List of Big Ten Conference national championships

The list of Big Ten national championships includes championships won by teams from the Big Ten Conference and former member Chicago. Including football champions listed in the official NCAA Records book,^[1] Big Ten teams have compiled 279 NCAA championships (as of December 22, 2015) during their years of membership. Prior to NCAA sponsorship of women's sports, Big Ten teams, as members of the AIAW, also won 6 undisputed national championships in 1976–1982. In the 2015-16 academic year, Big Ten members have so far won two titles: (1) Penn State won its first championship in women's soccer and first for the conference in the sport. This continues a run for the school of winning at least one NCAA championship every year since the 2006–2007 academic year. (2) Nebraska won in women's volleyball for its fourth NCAA title in the sport, third consecutive for the conference, and its first NCAA championship as a conference member in a sport that the conference sponsors.

Listed below are all championship teams of NCAA-sponsored events, as well as the titles won in football, which has a Division I championship not sanctioned by the NCAA.

The main list in Sections 2, 3 and 4 includes championships won by Chicago when it was a member, but does not credit a Big Ten NCAA championship to current Big Ten member schools before they joined the conference. These prior titles are separately indicated.

• Michigan State joined in 1950 and competed in the conference for the first time in 1953.
• Penn State joined in 1990 and competed in the conference for the first time in 1991.^[2]

• Nebraska joined in 2011.
• Rutgers and Maryland joined in 2014. Johns Hopkins joined in 2014 for men's lacrosse and began play in spring 2015.

Teams

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined conference	Nickname	Varsity teams	NCAA championships as a member only[1][3]†
University of Illinois	Urbana–Champaign, Illinois	1867	1896	Fighting Illini	21	22 (4 in football)[1]
Indiana University	Bloomington, Indiana	1820	1899 (Athletics 1900)	Hoosiers	24	24
University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	1847	1899 (Athletics 1900)	Hawkeyes	24	27 (2 in football)[1]
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, Maryland	1876	2014	Blue Jays	1 Big Ten (23 others)	0
University of Maryland	College Park, Maryland	1856	2014	Terrapins	20	1
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	1817	1896 (Inactive 1907–1916)	Wolverines	27	49 (13 in football)[1]
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	1855	1950 (Athletics 1953)	Spartans	25	18 (2 in football)[1]
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota	1851	1896	Golden Gophers	25	25 (7 in football)[1]
University of Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	1869	2011	Cornhuskers	21	3
Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	1851	1896	Wildcats	19	8
Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	1870	1912	Buckeyes	36	38 (10 in football)[1]
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, Pennsylvania	1855	1990 (Athletics 1991)	Nittany Lions and Lady Lions	30	28
Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	1869	1896	Boilermakers	20	4 (1 in football)[1]
Rutgers University	New Brunswick–Piscataway, New Jersey	1766	2014	Scarlet Knights	27	0
University of Wisconsin	Madison, Wisconsin	1848	1896	Badgers	23	29 (1 in football)[1]
Former Member[s]	Location	Founded	Joined Conference	Nickname	Current Varsity Teams	NCAA Championships as a member†
University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	1890	1896	Maroons	19	3 (2 in football)[1]

† includes football national championships by Big Ten members starting in 1901, as listed in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records book^[1]

Most recent NCAA championship

Team	Academic Year	Sport
Illinois	2011–2012	Men's Gymnastics
Indiana	2012–2013	Men's Soccer
Iowa	2009–2010	Wrestling
Johns Hopkins	2006–2007	Men's Lacrosse (only conference sport)
Maryland	2014–2015	Women's Lacrosse
Michigan	2013–2014	Men's Gymnastics
Michigan State	2014–2015	Women's Cross Country
Minnesota	2014–2015	Women's Ice Hockey
Nebraska*	2015–2016	Women's Volleyball*
Northwestern	2011–2012	Women's Lacrosse
Ohio State	2014–2015	Women's Rowing
Penn State	2015–2016	Women's Soccer
Purdue	2009–2010	Women's Golf
Rutgers	1948–1949	Men's Fencing (tie)
Wisconsin	2011–2012	Men's Cross Country

• -represents most recent NCAA championship for the conference

Fall NCAA sports

Men's cross country (13)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Michigan State won four and Penn State won three NCAA titles in men's cross country. (7 NCAA before Big Ten)

