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{{Infobox Athletic Conference
|name = Big Ten Conference
|short_name =
|established =1896
|logo = Big Ten Conference logo (2012).svg
|logo_size = 225
|association = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]
|division = [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]]
|subdivision = [[Division I (NCAA)#Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]]
|members = 12
|sports = 25
|mens = 12
|womens = 13
|region = [[Midwestern United States]]<br>[[Mid-Atlantic states|Mid-Atlantic United States]] (Penn State)
|former_names = Intercollegiate Conference <br />of Faculty Representatives<br />Big Nine<br />Western Conference
|hq_city = Park Ridge
|hq_state = Illinois
|commissioner = [[James Delany]]
|since = 1989
|website = [http://www.bigten.org/ bigten.org]
|color = 001C4A
|font_color = FFFFFF
|map = Big 10 map.png
|map_size = 250
}}
The '''Big Ten Conference''' ('''B1G'''), formerly '''Western Conference''' and '''Big Nine Conference''', is the [[United States]]' oldest Division I [[list of college athletic conferences|college athletic conference]]. 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 [[Midwestern United States]], stretching from [[Nebraska]] in the west to [[Pennsylvania]] in the east, and from [[Indiana]] in the south to [[Minnesota]] in the north. The conference competes in the [[Division I (NCAA)|NCAA's Division I]]; its [[American football|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 also are members of the [[Committee on Institutional Cooperation]], a leading educational [[consortium]]. 

Despite the conference's name, the Big Ten actually consists of twelve schools, following the addition of [[Pennsylvania State University]] in 1993 and the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] in 2011. It is not to be confused with the [[Big 12 Conference]], which has only ten schools and represents a different region of the country.

==Members==
{{See also|List of Big Ten National Championships}}

Big Ten institutions are also, along with charter member the [[University of Chicago]], part of the [[Committee on Institutional Cooperation]], which shares a $5.6 billion research fund.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!Institution
!Location (Population)
!Founded
!Joined Big Ten
!Type
!Enrollment
!Nickname
!Colors
!Varsity Teams
!NCAA Championships (As of September 1, 2011)<ref name="ncaachampionships">{{cite web|url = http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf|title = Championships History (through Apr. 25, 2010)| publisher = National Collegiate Athletic Association| accessdate=2010-04-29}}</ref> <br /><small>(excludes football)</small>
!Big Ten Championships (As of April 1, 2012)<ref name="bigtenrecords">{{cite book | title=Big Ten Conference Records Book 2009–10 | publisher=Big Ten Conference | year=2009 | location=[[Park Ridge, Illinois]] | pages=26–27 | url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/genrel/auto_pdf/09-10-recordsfrontmg.pdf | format=PDF | accessdate=2010-10-09 | edition=62nd }}</ref>
|-
|[[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]]
|[[Urbana, Illinois|Urbana]] (41,250) and [[Champaign, Illinois]]<br />(81,055)
|1867
|1896
|Public
|41,918<ref>[http://admissions.illinois.edu/early/search/facts.html U of I Admissions: Essential Illinois Facts]</ref>
|[[Illinois Fighting Illini|Fighting<br />Illini]]
|Orange & Navy Blue<br> {{color box|#FF6600}} {{color box|#003366}}
|21
|17
|230
|-
|[[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]]
|[[Bloomington, Indiana]]<br />(80,405)
|1820
|1899<br />(Athletics 1900)
|Public
|42,464<ref>[http://admit.indiana.edu/life/profile.shtml Campus Profile: Student Life: Office of Admissions: Indiana University Bloomington]</ref>
|[[Indiana Hoosiers|Hoosiers]]
|Cream & Crimson<br> {{color box|#FFFFCC}} {{color box|#990000}}
|24
|23
|163
|-
|[[University of Iowa]]
|[[Iowa City, Iowa]]<br />(67,062)
|1847
|1899<br />(Athletics 1900)
|Public
|30,893<ref>[http://www.uiowa.edu/facts/enrollment/index.htm Enrollment Statistics - Facts at a Glance - The University of Iowa]</ref>
|[[Iowa Hawkeyes|Hawkeyes]]
|Black & Gold<br> {{color box|#000000}} {{color box|#FFD700}}
|24
|25
|105
|-
|[[University of Michigan]]
|[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]<br />(114,024)
|1817
|1896 <br />(Inactive 1907–1916)
|Public
|37,197<ref>http://www.bigten.org/schools/mich/big10-schools-mich-body.html</ref><ref>[http://www.ro.umich.edu/report/10enrolloverview.pdf University of Michigan—Total Enrollment Overview]</ref>
|[[Michigan Wolverines|Wolverines]]
|Maize & Blue<br> {{color box|#FCD116}} {{color box|#002654}}
|27
|33
|351
|-
|[[Michigan State University]]
|[[East Lansing, Michigan]]<br />(48,579)<ref>city of east lansing</ref>
|1855
|1950 <br />(Athletics 1953)
|Public
|43,159<ref>bigten.org</ref><ref>[http://reports.esp.msu.edu/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/ROReports2005/UE-FullTimeStudents&term_seq_id=1114 Michigan State University – Office of the Registrar: Full-Time Students]</ref>
|[[Michigan State Spartans|Spartans]]
|Green & White<br> {{color box|#18453B}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
|25
|19
|84
|-
|[[University of Minnesota, Twin Cities]]
|[[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]<br />(388,020)
|1851
|1896
|Public
|52,557<ref>[http://www.oir.umn.edu/student/enrollment/term/1119/current/show_all OIR: Enrollment Headcount Data: All Data]</ref>
|[[Minnesota Golden Gophers|Golden Gophers]]
|Maroon & Gold<br> {{color box|#800000}} {{color box|#FFD700}}
|23
|21
|178
|-
|[[University of Nebraska, Lincoln]]
|[[Lincoln, Nebraska]]<br />(251,624)
|1869
|2011
|Public
|24,593<ref>[http://newsroom.unl.edu/releases/2011/09/06/UNL+enrollment+flat+in+fall+2011%3B+gains+in+graduates,+international+undergrads UNL | News Release | UNL enrollment flat in fall 2011; gains in graduates, international undergrads]</ref>
|[[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Cornhuskers]]
|Scarlet & Cream<br> {{color box|#FF2400}} {{color box|#FFFDD0}}
|21
|23
|3
|-
|[[Northwestern University]]
|[[Evanston, Illinois]]<br />(74,239)
|1851
|1896
|Private
|14,988<ref>[http://www.registrar.northwestern.edu/academic_records/enroll-grad_statistics/enrollment/fall_2010_enrollment.pdf Fall 2010 Enrollment Statistics]</ref>
|[[Northwestern Wildcats|Wildcats]]
|Purple & White<br> {{color box|#431F81}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
|19
|7
|69
|-
|[[The Ohio State University]]
|[[Columbus, Ohio]]<br />(787,033)
|1870
|1912
|Public
|56,064<ref>[http://www.osu.edu/osutoday/stuinfo.php#enroll The Ohio State University - Statistical Summary]</ref>
|[[Ohio State Buckeyes|Buckeyes]]
|Scarlet & Gray<br> {{color box|#FF2400}} {{color box|#AAAAAA}}
|35
|21
|185
|-
|[[The Pennsylvania State University]]
|[[University Park, Pennsylvania]]<br />(38,420)
|1855
|1990 <br />(Athletics 1993)
|Public
|44,817<ref name="psuenrollment">Includes only University Park campus. {{cite web|url = http://www.budget.psu.edu/FactBook/StudentDynamic/EnrollmentFallToFallComparison.aspx?SemesterCodes=200910FA201011FA&FBPlusIndc=N|title = Fall to Fall Enrollment Comparison 2010 and 2009| publisher = Penn State Bursar| accessdate=2011-10-16}}</ref>
|[[Penn State Nittany Lions|Nittany<br />Lions]]
|Blue & White<br> {{color box|#162952}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
|29
|38
|57
|-
|[[Purdue University]]
|[[West Lafayette, Indiana]]<br />(28,778)
|1869
|1896
|Public
|39,637<ref>[http://admissions.purdue.edu/Academic_Profile/Student_Enrollment.html Purdue University - Student_Enrollment]</ref>
|[[Purdue Boilermakers|Boilermakers]]
|Old Gold & Black<br> {{color box|#B1946C}} {{color box|#000000}}
|18
|3
|69
|-
|[[University of Wisconsin, Madison]]
|[[Madison, Wisconsin]]<br />(223,389)
|1848
|1896
|Public
|42,595 <ref>[http://www.wisc.edu/about/facts/ Facts: : University of Wisconsin–Madison]</ref>
|[[Wisconsin Badgers|Badgers]]
|Cardinal & White<br> {{color box|#CC1122}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
|23
|28
|183
|}

