List of Big Ten Conference football champions

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This is a list of yearly Big Ten Conference football champions. Co-champions are listed in alphabetical order.

Champions by year

		Record		Ranking
Year	Champions	Conference	Overall	AP	Coaches	Bowl result	Head coach
1896	Wisconsin	2–0–1	7–1–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Philip King
1897	Wisconsin	3–0	9–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Philip King
1898	Michigan	3–0	10–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Gustave Ferbert
1899	Chicago	4–0	16–0–2	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Amos Alonzo Stagg
1900	Iowa	2–0–1	7–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Alden Knipe
1900	Minnesota	3–0–1	10–0–2	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Henry L. Williams
1901	Michigan*	4–0	11–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	W Rose Bowl 49–0 vs. Stanford	Fielding H. Yost
1901	Wisconsin	2–0	9–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Philip King
1902	Michigan*	5–0	11–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Fielding H. Yost
1903	Michigan*	3–0–1	11–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Fielding H. Yost
	Minnesota	3–0–1	14–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Henry L. Williams
	Northwestern	1–0–2	10–1–3	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Walter McCornack
1904	Michigan*	2–0	10–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Fielding H. Yost
1904	Minnesota*	3–0	13–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Henry L. Williams
1905	Chicago*	7–0	11–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Amos Alonzo Stagg
1906	Michigan	1–0	4–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Fielding H. Yost
	Minnesota	2–0	4–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Henry L. Williams
	Wisconsin	3–0	5–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Charles P. Hutchins
1907	Chicago	4–0	4–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Amos Alonzo Stagg
1908	Chicago	5–0	5–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Amos Alonzo Stagg
1909	Minnesota	3–0	6–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Henry L. Williams
1910	Illinois	4–0	7–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Arthur Hall
1910	Minnesota	2–0	6–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Henry L. Williams
1911	Minnesota	3–0–1	6–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Henry L. Williams
1912	Wisconsin	5–0	7–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	William Juneau
1913	Chicago	7–0	7–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Amos Alonzo Stagg
1914	Illinois*	6–0	7–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Robert Zuppke
1915	Illinois	3–0–2	5–0–2	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Robert Zuppke
1915	Minnesota	3–0–1	6–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Henry L. Williams
1916	Ohio State	4–0	7–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	John Wilce
1917	Ohio State	4–0	8–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	John Wilce
1918	Illinois	4–0	5–2	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Robert Zuppke
	Michigan*	2–0	5–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Fielding H. Yost
	Purdue	1–0	3–3	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	A. G. Scanlon
1919	Illinois*	6–1	6–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Robert Zuppke
1920	Ohio State	5–0	7–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	L Rose Bowl 0–28 vs. California	John Wilce
1921	Iowa	5–0	7–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Howard Jones
1922	Chicago	4–0–1	5–1–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Amos Alonzo Stagg
	Iowa	5–0	7–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Howard Jones
	Michigan	4–0	6–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Fielding H. Yost
1923	Illinois*	5–0	8–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Robert Zuppke
1923	Michigan*	4–0	8–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Fielding H. Yost
1924	Chicago	3–0–3	4–1–3	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Amos Alonzo Stagg
1925	Michigan	5–1	7–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Fielding H. Yost
1926	Michigan	5–0	7–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Fielding H. Yost