Year	School
1938	Indiana
1940	Indiana
1942	Indiana†
1955	Michigan State
1956	Michigan State
1958	Michigan State
1959	Michigan State
1982	Wisconsin
1983	Wisconsin‡
1985	Wisconsin
1988	Wisconsin
2005	Wisconsin
2011	Wisconsin

† Co-champion with Penn State

‡ UTEP vacated their NCAA title and it was awarded to Wisconsin

Women's cross country (3)

Year	School
1984	Wisconsin
1985	Wisconsin
2014	Michigan State

Field hockey (2)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Maryland won 8 NCAA titles and Penn State won 2 AIAW national titles in Field Hockey. (8 NCAA before Big Ten)

Year	School
1986	Iowa
2001	Michigan

and AIAW Women's Field Hockey Champions

Football (41)

The Division I (FBS) football championship is not officially sanctioned by the NCAA; however, the Big Ten teams among the champions and co-champions listed in its official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records^[1] book are shown below. Prior to joining the Big Ten, Nebraska won 3 football national titles and 2 co-titles, Penn State won 2 national titles and 2 co-titles, Maryland won one national title, and Michigan State won one championship (1952, the year before it began Big Ten competition).^[1] The NCAA was formed in 1906 to address violent injuries in the sport.

Year	National Champion(s)†
1901	Michigan & 2 others
1902	Michigan & 1 other
1903	Michigan & 1 other
1904	Michigan, Minnesota & 1 other
1905	Chicago & 1 other
1913	Chicago & 2 others
1914	Illinois & 2 others
1918	Michigan & 1 other
1919	Illinois & 4 others
1921	Iowa & 4 others
1923	Illinois, Michigan & 2 others
1925	Michigan & 2 others
1926	Michigan & 4 others
1927	Illinois & 4 others
1931	Purdue & 2 others
1932	Michigan & 2 others
1933	Michigan, Ohio State & 2 others
1934	Minnesota & 1 other
1935	Minnesota & 4 others
1936	Minnesota & 2 others
1940	Minnesota & 2 others
1941	Minnesota & 2 others
1942	Ohio State, Wisconsin & 1 other
1944	Ohio State & 1 other
1947	Michigan & 1 other
1948	Michigan
1954	Ohio State & 1 other
1957	Ohio State & 1 other
1958	Iowa & 1 other
1960	Minnesota & 1 other
1961	Ohio State & 1 other
1965	Michigan State & 1 other
1966	Michigan State & 1 other
1968	Ohio State
1970	Ohio State & 2 others
1997	Michigan & 1 other
2002	Ohio State
2014	Ohio State

† As listed in official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records.^[1] For 1950 to present, includes only recognized consensus selections (AP, UP-UPI-USAT, FWAA, NFF)

Men's soccer (11)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Maryland won 3 NCAA titles in Men's Soccer, and Penn State won 6 national titles awarded by the ISFA in the era before NCAA championships. (3 NCAA before Big Ten)

Year	School
1967	Michigan State†
1968	Michigan State‡
1982	Indiana
1983	Indiana
1988	Indiana
1995	Wisconsin
1998	Indiana
1999	Indiana
2003	Indiana
2004	Indiana
2012	Indiana

† Co-champion with Saint Louis (game called because of weather)

‡ Co-champion with Maryland (game ended in tie)

Women's soccer (1)

Year	School
2015	Penn State

Women's volleyball (8)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Nebraska won 3 NCAA titles in women's volleyball. (3 NCAA before Big Ten)

Year	School
1999	Penn State
2007	Penn State
2008	Penn State
2009	Penn State
2010	Penn State
2013	Penn State
2014	Penn State
2015	Nebraska

and AIAW Women's Volleyball Champions

Winter NCAA sports

Men's basketball (10)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Maryland won 1 NCAA title in men's basketball (2002). (1 NCAA before Big Ten)

The NCAA championship tournament began in 1939.

