List of Michigan State Spartans championships
MSU's Breslin Center hosts varsity
basketball games and other events.
This is a list of Michigan State Spartans' varsity and club athletic team national championships and runner-up finishes.
Michigan State University has 29 varsity sports teams that compete under the Spartan nickname. The university participates in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all varsity sports. Michigan State offers 14 varsity sports for men and 15 for women.
The university's current athletic director is Mark Hollis.
MSU's Spartan Marching Band or Spartan Brass plays the fight song at every university event. Michigan State University was the first NCAA Division I athletic program to have multiple national championships in both football and basketball, as well as the only school to have multiple national championships in football, basketball, and hockey.
Varsity Team National Championships
- 1939 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
- 1948 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
- 1949 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
- 1951 - Boxing - NCAA
- 1951 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Billingsley, Helms, Poling, Whalen
- 1952 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
- 1952 - Football - No. 1 ranking by AP, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, NCF, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson
- 1953 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Frye, Massey, Flemming
- 1955 - Boxing - NCAA
- 1955 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
- 1955 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Boand, Jessen, Sorenson, Fleming
- 1956 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
- 1957 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin
- 1958 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1
- 1958 - Men's Gymnastics - NCAA
- 1959 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1
- 1965 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Berryman, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, FW, Helms, Litkenhous, NFF, Poling, Sagarin, UPI
- 1966 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Football Research, Helms, NFF, Poling, Kirlin
- 1966 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA
- 1967 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
- 1967 - Wrestling - NCAA D1
- 1968 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
- 1976 - Softball - AIAW D1
- 1978 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Kirlin
- 1979 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
- 1986 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1
- 2000 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
- 2007 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1
- 2014 - Women's Cross Country - NCAA D1
Varsity Team National Runners-up
- 1941 - Wrestling - NCAA
- 1942 - Wrestling - NCAA
- 1943 - Boxing - NCAA
- 1948 - Boxing - NCAA
- 1948 - Wrestling - NCAA
- 1949 - Boxing - NCAA
- 1950 - Boxing - NCAA
- 1950 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
- 1951 - Men's Swimming and Diving - NCAA
- 1952 - Boxing - NCAA
- 1957 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA
- 1959 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA
- 1960 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1
- 1964 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
- 1965 - Men's Soccer - NCAA
- 1970 - Wrestling - NCAA D1
- 1972 - Men's Indoor Track and Field - NCAA
- 1972 - Wrestling - NCAA D1
- 1987 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1
- 2005 - Women's Basketball - NCAA D1
- 2009 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
Basketball NCAA Final Four Appearances
- 1957 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
- 1979 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Champion)
- 1999 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
- 2000 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Champion)
- 2001 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
- 2005 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
- 2005 - Women's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Runner-up)
- 2009 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Runner-up)
- 2010 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
- 2015 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
Club Team National Championships
- 1989 - Equestrian - Western - IHSA
- 1990 - Equestrian - Western - IHSA (co-champion)
- 1998 - Archery - Mixed Men and Women's Olympic Style - USCA USIAC
- 1998 - Archery - Women's Olympic Style - USCA USIAC
- 1999 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA
- 2000 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
- 2000 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA
- 2001 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
- 2002 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
- 2003 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA
- 2005 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA D2
- 2006 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
- 2006 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
- 2007 - MAPP Pompon
- 2007 - MAPP High Kick Pompon
- 2007 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA D2
- 2008 - MAPP Pompon
- 2008 - MAPP High Kick Pompon
- 2008 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
- 2009 - MAPP High Kick Pompon
- 2009 - MAPP Pompon
- 2009-10 - Equestrian - Intermediate Flat - IHSA
- 2010 - MAPP Pompon
- 2010 - MAPP High Kick Pompon
- 2011 - MAPP High Kick Pompon
- 2011 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA
- 2012 - MAPP High Kick Pompon
- 2012 - MAPP Pompon
- 2012 - Men's Club Soccer NIRSA NCCS
- 2012 - Women's Club Soccer NIRSA NCCS
- 2013 - Mens Ice Hockey - ACHA
- 2013 - MAPP High Kick Pompon
- 2015 - Mens Ice Hockey D3 - ACHA
Club Team National Runners-up
- 1982 - Men's Bowling - USBC Collegiate
- 1998 - Men's Bowling - USBC Collegiate
- 1999 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA D2
- 2000 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
- 2002 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA D1
- 2002 - Synchronized Skating - USFA Collegiate Division
- 2003 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
- 2003 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA D1 or Premier Division
- 2005 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
- 2005 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA
- 2006 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA D1
- 2007 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
- 2007 - Men's Triathlon - USAT Collegiate Division
- 2007 - Synchronized Skating - USFA Collegiate Division
- 2010 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA
- 2011 - MAPP Pompon
- 2013 - NCDA Dodgeball
- 2013 - MAPP Pompon
- 2013 - Roller Hockey NCRHA D1
- 2014 - Roller Hockey NCRHA B (MSU Green)
- 2014 - MAPP Pompon
Varsity Team Conference Championships
Fall Sports
Football
1953 | 1965 | 1966 | 1978 |
1987 | 1990 | 2010 | 2013 |
- 2 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles
Men's Cross Country
1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1955 |
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
1960 | 1962 | 1963 | 1968 |
1970 | 1971 |
Women's Cross Country
1981 | 2001 | 2010 | 2011 |
2013 | 2014 |
Field Hockey
- 2 Big Ten Tournament Titles
Men's Soccer
- 3 Big Ten Tournament Titles
Volleyball
Winter Sports
Men's Basketball
1957 | 1959 | 1967 | 1978 |
1979 | 1990 | 1998 | 1999 |
2000 | 2001 | 2009 | 2010 |
2012 |
- 4 Big Ten Tournament Titles
Women's Basketball
- 1 Big Ten Tournament Title
Men's Ice Hockey
- 7 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Titles
1985 | 1986 | 1989 | 1990 |
1998 | 1990 | 2001 |
- 11 CCHA Tournament Titles
1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
1987 | 1989 | 1990 | 1998 |
2000 | 2001 | 2006 |
Men's Indoor Track
Men's Swimming
Wrestling
1961 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
Spring Sports
Baseball
- 5 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
1978 | 1982 | 2001 | 2007 |
2011 | 2012 | 2014 |
Men's Outdoor Track
- 15 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles
1889 | 1890 | 1892 | 1895 |
1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 |
1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
1905 | 1906 | 1907 |
Women's Outdoor Track
Rowing
Men's Tennis
- 1 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Title
Women's Tennis
Notes
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