===Former member===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Member of Big Ten
!Type
!Undergrad Enrollment
!Nickname
!Colors
!Varsity Teams
!NCAA Championships (as a member)
!Big Ten Championships
|-
|[[University of Chicago]]
|[[Chicago, Illinois]]<br>2,695,598
|1890
|1896–1946
|Private
|5,027
|[[Chicago Maroons|Maroons]]
|Maroon & White<br> {{color box|#800000}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
|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===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! width="130" | Conference Rank
! width="120" | National Rank
! width="220" | Institution
! width="170" | Location
! width="150" | Endowment Funds
! width="170" | 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
| [[The 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
| [[The Pennsylvania State University]]
| [[State College, 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 University]]
| [[Bloomington, Indiana]]
| $1,574,815,000
| 14.9%
|-
| 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%
|}
* Data provided by the ''National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute'' as of March 12, 2012.<ref>As of June 30, 2010. {{cite web | title = U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2010 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2009 to FY 2010| work = 2010 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments | publisher = National Association of College and University Business Officers | url = http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2011NCSEPublicTablesEndowmentMarketValues319.pdf| format = PDF | accessdate = March 12, 2012}}</ref>

=== Membership timeline ===

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==Sports==
The Big Ten currently sponsors 25 sports and will be adding a 26th sport in 2013-14:<ref name="bigten_org">{{cite web|title=Big Ten Conference Official Athletic Site|url=http://www.bigten.org/|work=Big Ten Conference Official Athletic Site|accessdate=March 24, 2011}}</ref>

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===Men's sports===
* [[Baseball]]
* [[Basketball]]
* [[Cross country running|Cross country]]
* [[American football|Football]]
* [[Golf]]
* [[Artistic gymnastics|Gymnastics]]
* [[Ice hockey]] (starting in 2013–14)<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Ten considers adding men's hockey
|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6243751|publisher=ESPN.com|date=22 March 2011|accessdate=23 March 2011}}</ref>
* [[Track and field|Indoor track]]
* [[Association football|Soccer]]
* [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] & [[diving]]
* [[Tennis]]
* [[Track and field|Outdoor track]]
* [[Collegiate wrestling|Wrestling]]
{{col-break|width=50%}}

===Women's sports===
* [[Basketball]]
* [[Cross country running|Cross country]]
* [[Field hockey]]
* [[Golf]]
* [[Artistic gymnastics|Gymnastics]]
* [[Track and field|Indoor track]]
* [[Sport rowing|Rowing]]
* [[Association football|Soccer]]
* [[Softball]]
* [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] & [[diving]]
* [[Tennis]]
* [[Track and field|Outdoor track]]
* [[Volleyball]]
{{col-end}}

==History==
On January 11, 1895, 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]] to discuss the regulation and control of intercollegiate athletics. The eligibility of student-athletes was one of the main topics of discussion.<ref name="traditions">{{cite web | title = Big Ten History | publisher = Big Ten Conference | url = http://bigten.cstv.com/trads/big10-trads.html | accessdate = 2007-01-14}}</ref> The '''Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives''' was founded at a second meeting on February 8, 1896.<ref name="Western Conference">{{cite book|title=From The Inside: A Half Century of Michigan Athletics|first=Don|last=Canham|publisher=Olympia Sports Press|year=1996|isbn=0-9654263-0-0|pages=281}}</ref> 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 [[University of Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana]] had joined. [[University of Nebraska-Lincoln|Nebraska]] first petitioned to join the league in 1900 and again in 1911,<ref name="huskerextra.com">http://huskerextra.com/sports/football/article_5bc8f4f4-7fc1-5511-a7f8-cb76f02e65d6.html</ref> but was turned away both times. In January 1908, [[University of Michigan|Michigan]] was voted out of the conference for failing to adhere to league rules.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B05E7D7123EE033A25757C1A9629C946697D6CF | work=The New York Times | title=CONFERENCE OUSTS MICHIGAN; Severs Relations with University for Non-Observance of Rules | date=April 14, 1907}}</ref> [[Ohio State University|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.