Year	School
1902	Minnesota†
1907	Chicago†
1908	Chicago†
1909	Chicago†
1912	Wisconsin†
1914	Wisconsin†
1915	Illinois†
1916	Wisconsin†
1919	Minnesota†
1931	Northwestern†
1932	Purdue†
1940	Indiana
1941	Wisconsin
1953	Indiana
1960	Ohio State
1976	Indiana
1979	Michigan State
1981	Indiana
1987	Indiana
1989	Michigan
2000	Michigan State

† Selected by Helms Athletic Foundation, formed in 1936, who compiled a retroactive list of college basketball champions in 1942 for the previous 41 years. In 12 of those years, a Big Ten team was selected: 1902, 1907–09, 1912, 1914–16, 1919, 1931–32, 1941. Chicago's 1908 national title was won in a championship series against the University of Pennsylvania.

Women's basketball (1)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Rutgers won 1 AIAW championship, and Maryland won 1 NCAA title in women's basketball. (1 NCAA before Big Ten)

Year	School
1999	Purdue

and AIAW Women's Basketball Champions

Men's gymnastics (25)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Penn State won 9 NCAA titles in men's gymnastics, and Nebraska won 8 NCAA titles. (17 NCAA before Big Ten)

The number of NCAA championships includes Michigan's 2 NCAA titles in trampoline.

Year	School
1938	Chicago
1939	Illinois
1940	Illinois
1941	Illinois
1942	Illinois
1950	Illinois
1955	Illinois
1956	Illinois
1958	Illinois & Michigan State
1963	Michigan
1969	Iowa
1970	Michigan
1984	Ohio State
1989	Illinois
1996	Ohio State
1999	Michigan
2000	Penn State
2001	Ohio State
2004	Penn State
2007	Penn State
2010	Michigan
2012	Illinois
2013	Michigan
2014	Michigan

Trampoline (2)

Until 1969, trampoline was one of the events that comprised the NCAA men's gymnastics championships. At that time, the event was removed in order to conform to the international gymnastics itinerary. The NCAA continued to bestow a national title in trampoline for two years.^[4][5]

Year	School
1969	Michigan
1970	Michigan

Women's gymnastics (0)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, and prior to the NCAA sponsored championship, Penn State won 2 AIAW national championships.

For more details on this topic, see AIAW Women's Gymnastics Champions and NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship.

Men's ice hockey (23)

Men's ice hockey became an official Big Ten sport in the 2013–14 season.

Year	School
1948	Michigan
1951	Michigan
1952	Michigan
1953	Michigan
1955	Michigan
1956	Michigan
1964	Michigan
1966	Michigan State
1973	Wisconsin
1974	Minnesota
1976	Minnesota
1977	Wisconsin
1979	Minnesota
1981	Wisconsin
1983	Wisconsin
1986	Michigan State
1990	Wisconsin
1996	Michigan
1998	Michigan
2002	Minnesota
2003	Minnesota
2006	Wisconsin
2007	Michigan State

Men's swimming and diving (29)

Year	School
1924	Northwestern†
1927	Michigan†[5]
1928	Michigan†
1929	Northwestern†
1930	Northwestern†[6]
1931	Michigan†[7]
1932	Michigan†
1933	Northwestern†[8]
1934	Michigan†
1935	Michigan†
1936	Michigan†
1937	Michigan
1938	Michigan
1939	Michigan
1940	Michigan
1941	Michigan
1943	Ohio State
1945	Ohio State
1946	Ohio State
1947	Ohio State
1948	Michigan
1949	Ohio State
1950	Ohio State
1952	Ohio State
1954	Ohio State
1955	Ohio State
1956	Ohio State
1957	Michigan
1958	Michigan
1959	Michigan
1961	Michigan
1962	Ohio State
1968	Indiana
1969	Indiana
1970	Indiana
1971	Indiana
1972	Indiana
1973	Indiana
1995	Michigan
2013	Michigan

† From inception in 1924 through 1936, NCAA team swimming championships were unofficial because team points were not officially awarded. Team champions were nevertheless proclaimed in the newspapers of the time.^[6][7][8][9]

Men's indoor track & field (1)

Year	School
2007	Wisconsin

Women's indoor track & field (0)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Nebraska in 1982–1984 won 1 AIAW and 2 NCAA indoor women's track and field titles. (2 NCAA before Big Ten)

and AIAW Women's Indoor Track and Field Champions

Men's wrestling (33)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Penn State won one NCAA title in men's wrestling. (1 NCAA before Big Ten)

