Year |
Champions |
Notes |
1896 |
Wisconsin |
Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin begin conference play |
1897 |
Wisconsin |
1898 |
Michigan |
1899 |
Chicago |
Indiana and Iowa join conference |
1900 |
Iowa and Minnesota |
Indiana and Iowa begins conference play |
1901 |
Michigan* and Wisconsin |
1902 |
Michigan* |
1903 |
Michigan, Minnesota and Northwestern |
1904 |
Michigan and Minnesota |
1905 |
Chicago* |
1906 |
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin |
Michigan leaves the conference after this season |
1907 |
Chicago |
1908 |
Chicago |
1909 |
Minnesota |
1910 |
Illinois and Minnesota |
1911 |
Minnesota |
1912 |
Wisconsin |
Ohio State begins conference play |
1913 |
Chicago |
1914 |
Illinois |
1915 |
Illinois and Minnesota |
1916 |
Ohio State |
1917 |
Ohio State |
Michigan rejoins conference play |
1918 |
Illinois, Michigan and Purdue |
1919 |
Illinois |
1920 |
Ohio State |
1921 |
Iowa |
1922 |
Chicago, Iowa and Michigan |
Iowa (5-0-0) and Michigan (4-0-0) were unbeaten/untied, Chicago was 4-0-1 |
1923 |
Illinois* and Michigan |
1924 |
Chicago |
1925 |
Michigan |
1926 |
Michigan and Northwestern |
1927 |
Illinois* and Minnesota |
1928 |
Illinois |
1929 |
Purdue |
1930 |
Michigan and Northwestern |
1931 |
Michigan, Northwestern and Purdue |
1932 |
Michigan* and Purdue |
1933 |
Michigan* and Minnesota |
1934 |
Minnesota* |
1935 |
Minnesota* and Ohio State |
1936 |
Northwestern |
Minnesota* |
1937 |
Minnesota |
1938 |
Minnesota |
1939 |
Ohio State |
Chicago's last football season |
1940 |
Minnesota* |
1941 |
Minnesota* |
Co-National Champions with Ohio State |
1942 |
Ohio State* |
Co-National Champions with Wisconsin |
1943 |
Michigan and Purdue |
1944 |
Ohio State* |
1945 |
Indiana |
1946 |
Illinois |
Chicago leaves the conference |
1947 |
Michigan* |
1948 |
Michigan* |
1949 |
Michigan and Ohio State |
1950 |
Michigan |
Michigan State joins |
1951 |
Illinois |
Michigan State* |
1952 |
Purdue and Wisconsin |
Michigan State* |
1953 |
Illinois and Michigan State |
Michigan State begins conference play |
1954 |
Ohio State* |
1955 |
Ohio State |
1956 |
Iowa |
1957 |
Ohio State* |
1958 |
Iowa* |
1959 |
Wisconsin |
1960 |
Iowa and Minnesota* |
1961 |
Ohio State* |
1962 |
Wisconsin |
1963 |
Illinois |
1964 |
Michigan |
1965 |
Michigan State* |
1966 |
Michigan State |
1967 |
Indiana, Minnesota and Purdue |
1968 |
Ohio State* |
1969 |
Michigan and Ohio State |
1970 |
Ohio State |
1971 |
Michigan |
1972 |
Michigan and Ohio State |
1973 |
Michigan and Ohio State |
1974 |
Michigan and Ohio State |
1975 |
Ohio State |
1976 |
Michigan and Ohio State |
1977 |
Michigan and Ohio State |
1978 |
Michigan and Michigan State |
1979 |
Ohio State |
1980 |
Michigan |
1981 |
Iowa and Ohio State |
1982 |
Michigan |
Penn State* |
1983 |
Illinois |
1984 |
Ohio State |
1985 |
Iowa |
1986 |
Michigan and Ohio State |
Penn State* |
1987 |
Michigan State |
1988 |
Michigan |
1989 |
Michigan |
1990 |
Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Michigan State |
Penn State joins |
1991 |
Michigan |
1992 |
Michigan |
1993 |
Ohio State and Wisconsin |
Penn State begins conference play |
1994 |
Penn State |
1995 |
Northwestern |
1996 |
Northwestern and Ohio State |
1997 |
Michigan* |
1998 |
Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin |
1999 |
Wisconsin |
2000 |
Michigan, Northwestern and Purdue |
2001 |
Illinois |
2002 |
Iowa and Ohio State* |
2003 |
Michigan |
2004 |
Iowa and Michigan |
2005 |
Ohio State and Penn State |
2006 |
Ohio State |