[[File:Big Ten Conference Logo.svg|thumb|Big Ten logo (1990–2011). To reflect the addition of the 11th school, Penn 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PwMNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v2kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2580,3858021&dq=chicago+big+ten+conference&hl=en|title=Chicago U. Withdraws From Big Ten|accessdate=2009-10-17}}</ref> On May 20, 1949,<ref name="Western Conference"/> 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|Penn State]], which accepted it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/wchamp25/spec-rel/091106aaa.html|title=An Ingenious Inception: Penn State Joins the Big Ten Conference|accessdate=2007-02-09}}</ref> 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 is disguised in the [[negative space]] of the traditionally blue "Big Ten" lettering.

Missouri had shown interest in Big Ten membership after Penn State joined.<ref>{{cite news | title = Missouri Interested In Jumping To The Big Ten | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F3608419978C745&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| accessdate = 2010-06-14 | date=January 16, 1993}}</ref>
Around 1993, the league explored adding [[University of Kansas|Kansas]], [[University of Missouri|Missouri]], and Rutgers, or other potential schools, to create a 14-team league with two divisions.<ref>{{cite news | title = Kansas, Big 10 a good fit? | url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-12-10/sports/9312100144_1_commissioner-jim-delany-big-southwest-missouri | accessdate = 2009-11-10 | work=Chicago Tribune | first=Ed | last=Sherman | date=1993-12-10}}</ref> These talks died when the [[Big 8 Conference]] merged with former [[Southwest Conference]] members to create the [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]].

[[File:BigTenLocations3.png|right|350px|thumb|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-[[United States Service academies|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.<ref>{{cite news | title = Notre Dame shuns Big Ten, fears losing `distinctiveness' | publisher = National Catholic Reporter | date=1999-02-19 | author=Pamela Schaeffer | url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_16_35/ai_80680415 | accessdate = 2007-01-14}}</ref> 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. [http://www.mndaily.com/daily/1999/02/08/sports/irish/]

In December 2009 Big Ten Conference commissioner [[James Delany|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]].<ref name="Expansion 101">{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=5268212 |title=Expansion 101: What's at stake? |first=Mark |last=Schlabach |authorlink=Mark Schlabach |publisher=''[[ESPN.com]]'' |date=June 9, 2010 |accessdate=June 11, 2010}}</ref> On June 11, 2010 the [[University of Nebraska-Lincoln|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/genrel/061110aab.html|title=University of Nebraska Approved to Join Big Ten Conference by Council of Presidents/Chancellors|publisher=Big Ten Conference|date=2010-06-11}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Ten sets new divisions; splits up Illinois-NU|last=Ryan|first=Shannon|url=http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/09/big-ten-divisions-to-be-revealed-on-6-pm-tv-show.html|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=1 September 2010|accessdate=2 November 2010}}</ref> The new "Legends" and "Leaders" names were not met with enthusiasm. Some traditional rivals, including Northwestern and Illinois, were placed in separate divisions.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5930029 | title=Big Ten may rethink Legends, Leaders | publisher=ESPN.com | agency=Associated Press | date=17 December 2010 | accessdate=18 December 2010}}</ref> For the football season, each team plays the others in its division, one "cross-over" game, and two rotating cross-divisional games.

==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."<ref name="traditions"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Years
!Notes
|-
|[[John L. Griffith]]
|1922–1944
|died in office
|-
|[[Kenneth Wilson (athlete)|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).<ref>http://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476</ref> 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).<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6480763&campaign=rss&source=NCFHeadlines</ref><ref>http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3943</ref> 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 schools at participating institutions to take distance courses at other participating institutions.<ref>http://www.cic.net/Home/Projects/SharedCourses.aspx</ref> Students at participating schools are also allowed "in-house" viewing privileges at other participating schools' libraries.<ref>http://www.cic.net/Home/Projects/Library/ReciprocalBorrowing.aspx</ref> They also employ collective purchasing, which has saved member institutions $19 million to date.<ref>http://www.cic.net/Home/Projects/PurchasingLicensing.aspx</ref>

==Awards and honors==
* [[Big Ten Athlete of the Year]]
* Big Ten Medal of Honor (annual; at each school; one male [[student-athlete|scholar-athlete]] and one female scholar-athlete)<ref>[http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/060811aaa.html Big Ten Medal of Honor Winners Announced]. June 8, 2011. Big Ten Conference official website. Retrieved 2011-09-09. "The award was established in 1914 .... In 1982, [it] was expanded to include a senior female athlete from each institution."</ref>
* Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (annual; at each school; one male [[student-athlete]] and one female student-athlete)<ref>[http://www.mgoblue.com/genrel/060509aab.html Michigan Big Ten Sportsmanship Recipients]. GoBlue (University of Michigan Athletics official website). Retrieved 2011-09-09. "In 2003, the Big Ten ... instituted the ... Sportsmanship Awards. ... {T]wo Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners are selected from each school."</ref>

==Conference records==
:''For Big Ten records, by sport (not including football), see footnote''<ref>[http://www.bigten.org/trads/big10-recordbook.html Big Ten Records Book]. Big Ten Conference official website. Retrieved 2011-09-09.</ref>

==Conference championships==
:''For Big Ten championships, by year, see footnote''<ref>[http://www.bigten.org/championships/big10-championships.html Big Ten Championships] (2001–present). Big Ten Conference official website. Retrieved 2011-09-09.</ref>

==Football==
{{See also|List of Big Ten Conference football standings|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 opponent for each school (records through the [[2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2011 season]] with Legends Division wins listed first):<ref>http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/index.php</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto;"
! style=background:#FFDD77 | Legends Division !! style=background:#FFAAAA | Leaders Division !! Series Record
|-
| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]]|| [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]] || [[Paul Bunyan's Axe|59–54–8]]<ref>http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/minnesota/opponents_records.php?teamid=3605</ref>
|-
| [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] || [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] || [[Michigan – Ohio State football rivalry|58–44–6]]<ref>http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan/opponents_records.php?teamid=2380</ref>
|-
| [[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]] || [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] || [[Land of Lincoln Trophy|46–54–5]]<ref>http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/northwestern/opponents_records.php?teamid=1502</ref>
|-
| [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]] || [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] || 34–45–3<ref>http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/iowa/opponents_records.php?teamid=2652</ref>
|-
| [[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]] || [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]] || [[Old Brass Spittoon|41–15–2]]<ref>http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/michigan_state/opponents_records.php?teamid=1516</ref>
|-
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] || [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]] || 7–7–0<ref>http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/nebraska/opponents_records.php?teamid=2514</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" | Overall Inter-Divisional Record || 245–219–24
|}