Year	School
1932	Indiana†
1967	Michigan State
1975	Iowa
1976	Iowa
1978	Iowa
1979	Iowa
1980	Iowa
1981	Iowa
1982	Iowa
1983	Iowa
1984	Iowa
1985	Iowa
1986	Iowa
1991	Iowa
1992	Iowa
1993	Iowa
1995	Iowa
1996	Iowa
1997	Iowa
1998	Iowa
1999	Iowa
2000	Iowa
2001	Minnesota
2002	Minnesota
2007	Minnesota
2008	Iowa
2009	Iowa
2010	Iowa
2011	Penn State
2012	Penn State
2013	Penn State
2014	Penn State
2015	Ohio State

† In 1928 and from 1931 to 1933, an NCAA team championship was not awarded because team scoring was unofficial.

Spring NCAA sports

Baseball (6)

Year	School
1953	Michigan
1956	Minnesota
1960	Minnesota
1962	Michigan
1964	Minnesota
1966	Ohio State

Men's golf (4)

Prior to the NCAA sponsored championship, Michigan won 2 national titles.

Year	School
1934	Michigan°
1935	Michigan°
1945	Ohio State
1961	Purdue
1979	Ohio State
2002	Minnesota

° NIGA national champion

Women's golf (1)

Year	School
2010	Purdue

Men's lacrosse (0)

Men's lacrosse became an official Big Ten sport in the 2015 season.

Prior to joining the Big Ten as a men's lacrosse affiliate, Johns Hopkins won 35 national titles in the era before the NCAA organized men's lacrosse championships, plus nine NCAA titles. Maryland has nine pre-NCAA national titles and two NCAA titles. (11 NCAA before Big Ten)

The NCAA did not organize national championships in men's lacrosse until the 1971 season. Before that time, other bodies awarded national titles based on regular season records, most notably the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. Rutgers shared two national titles, in 1928 and 1955 (a Division II co-championship).

Women's lacrosse (8)

Women's lacrosse became an official Big Ten sport in the 2015 season.

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Maryland won 11 NCAA titles and Penn State won 2 NCAA titles in women's lacrosse. (13 NCAA before Big Ten)

Prior to the NCAA sponsored championship, Penn State won 3 national titles and Maryland won 1 AIAW national title.

Year	School
2005	Northwestern
2006	Northwestern
2007	Northwestern
2008	Northwestern
2009	Northwestern
2011	Northwestern
2012	Northwestern
2015	Maryland

and AIAW Women's Lacrosse Champions

Women's rowing (3)

Prior to the NCAA sponsored championship, Wisconsin won 5 national titles.

Year	School
1975	Wisconsin†
1976	Wisconsin†
1977	Wisconsin†
1978	Wisconsin†
1986	Wisconsin†
2013	Ohio State
2014	Ohio State
2015	Ohio State

† NWRA College Eights Champion

and Pre-NCAA Rowing Championships

Softball (1)

Prior to the NCAA sponsored championship, Michigan State won 1 national title.

Year	School
1976	Michigan State†
2005	Michigan

† AIAW National Champion

and AIAW Women's Softball Champions

Men's Tennis (2)

Year	School
1957	Michigan
2003	Illinois

Women's tennis (0)

At the same time that the first NCAA Division I women's tennis championship was held (attracting the top-ranked teams), the AIAW conducted its last tennis championship, which was won by Indiana.

Year	School
1982	Indiana†

† AIAW National Champion

For more details on this topic, see AIAW Women's Tennis Champions

Men's track & field (outdoor) (9)

Year	School
1921	Illinois
1923	Michigan
1927	Illinois†
1929	Ohio State
1932	Indiana
1944	Illinois
1946	Illinois
1947	Illinois
1948	Minnesota

† From 1925 through 1927, the NCAA team championship was unofficial because team points were not officially scored.

