won 3
	Michigan	Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry	Paul Bunyan Trophy	105	33–68–5	Michigan	Michigan State won 1
	Notre Dame	Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry	Megaphone Trophy	75	28–46–1	Notre Dame	Michigan State lost 1
	Penn State	Michigan State–Penn State football rivalry	Land Grant Trophy	28	13–14–1	Michigan State	Michigan State won 1
Minnesota	Iowa	Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry	Floyd of Rosedale	106	61–43–2	Minnesota	Minnesota lost 1
	Michigan	Michigan–Minnesota football rivalry	Little Brown Jug	99	24–72–3	Michigan	Minnesota lost 1
	Penn State	Minnesota–Penn State football rivalry	Governor's Victory Bell	12	4–8	Penn State	Minnesota lost 4
	Wisconsin	Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry	Slab of Bacon\Paul Bunyan's Axe	122	58–56–8	Minnesota	Minnesota lost 9
Nebraska	Iowa	Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry	Heroes Trophy	44	28–13–3	Nebraska	Nebraska lost 1
	Penn State	Nebraska-Penn State rivalry	—	14	8–6	Nebraska	Nebraska won 3
Northwestern	Illinois	Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry	Land of Lincoln Trophy	106	47–54–5	Illinois	Northwestern won 1
Ohio State	Illinois	Illinois–Ohio State football rivalry	Illibuck	98	64–30–4	Ohio State	Ohio State won 4
	Michigan	Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry	—	108	45–58–6	Michigan	Ohio State won 1
	Penn State	Ohio State–Penn State football rivalry	—	28	15–13	Ohio State	Ohio State won 1
Penn State	Michigan State	Michigan State–Penn State football rivalry	Land Grant Trophy	28	14–13–1	Penn State	Penn State lost 1
	Minnesota	Minnesota–Penn State football rivalry	Governor's Victory Bell	12	8–4	Penn State	Penn State won 4
	Nebraska	Nebraska-Penn State rivalry	—	14	8–6	Nebraska	Penn State lost 3
	Ohio State	Ohio State–Penn State football rivalry	—	28	13–15	Ohio State	Ohio State won 1
	University of Pittsburgh	Penn State–Pittsburgh football rivalry	—	96	48-42-4	Penn State	Pittsburgh won 1
	Temple	Penn State-Temple rivalry	—	41	37–3–1	Penn State	Penn State won 30
Purdue	Illinois	Illinois–Purdue football rivalry	Purdue Cannon	88	40–42–6	Illinois	Purdue won 4
	Indiana	Indiana–Purdue rivalry	Old Oaken Bucket	115	72–37–6	Purdue	Purdue won 1
	Notre Dame	Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry	Shillelagh Trophy	84	26–56–2	Notre Dame	Purdue lost 4
Wisconsin	Iowa	Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry	Heartland Trophy	87	43–42–2	Wisconsin	Wisconsin won 2
	Minnesota	Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry	Slab of Bacon\Paul Bunyan's Axe	122	56–58–8	Minnesota	Wisconsin won 10

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 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 could be disrupted, or some resumed on a yearly basis, when the league realigns into East and West Divisions for the 2014 season with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers. The two new schools will be placed in the new East Division with Penn State, and the two Indiana schools will be 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 will be the only protected cross-division game.

Basketball

• 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 ice hockey

• Michigan–Michigan State (Michigan-Michigan State rivalry)
• Minnesota–Wisconsin

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 now of the ACC (and formerly 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 The American; 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 become annual football matchups when those schools join Penn State in the Big Ten, since all three schools will be in the new East Division.

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 (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 the SEC's Missouri Tigers, with the two men's teams squaring off annually in the "Braggin' Rights" game. It was originally held at the St. Louis Arena from 1980 until 1993. Since 1994, the game has been played at the Scottrade Center 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	State Farm Center	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	15,400	Duane Banks Field	3,000
Maryland	Byrd Stadium	51,902	Comcast Center	17,950	Shipley Field	2,500
Michigan	Michigan Stadium	109,901	Crisler Center	12,707	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	87,091	Pinnacle Bank Arena	15,147	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	10,200	Bainton Field	1,500
Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium	80,321	Kohl Center	17,249	Non-baseball school

Future members in gray.

Ice Hockey Arenas

School	Men's Arena	Capacity	Women's Arena	Capacity
Michigan	Yost Ice Arena	6,600	No Varsity Team
Michigan State	Munn Ice Arena	6,470	No Varsity Team
Minnesota	Mariucci Arena	10,000	Ridder Arena	3,400
Ohio State	Value City Arena	17,500	OSU Ice Rink	1,415
Penn State	Pegula Ice Arena	6,000	Pegula Ice Arena	6,000
Wisconsin	Kohl Center	15,237	LaBahn Arena	2,273

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