===All-time school records===
This list goes through the 2011 season.
{| class="wikitable sortable"  style="text-align:center; margin:1em auto;"
|-
! # !! Big Ten !! Records !! Pct.  !! Division Championships !!  Big Ten Championships !! Claimed National Championships
|-
| 1 || Michigan || 895-312-38 || .734 || 0 || 42 || 11
|-
| 2 || Ohio State || 825-316-53 || .713 || 0 || 35 || 7
|-
| 3 || Nebraska || 856-349-41 || .704 || 0 || 0 || 5
|-
| 4 || Penn State || 828-361-43 || .690 || 0 || 3 || 2
|-
| 5 || Michigan State || 640-434-44 || .592 || 1 || 7 || 6
|-
| 6 || Minnesota || 648-482-44 || .571 || 0 || 18 || 6
|-
| 7 || Wisconsin || 636-471-53 || .571 || 1 || 13 || 0
|-
| 8 || Purdue || 586-508-48 || .534 || 0 || 8 || 0
|-
| 9 || Iowa || 595-523-39 || .531 || 0 || 11 || 1
|-
| 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|List of Big Ten Conference football champions}}

====Big Ten Championship Game====
{{Main|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]].<ref>http://www.bigtennetwork.com/sports/football/story.asp?list_id=12&story_id=3392721</ref> Fox Sports will televise the conference championship games from 2011–16. 

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

===Bowl games===
Since 1946, the Big Ten champion has had a tie-in with the [[Rose Bowl (game)|Rose Bowl game]], now a [[Bowl Championship Series|BCS]] bowl. The Big Ten also has tie-ins with seven non-BCS bowls.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! width="90" | Pick
! width="230" | Name
! width="190" | Location
! width="190" | Opposing Conference
! width="70" | Opposing Pick
|-
| 1
| [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]]
| [[Pasadena, California]]
| [[Pacific-12 Conference|Pac-12]] or [[Bowl Championship Series|BCS]]
| –
|-
| 2
| [[Capital One Bowl]]
| [[Orlando, Florida]]
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
| 2
|-
| 3
| [[Outback Bowl]]
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
| SEC
| 3/4
|-
| 4/5
| [[Gator Bowl]]
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| SEC
| 6
|-
| 4/5
| [[Insight Bowl]]
| [[Tempe, Arizona]]
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
| 4
|-
| 6
| [[Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas]]
| [[Houston|Houston, Texas]]
| Big 12
| 6
|-
| 7
| [[TicketCity Bowl]]<ref>http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college/2010/11/dallas-football-classic-gets-new-sponsor-name.html</ref>
| [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]
| [[Conference USA|C-USA]]
| 6/7
|-
| 8
| [[Little Caesars Pizza Bowl]]
| [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
| [[Mid-American Conference|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, including pre-season rankings, especially the turnout of the fans for past bowl games. 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, Insight, Meineke Car Care, TicketCity and Little Caesar's Pizza Bowls, picking eligible teams without restrictions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/B1GFootballRelease1128.pdf|title=Big Ten Football weekly release - November 28, 2011, page 7|accessdate=2011-12-05}}</ref>

===Marching bands===
All Big Ten member schools have [[marching band]]s which perform regularly during the football season. Ten of the current twelve member schools have won the [[Sudler Trophy]],<ref name="Sudler Trophy">{{cite web|year=2011|title=Sudler Trophy|url=http://www.sousafoundation.org/allProjects/trophy.htm|work=SousaFoundation.org|publisher=[[John Philip Sousa Foundation]]|accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref> generally considered the most prestigious honor a collegiate marching band can receive.<ref name="Sudler prestige">{{cite web|author=Iati, Marisa|date=January 20, 2011|title=Marching band wins prestigious award|url=http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/news/marching-band-wins-prestigious-award-1.1903801|work=NDSMCObserver.com|publisher=The Observer|accessdate=January 27, 2011}}
* {{cite web|date=January 2, 2011|title=Cullowhee's WCU band struts stuff in Rose Parade|url=http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20110102/NEWS/301020062/1007/COLUMNISTS|work=Citizen-Times.com|publisher=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]]|accessdate=January 27, 2011|quote=... followed its 2009 win of the [[John Philip Sousa Foundation#The Sudler Trophy|Sudler Trophy]], the highest award for a university marching band.}}</ref> The first three Sudler trophies were awarded to Big Ten marching bands — Michigan (1982), Illinois (1983) and Ohio State (1984).<ref name="Sudler Trophy"/> The Big Ten also has more Sudler Trophy recipients than any other collegiate athletic conference.<ref name="Sudler Trophy"/>

===Conference Individual Honors===
{{main|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|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.<ref>{{cite book
 | authorlink= NCAA
 | title = Official 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Records Book
 | publisher = [[NCAA]]
 | year = 2006
 | location = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
 | pages = 241
 | url = http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/m_basketball_records_book/2007/2007_m_basketball_records.pdf
 | format = PDF
 |accessdate = 2007-02-03
 | isbn = 978-1-57243-909-2 }}</ref> It has been a national powerhouse in [[College basketball|men's basketball]], having multiple championship winners and often sending four or more teams to the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|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.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Big Ten Men's Basketball History
 | publisher = Big Ten Conference
 | year = 2004
 | url = http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/big10-hoops-history.html
 | accessdate = 2007-02-03 }}</ref> 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 [[National Invitation Tournament|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.