National championships in sports not sponsored by the Big Ten

In addition to the national championship titles won in Big Ten sponsored sports, some Big Ten schools participate in official varsity sports not offered by the NCAA (e.g., men's rowing, synchronized swimming) as well as other NCAA sports for which no Big Ten championship is contested. These include bowling, fencing, women's ice hockey, rifle, men's volleyball, and men's and women's water polo, as well as men's ice hockey before the 2013–14 school year plus men's and women's lacrosse before the 2014–15 school year. The following are Big Ten teams' national championships won in other sports (number in parentheses indicates NCAA titles won by Big Ten schools during their years of membership):

Boxing (6)

Penn State won 1 NCAA title in boxing before the NCAA discontinued the sport. (1 NCAA before Big Ten)

Year	School
1939	Wisconsin†
1942	Wisconsin†
1943	Wisconsin†
1947	Wisconsin†
1948	Wisconsin
1951	Michigan State
1952	Wisconsin
1954	Wisconsin
1955	Michigan State
1956	Wisconsin

† Before 1948, NCAA team boxing championships were unofficial because team points were not officially awarded. However, national publications at the time proclaimed the annual team champions.

and Pre-NCAA Boxing Championships

Women's bowling (2)

Prior to beginning athletic competition in the Big Ten, Nebraska won 5 WIBC/USBC titles, Penn State won 1 WIBC/USBC title, and Nebraska won 3 NCAA titles in bowling. (3 NCAA before Big Ten)

Year	School
2013	Nebraska
2015	Nebraska

and Pre-NCAA Bowling Championships

Co-ed fencing (14)

Prior to beginning athletic competition in the Big Ten, Penn State won 2 NCAA titles in co-ed fencing. (2 NCAA before Big Ten)

Year	School
1995	Penn State
1996	Penn State
1997	Penn State
1998	Penn State
1999	Penn State
2000	Penn State
2002	Penn State
2004	Ohio State
2007	Penn State
2008	Ohio State
2009	Penn State
2010	Penn State
2012	Ohio State
2014	Penn State

and Pre-NCAA Fencing Championships

Men's fencing (4)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Rutgers won 1 NCAA co-championship in men's fencing. (1 NCAA before Big Ten)

Year	School
1941	Northwestern§
1942	Ohio State§
1956	Illinois
1958	Illinois

§ Prior to 1947, the Intercollegiate Fencing Association championship, held since 1894, was premiere. NYU won the 3-weapon title both of these years.

Women's fencing (0)

Prior to joining the Big Ten, Penn State won 1 NCAA title in women's fencing. (1 NCAA before Big Ten)

Prior to the NCAA sponsored championship, Penn State won 2 AIAW national championships.

For more details on this topic, see AIAW Women's Fencing Champions

Women's ice hockey (9)

Prior to the NCAA sponsored championship, Minnesota won 1 national title.

Year	School
2000	Minnesota†
2004	Minnesota
2005	Minnesota
2006	Wisconsin
2007	Wisconsin
2009	Wisconsin
2011	Wisconsin
2012	Minnesota
2013	Minnesota
2015	Minnesota

† AWCHA National Champion (prior to NCAA sponsored championships)

Rifle (0)

Big Ten teams have not won an NCAA rifle championship since inception in 1980.

Year	School†
1911	Iowa
1918	Iowa
1929	Iowa
1933	Minnesota
1940	Iowa
1941	Minnesota
1946	Iowa

† NRA National Champion (prior to NCAA sponsored championships). Prior to joining the Big Ten, Maryland won 5 NRA national championships (4 men, 1 women), and Michigan State won 3 (men).

and Pre-NCAA Rifle Championships

Men's rowing (0)

The NCAA has never offered a men's rowing championship.

Year	School†
1951	Wisconsin
1959	Wisconsin
1966	Wisconsin
1973	Wisconsin
1974	Wisconsin
1975	Wisconsin
1990	Wisconsin
2008	Wisconsin

† Intercollegiate Rowing Association Varsity Eights Champion

Synchronized swimming (0)

The NCAA has never offered a synchronized swimming championship. However, the AIAW (women's predecessor to the NCAA) did.

Year	School†
1977	Ohio State
1978	Ohio State
1979	Ohio State
1980	Ohio State and 1 other
1982	Ohio State

† AIAW national champion

From 1983 through 2004, Ohio State won 19 of the 22 national championships sponsored by United States Synchronized Swimming. Ohio State also won championships from 2009 through 2012.

For more details on this topic, see AIAW synchronized swimming champions

Men's volleyball (3)

Year	School
1994	Penn State
2008	Penn State
2011	Ohio State

and Pre-NCAA Volleyball Championships

See also

• List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships
• List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships
• AIAW national championships
• List of NCAA schools with the most AIAW Division I national championships

References

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