{| class="wikitable sortable"  style="text-align:center; margin:1em auto;"
|-
! # !! Big Ten !! Overall Record !! Pct.  !! Big Ten Tournament<br/>Championships !!  Big Ten Regular<br/>Season Championships !! NCAA National Championships
|-
| 1 || Illinois || 1667-897 || .650 || 2 || 17 || 0
|-
| 2 || Indiana || 1672-945 || .639 || 0 || 20 || 5
|-
| 3 || Purdue || 1660-944 || .637 || 1 || 22 || 0
|-
| 4 || Michigan State || 1536-1027 || .610 || 2 || 12 || 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.''
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Year
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Champion
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Runner-up
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Venue and city
|-
|[[1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1939]]
|'''[[1938–39 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team|Oregon]]''' || '''46'''
|''[[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]]'' || 33
|[[Patten Gymnasium]] || [[Evanston, Illinois]]
|-
|[[1940 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1940]]
|'''''[[1939–40 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]''''' || '''60'''
|[[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] || 42
|[[Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City)|Municipal Auditorium]] || [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|-
|[[1941 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1941]]
|'''''[[1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]''''' || '''39'''
|[[Washington State Cougars men's basketball|Washington State]] || 34
|Municipal Auditorium || Kansas City, Missouri {{small|(2)}}
|-
|[[1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1953]]
|'''''[[1952–53 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]''''' {{small|(2)}} || '''69'''
|[[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] || 68
|Municipal Auditorium || Kansas City, Missouri {{small|(4)}}
|-
|[[1956 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1956]]
|'''[[1955–56 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team|San Francisco]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''83'''
|''[[Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball|Iowa]]'' || 71
|[[McGaw Hall]] || Evanston, Illinois {{small|(2)}}
|-
|[[1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1960]]
|'''''[[1959–60 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]''''' || '''75'''
|[[California Golden Bears|California]] || 55
|[[Cow Palace]] || [[Daly City, California]]
|-
|[[1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1961]]†
|'''[[1960–61 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team|Cincinnati]]''' || '''70'''
|''[[1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]'' || 65
|Municipal Auditorium || Kansas City, Missouri {{small|(8)}}
|-
|[[1962 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1962]]
|'''[[1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team|Cincinnati]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''71'''
|''[[1961–62 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]'' || 59
|[[Freedom Hall]] || [[Louisville, Kentucky]] {{small|(3)}}
|-
|[[1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1965]]
|'''[[1965–66 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''91'''
|''[[1965–66 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'' || 80
|[[Memorial Coliseum (Portland)|Memorial Coliseum]] || [[Portland, Oregon]]
|-
|[[1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1969]]
|'''[[1968–69 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''' {{small|(5)}} || '''92'''
|''[[1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team|Purdue]]'' || 72
|Freedom Hall || Louisville, Kentucky {{small|(6)}}
|-
|[[1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1976]]
|'''''[[1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]''''' {{small|(3)}} || '''86'''
|''[[1975–76 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'' || 68
|[[Spectrum (arena)|The Spectrum]] || [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|-
|[[1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1979]]
|'''''[[1978–79 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team|Michigan State]]''''' || '''75'''
|[[1978–79 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team|Indiana State]] || 64
|[[Jon M. Huntsman Center|Special Events Center]]<!--This was the correct name of the arena at the time.--> || [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]]
|-
|[[1981 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1981]]
|'''''[[1980–81 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]''''' {{small|(4)}} || '''63'''
|[[1980–81 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]] || 50
|Spectrum || Philadelphia, Pennsylvania {{small|(2)}}
|-
|[[1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1987]]
|'''''[[1986–87 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]''''' {{small|(5)}} || '''74'''
|[[1986–87 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team|Syracuse]]<!--"Orangemen" is the correct nickname for that era. "Orange" wasn't adopted until 2004-05.--> || 73
|[[Louisiana Superdome]] || [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]] {{small|(2)}}
|-
|[[1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1989]]†
|'''''[[1988–89 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]''''' || '''80'''
|[[Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball|Seton Hall]] || 79
|[[Kingdome]] || [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]] {{small|(4)}}
|-
|[[1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1992]]
|'''[[1991–92 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''71'''
|''[[1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]''{{#tag:ref|Participation vacated due to [[University of Michigan basketball scandal|major NCAA violations]].|group=a|name="Fab Five"}} || 51
|[[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome|Metrodome]] || [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
|-
|[[1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1993]]
|'''[[1992–93 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]]''' {{small|(3)}} || '''77'''
|''[[1992–93 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]''{{#tag:ref|Participation vacated due to [[University of Michigan basketball scandal|major NCAA violations]].|group=a|name="Fab Five"}} || 71
|Louisiana Superdome || New Orleans, Louisiana {{small|(3)}}
|-
|[[2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2000]]
|'''''[[1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team|Michigan State]]''''' {{small|(2)}} || '''89'''
|[[Florida Gators men's basketball|Florida]] || 76
| [[RCA Dome]] || [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]] {{small|(4)}}
|-
|[[2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2002]]
|'''[[2001–02 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]''' || '''64'''
|''[[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana]]'' || 52
|[[Georgia Dome]] || [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]] {{small|(2)}}
|-
|[[2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2005]]
|'''[[2004–05 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]]''' {{small|(4)}} || '''75'''
|''[[2004–05 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team|Illinois]]'' || 70
|[[Edward Jones Dome]] || [[St. Louis, Missouri]] {{small|(3)}}
|-
|[[2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2007]]
|'''[[2006–07 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''84 '''
|''[[2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]'' || 75
|Georgia Dome || Atlanta, Georgia {{small|(3)}}
|-
|[[2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2009]]
|'''[[2008–09 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]]''' {{small|(5)}} || '''89 '''
|''[[2008–09 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team|Michigan State]]'' || 72
|[[Ford Field]] || [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|}

{{reflist|group=a}}

===Post-season NIT championships and runners-up===
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Year
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Champion
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Runner-up
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" |MVP
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Venue and city
|-
| [[1974 National Invitation Tournament|1974]]
| '''''[[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue]]''''' || '''87'''
| [[Utah Utes men's basketball|Utah]] || 81
| Mike Sojourner, Utah
| [[Madison Square Garden]] || [[New York City]]
|-
| [[1979 National Invitation Tournament|1979]]
| '''''[[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana]]''''' || '''53'''
| ''[[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue]]'' || 52
| [[Butch Carter]] and Ray Tolbert, Indiana
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[1980 National Invitation Tournament|1980]]
| '''[[Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball|Virginia]]''' || '''58'''
| ''[[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|Minnesota]]'' || 55
| [[Ralph Sampson]], Virginia
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[1982 National Invitation Tournament|1982]]
| '''[[Bradley University|Bradley]]''' || '''68'''
| ''[[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue]]'' || 61
| Mitchell Anderson, Bradley
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[1984 National Invitation Tournament|1984]]
| '''''[[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]]''''' || '''83'''
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Notre Dame]] || 63
| [[Tim McCormick]], Michigan
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[1985 National Invitation Tournament|1985]]
| '''[[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA]]''' || '''65'''
| ''[[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana]]'' || 62
| [[Reggie Miller]], UCLA
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[1986 National Invitation Tournament|1986]]
| '''''[[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]]''''' || '''73'''
| [[Wyoming Cowboys basketball|Wyoming]] || 63
| Brad Sellers, Ohio State
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[1988 National Invitation Tournament|1988]]
| '''[[Connecticut Huskies men's basketball|Connecticut]]''' || '''72'''
| ''[[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]]'' || 67
| Phil Gamble, UConn
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[1993 National Invitation Tournament|1993]]
| '''''[[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|Minnesota]]''''' || '''62'''
| [[Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball|Georgetown]] || 61
| [[Voshon Lenard]], Minnesota
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[1996 National Invitation Tournament|1996]]
| '''''[[Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball|Nebraska]]''''' || '''60'''
| [[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball|Saint Joseph's]] || 56
| [[Erick Strickland]], Nebraska
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[1997 National Invitation Tournament|1997]]
| '''''[[1996–97 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''''{{#tag:ref|Participation and title vacated due to [[University of Michigan basketball scandal|major NCAA violations]].|group=b|name="UM scandal"}} || '''82'''
| [[Florida State Seminoles men's basketball|Florida State]] || 73
| [[Louis Bullock]], Michigan
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[2004 National Invitation Tournament|2004]]
| '''''[[2003–04 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]''''' || '''62'''
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights|Rutgers]] || 55
| [[Daniel Horton (basketball)|Daniel Horton]], Michigan
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[2006 National Invitation Tournament|2006]]
| '''[[South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball|South Carolina]]''' || '''76'''
| ''[[2005–06 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'' || 64
| [[Renaldo Balkman]], South Carolina
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[2008 National Invitation Tournament|2008]]
| '''''[[2007–08 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]''''' || '''92'''
| [[UMass Minutemen basketball|Massachusetts]] || 85
| [[Kosta Koufos]], Ohio State
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|-
| [[2009 National Invitation Tournament|2009]]
| '''''[[2008–09 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team|Penn State]]''''' || '''69'''
| [[2008–09 Baylor Bears men's basketball team|Baylor]] || 63
| [[Jamelle Cornley]], Penn State
| Madison Square Garden || New York City
|}

{{reflist|group=b}}

{{See also|Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball regular season champions|Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament|NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Bids By School}}

==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.<ref>{{cite book
 | authorlink = NCAA
 | title = Official 2007 NCAA Women's Basketball Records Book
 | publisher = [[NCAA]]
 | year = 2006
 | location = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
 | pages = 199
 | url = http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/w_basketball_records_book/2007/2007_w_basketball_records.pdf
 | format = PDF
 | accessdate = 2007-02-03
 | issn = 1089-5299 }}</ref>

===NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations===
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Year
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Champion
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Runner-up
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Venue and city
|-
|[[1993 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|1993]]
|'''[[Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball|Texas Tech]]''' || '''84'''
|[[Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball|Ohio State]] || 82
|[[The Omni]] || [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
|-
|[[1999 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|1999]]
|'''[[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]]''' || '''62'''
|[[Duke Blue Devils|Duke]] || 45
|[[HP Pavilion at San Jose|San Jose Arena]] || [[San Jose, California]]
|-
|[[2001 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|2001]]
|'''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Notre Dame]]''' || '''68'''
|[[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]] || 66
|[[Scottrade Center|Savvis Center]] || [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
|-
|[[2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|2005]]
|'''[[Baylor Lady Bears basketball|Baylor]]''' || '''84'''
| [[Michigan State Spartans|Michigan State]] || 62
|[[RCA Dome]] || [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|-
|}

===Women's National Invitation Tournament championship games===
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Year
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Champion
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Runner-up
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" colspan=2|Venue and city
|-
|1998
|'''[[Penn State Nittany Lions|Penn State]]''' || '''59'''
|[[Baylor Lady Bears basketball|Baylor]] || 56
|[[Ferrell Center]] || [[Waco, Texas]]
|-
|1999
|'''[[Arkansas Lady Razorbacks|Arkansas]]''' || '''67'''
|[[Wisconsin Badgers|Wisconsin]] || 64
|[[Bud Walton Arena]] || [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]]
|-
|2000
|'''[[Wisconsin Badgers|Wisconsin]]''' || '''75'''
|[[Florida Gators women's basketball|Florida]] || 74
|[[Kohl Center]] || [[Madison, Wisconsin]]
|-
|2001
|'''[[Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball|Ohio State]]''' || '''62'''
|[[New Mexico Lobos women's basketball|New Mexico]] || 61
|[[The Pit (arena)|University Arena]]<!--This was The Pit's official name until the 2009–10 season.--> || [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
|-
|2007
|'''[[Wyoming Cowboys|Wyoming]]''' || '''72'''
|[[Wisconsin Badgers|Wisconsin]] || 56
|[[Arena-Auditorium]] || [[Laramie, Wyoming]]
|-
|2008
|'''[[Marquette Golden Eagles|Marquette]]''' || '''81 '''
|[[Michigan State Spartans|Michigan State]] || 66
|[[Breslin Center]] || [[East Lansing, Michigan]]
|-
|}

{{See also|Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball regular season champions|Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament}}

==Rivalries==
{{main|Indiana–Purdue rivalry|Michigan – Ohio State rivalry|Illibuck|Ohio State – Penn State 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.
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" width=100%
! colspan=2|Teams !! Rivalry Name !! Trophy !! Meetings<ref name="Total records">Totals & records following the completion of the [[2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2011 season]].</ref> !! Record<ref name="Total records" /> !! Series leader !! Current Streak
|-
| rowspan=4|[[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] || Indiana
| Illinois-Indiana rivalry
| — || 68 || 45&ndash;21&ndash;2 || Illinois || Illinois won 2
|-
  | Northwestern
  | Illinois-Northwestern rivalry
  | [[Land of Lincoln Trophy]] || 105 || 54&ndash;46&ndash;5 || Illinois || Illinois won 2
|-
  | Ohio State
  | Illinois-Ohio State rivalry
  | [[Illibuck]] || 98 || 30&ndash;64&ndash;4 || Ohio State || Illinois lost 4
|-
  | Purdue
  | Illinois-Purdue rivalry
  | [[Purdue Cannon]] || 87 || 42&ndash;39&ndash;6 || Illinois || Illinois lost 4
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|[[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]] || Illinois
| Illinois-Indiana rivalry
| — || 68 || 21&ndash;45&ndash;2 || Illinois || Indiana lost 2
|-
  | [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]
  | Bourbon Barrel Game
  | Bourbon Barrel (retired 1999) || 36 || 18&ndash;17&ndash;1 || Indiana || Indiana won 1
|-
  | Michigan State
  | Indiana-Michigan State rivalry
  | [[Old Brass Spittoon]] || 58 || 15&ndash;41&ndash;2 || Michigan State || Indiana lost 3
|-
  | Purdue
  | [[Indiana-Purdue rivalry]]
  | [[Old Oaken Bucket]] || 114 || 37&ndash;71&ndash;6 || Purdue || Indiana lost 1
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|[[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]] || [[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State]]
  | Iowa-Iowa State rivalry
  | [[Cy-Hawk Trophy]] || 59 || 39&ndash;20&ndash;0 || Iowa || Iowa lost 1
|- 
  | Minnesota
  | Iowa-Minnesota rivalry
  | [[Floyd of Rosedale]] || 105 || 42&ndash;61&ndash;2 || Minnesota || Iowa lost 2
|-
  | Nebraska
  | The Iowa-Nebraska Game
  | [[Heroes Trophy]] || 42 || 12&ndash;27&ndash;3 || Nebraska || Iowa lost 4
|-
  | Wisconsin
  | Iowa-Wisconsin rivalry
  | [[Heartland Trophy]] || 86 || 42&ndash;42&ndash;2 || Series tied || Iowa lost 1
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|[[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] || Michigan State
  | Michigan-Michigan State rivalry
  | [[Paul Bunyan Trophy]] || 104 || 67&ndash;32&ndash;5 || Michigan || Michigan lost 4
|-
  | Minnesota
  | Michigan-Minnesota rivalry
  | [[Little Brown Jug (American football)|Little Brown Jug]] || 98 || 71&ndash;24&ndash;3 || Michigan || Michigan won 4
|-
  | [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
  | [[Michigan-Notre Dame football rivalry|Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry]]
  | — || 39 || 23&ndash;15&ndash;1 || Michigan || Michigan won 3
|-
  | Ohio State
  | [[Michigan-Ohio State football rivalry|The Game]]
  | — || 108 || 58&ndash;44&ndash;6 || Michigan || Michigan won 1
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|[[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]] || Indiana
  | Indiana-Michigan State rivalry
  | [[Old Brass Spittoon]] || 58 || 41&ndash;15&ndash;2 || Michigan State || Michigan State won 3
|-
  | Michigan
  | Michigan-Michigan State rivalry
  | [[Paul Bunyan Trophy]] || 104 || 32&ndash;67&ndash;5 || Michigan || Michigan State won 4
|-
  | [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
  | Michigan State-Notre Dame rivalry
  | [[Megaphone Trophy]] || 75 || 28&ndash;46&ndash;1 || Notre Dame || Michigan State lost 1
|-
  | Penn State
  | Michigan State-Penn State rivalry
  | [[Land Grant Trophy]] || 28 || 13&ndash;14&ndash;1 || Penn State || Michigan State won 1
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|[[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]] || Iowa
  | Iowa-Minnesota rivalry
  | [[Floyd of Rosedale]] || 105 || 61&ndash;42&ndash;2 || Minnesota || Minnesota won 2
|-
  | Michigan
  | Michigan-Minnesota rivalry
  | [[Little Brown Jug (American football)|Little Brown Jug]] || 98 || 24&ndash;71&ndash;3 || Michigan || Minnesota lost 4
|-
  | Penn State
  | Minnesota-Penn State rivalry
  | [[Governor's Victory Bell]] || 12 || 4&ndash;8&ndash;0 || Penn State || Minnesota lost 4
|-
  | Wisconsin
  | Minnesota-Wisconsin rivalry
  | [[Slab of Bacon]]\[[Paul Bunyan's Axe]] || 121 || 59&ndash;54&ndash;8 || Minnesota || Minnesota lost 8
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] || Iowa
  | The Iowa-Nebraska Game
  | [[Heroes Trophy]] || 42 || 27&ndash;12&ndash;3 || Nebraska || Nebraska won 4
|-
  | Penn State
  | Nebraska-Penn State rivalry
  | — || 14 || 7&ndash;7&ndash;0 || Series tied || Nebraska won 2
|-
|-
| rowspan=1|[[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]] || Illinois
  | Illinois-Northwestern rivalry
  | [[Land of Lincoln Trophy]] || 105 || 46&ndash;54&ndash;5 || Illinois || Northwestern lost 2
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] || Illinois
  | Illinois-Ohio State rivalry
  | [[Illibuck]] || 98 || 64&ndash;30&ndash;4 || Ohio State || Ohio State won 4
|-
  | Michigan
  | [[Michigan-Ohio State football rivalry|The Game]]
  | — || 108 || 44&ndash;58&ndash;6 || Michigan || Ohio State lost 1
|-
  | Penn State
  | [[Ohio State-Penn State football rivalry|Ohio State-Penn State rivalry]]
  | — || 26 || 13&ndash;13&ndash;0 || Series tied || Ohio State lost 1
|-
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]] || Michigan State
  | Michigan State-Penn State rivalry
  | [[Land Grant Trophy]] || 28 || 14&ndash;13&ndash;1 || Penn State || Penn State lost 1
|-
  | Minnesota
  | Minnesota-Penn State rivalry
  | [[Governor's Victory Bell]] || 12 || 8&ndash;4&ndash;0 || Penn State || Penn State won 4
|-
  | Nebraska
  | Nebraska-Penn State rivalry
  | — || 14 || 7&ndash;7&ndash;0 || Series tied || Penn State lost 2
|-
  | Ohio State
  | [[Ohio State-Penn State football rivalry|Ohio State-Penn State rivalry]]
  | — || 26 || 13&ndash;13&ndash;0 || Series tied || Penn State won 1
|-
  | [[Temple Owls football|Temple]]
  | Penn State-Temple rivalry
  | — || 41 || 37&ndash;3&ndash;1 || Penn State || Penn State won 30
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] || Illinois
   | Illinois-Purdue rivalry
   | [[Purdue Cannon]] || 87 || 39&ndash;42&ndash;6 || Illinois || Purdue won 4
|-
  | Indiana
  | [[Indiana-Purdue rivalry]]
  | [[Old Oaken Bucket]] || 114 || 71&ndash;37&ndash;6 || Purdue || Purdue won 1
|-
  | [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
  | Notre Dame-Purdue rivalry
  | [[Shillelagh Trophy]] || 83 || 26&ndash;55&ndash;2 || Notre Dame || Purdue lost 4
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]] || Iowa
  | Iowa-Wisconsin rivalry
  | [[Heartland Trophy]] || 86 || 42&ndash;42&ndash;2 || Series tied || Wisconsin won 1
|-
  | Minnesota
  | Minnesota-Wisconsin rivalry
  | [[Slab of Bacon]]\[[Paul Bunyan's Axe]] || 121 || 54&ndash;59&ndash;8 || Minnesota || Wisconsin won 8
|}<ref>http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/index.php</ref>

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|2011–12 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<ref>[http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2011/03/ohio_state_mens_basketball_tea_4.html Cleveland Plain Dealer - Ohio State men's basketball team ready to deal some payback to Wisconsin]</ref>
* '''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—have rivalries in football with [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football rivalries|Notre Dame]]. After the University of Southern California with 33 wins, the Michigan State Spartans have the most wins against the Irish, with 27. The Purdue Boilermakers follow with 26.  Although, Michigan has been the most successful Big Ten team against Notre Dame, holding an all-time record of 23-15-1. 

Penn State had a longstanding [[Pitt – Penn State rivalry|rivalry]] with [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] of the [[Big East Conference|Big East]], but the two schools have not met since 2000. Penn State also had long histories with independent [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]; [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]], [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]], and [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights|Rutgers]] of the Big East; [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]] and [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]] of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]; and [[Temple Owls football|Temple]] of the [[Mid-American Conference]] (MAC). Penn State also has strong intrastate rivalries with [[Patriot League]] universities [[Bucknell University|Bucknell]] in men's basketball and men's lacrosse, and [[Lehigh Mountain Hawks|Lehigh]] in wrestling. Most of these rivalries were cultivated while Penn State operated independent of conference affiliation; the constraints of playing a full conference schedule, especially in football, have reduced the number of meetings between Penn State and its non-Big Ten rivals.

Iowa has an in-state rivalry with [[Iowa State University|Iowa State]], with the winner getting the [[Cy-Hawk Trophy]] in football. Iowa and Iowa State also compete annually in the [[Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series|Cy-Hawk Series]] sponsored by Hy-Vee (as of 2011 his game 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 University|Drake]] and [[University of Northern Iowa|Northern Iowa]].

Indiana has an out-of conference rivalry with [[University of Kentucky|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 continues to this day. Most recently, unranked Indiana defeated then-#1 ranked Kentucky 73-72 at Assembly Hall.

Illinois has a longstanding basketball rivalry with [[University of Missouri|Missouri]], with the two men's teams squaring off annually in the "[[Braggin' Rights]]" game in [[St. Louis, Missouri|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 scheduled from 2007 to 2010.[http://www.stlouissports.org/pressbox/releases/missouriillinois82505.php]

Wisconsin has a long-standing, in-state basketball rivalry with [[Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball|Marquette]]. The series has intensified as of late with both teams having made the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|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 Maroons football|Chicago]]-[[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] game was played on [[Thanksgiving (United States)|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 Wildcats football|Northwestern]] and [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] had a yearly contest, with the winner taking home a [[shillelagh (weapon)|shillelagh]], much like the winner of the [[USC Trojans football|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.<ref>http://hailtopurple.com/features/trophyhistory.html</ref>

==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 the three largest football stadiums in the [[List of American football stadiums by capacity|United States]], as well as the third, fourth, and sixth [[List of stadiums by capacity|largest sports stadiums in the world]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!School
!Football stadium
!Capacity
!Basketball arena
!Capacity
!Baseball stadium
!Capacity
|-
|Illinois
|[[Memorial Stadium (Champaign)|Memorial Stadium, Champaign]]
|60,670
|[[Assembly Hall (Champaign)|Assembly Hall, Champaign]]
|16,618
|[[Illinois Field]]
|3,000
|-
|Indiana
|[[Memorial Stadium (Indiana)|Memorial Stadium, Bloomington]]
|52,929
|[[Assembly Hall (Bloomington)|Assembly Hall, Bloomington]]
|17,472
|[[Sembower Field]]
|2,250
|-
|Iowa
|[[Kinnick Stadium]]
|70,585
|[[Carver–Hawkeye Arena]]
|15,500
|[[Duane Banks Field]]
|3,000
|-
|Michigan
|[[Michigan Stadium]]
|109,901
|[[Crisler Arena]]
|12,721
|[[Ray Fisher Stadium]]
|4,000
|-
|Michigan State
|[[Spartan Stadium (East Lansing)|Spartan Stadium]]
|75,005
|[[Breslin Student Events Center]]
|14,797
|[[Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field]]
|2,500
|-
|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
|[[Bob Devaney Sports Center|Devaney Center]]{{ref|a}}
|13,595
|[[Hawks Field]]
|8,486
|-
|Northwestern
|[[Ryan Field (stadium)|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
|[[Lambert Field (Purdue)|Lambert Field]]
|1,100
|-
|Wisconsin
|[[Camp Randall Stadium]]
|80,321
|[[Kohl Center]]
|17,230
|colspan="2" align=center| ''Non-baseball school''
|}

:{{note|a}}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.<ref>[http://bigten.cstv.com/genrel/062106aad.html The Big Ten Conference Announces Media Agreements Increasing National Coverage of Big Ten Sports]</ref>

===Broadcast television===
* '''[[ESPN on ABC]]''' broadcasts football games within the conference, primarily in the 3:30 p.m. [[Eastern Time|ET]]/2:30 p.m. [[Central Time Zone (North America)|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 (USA)|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.<ref>[http://bigten.cstv.com/genrel/101206aaa.html Big Ten and Fox Announce Official Name and Unveil Logo for Big Ten Network]</ref>
* '''[[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]]
* [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association]]
* [[Committee on Institutional Cooperation]]
* [[Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities]]
* [[Western Collegiate Hockey Association]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.bigten.org}}

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