1926	Northwestern	5–0	7–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Glenn Thistlethwaite
1927	Illinois*	5–0	7–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Robert Zuppke
1927	Minnesota	3–0–1	6–0–2	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Clarence Spears
1928	Illinois	4–1	7–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Robert Zuppke
1929	Purdue	5–0	8–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	James Phelan
1930	Michigan	5–0	8–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Harry Kipke
1930	Northwestern	5–0	7–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Dick Hanley
1931	Michigan	5–1	8–1–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Harry Kipke
	Northwestern	5–1	7–1–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Dick Hanley
	Purdue	5–1	9–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Noble Kizer
1932	Michigan*	6–0	8–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Harry Kipke
1932	Purdue	5–0–1	7–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Noble Kizer
1933	Michigan*	5–0–1	7–0–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Harry Kipke
1933	Minnesota	2–0–4	4–0–4	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Bernie Bierman
1934	Minnesota*	5–0	8–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Bernie Bierman
1935	Minnesota*	5–0	8–0	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Bernie Bierman
1935	Ohio State	5–0	7–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Francis Schmidt
1936	Northwestern	6–0	7–1	No. 7	Started in 1950	–	Pappy Waldorf
1937	Minnesota	5–0	6–2	No. 5	Started in 1950	–	Bernie Bierman
1938	Minnesota	4–1	6–2	No. 10	Started in 1950	–	Bernie Bierman
1939	Ohio State	5–1	6–2	No. 15	Started in 1950	–	Francis Schmidt
1940	Minnesota*	6–0	8–0	No. 1	Started in 1950	–	Bernie Bierman
1941	Minnesota*	5–0	8–0	No. 1	Started in 1950	–	Bernie Bierman
1942	Ohio State*	5–1	9–1	No. 1	Started in 1950	–	Paul Brown
1943	Michigan	6–0	8–1	No. 3	Started in 1950	–	Fritz Crisler
1943	Purdue	6–0	9–0	No. 5	Started in 1950	–	Elmer Burnham
1944	Ohio State	6–0	9–0	No. 2	Started in 1950	–	Carroll Widdoes
1945	Indiana	5–0–1	9–0–1	No. 4	Started in 1950	–	Bo McMillin
1946	Illinois	6–1	8–2	No. 5	Started in 1950	W Rose Bowl 45–14 vs. UCLA	Ray Eliot
1947	Michigan*	6–0	10–0	No. 2	Started in 1950	W Rose Bowl 49–0 vs. USC	Fritz Crisler
1948	Michigan*	5–0	9–0	No. 1	Started in 1950	–	Bennie Oosterbaan
1949	Michigan	4–1–1	6–2–1	No. 7	Started in 1950	–	Bennie Oosterbaan
1949	Ohio State	4–1–1	7–1–2	No. 4	Started in 1950	W Rose Bowl 17–14 vs. California	Wes Fesler
1950	Michigan	4–1–1	6–3–1	No. 9	No. 6	W Rose Bowl 14–6 vs. California	Bennie Oosterbaan
1951	Illinois	5–0–1	9–0–1	No. 4	No. 3	W Rose Bowl 40–7 vs. Stanford	Ray Eliot
1952	Purdue	4–1–1	4–3–2	No. 18	No. 12	–	Stu Holcomb
1952	Wisconsin	4–1–1	6–3–1	No. 11	No. 10	L Rose Bowl 0–7 vs. USC	Ivy Williamson
1953	Illinois	5–1	7–1–1	No. 7	No. 7	–	Ray Eliot
1953	Michigan State	5–1	9–1	No. 3	No. 3	W Rose Bowl 28–20 vs. UCLA	Clarence Munn
1954	Ohio State*	7–0	10–0	No. 1	No. 2	W Rose Bowl 20–7 vs. USC	Woody Hayes
1955	Ohio State	6–0	7–2	No. 5	No. 5	–	Woody Hayes
1956	Iowa	5–1	9–1	No. 3	No. 3	W Rose Bowl 35–19 vs. Oregon State	Forest Evashevski
1957	Ohio State*	7–0	9–1	No. 2	No. 1	W Rose Bowl 10–7 vs. Oregon	Woody Hayes
1958	Iowa*	5–1	8–1–1	No. 2	No. 2	W Rose Bowl 38–12 vs. California	Forest Evashevski
1959	Wisconsin	5–2	7–3	No. 6	No. 6	L Rose Bowl 8–44 vs. Washington	Milt Bruhn
1960	Iowa	5–1	8–1	No. 3	No. 2	–	Forest Evashevski
1960	Minnesota*	6–1	8–2	No. 1	No. 1	L Rose Bowl 7–17 vs. Washington	Murray Warmath
1961	Ohio State*	6–0	8–0–1	No. 2	No. 2	–	Woody Hayes
1962	Wisconsin	6–1	8–2	No. 2	No. 2	L Rose Bowl 37–42 vs. USC	Milt Bruhn
1963	Illinois	5–1–1	8–1–1	No. 2	No. 2	W Rose Bowl 17–7 vs. Washington	Pete Elliott
1964	Michigan	6–1	9–1	No. 4	No. 4	W Rose Bowl 34–7 vs. Oregon State	Bump Elliott
1965	Michigan State*	7–0	10–1	No. 2	No. 1	L Rose Bowl 12–14 vs. UCLA	Duffy Daugherty
1966	Michigan State*	7–0	9–0–1	No. 2	No. 2	–	Duffy Daugherty
1967	Indiana	6–1	9–2	No. 4	No. 6	L Rose Bowl 3–14 vs. USC	John Pont
	Minnesota	6–1	8–2	–	No. 14	–	Murray Warmath
	Purdue	6–1	8–2	No. 9	No. 9	–	Jack Mollenkopf
1968	Ohio State*	7–0	10–0	No. 1	No. 1	W Rose Bowl 27–16 vs. USC	Woody Hayes
1969	Michigan	6–1	8–3	No. 9	No. 8	L Rose Bowl 3–10 vs. USC	Bo Schembechler
1969	Ohio State	6–1	8–1	No. 4	No. 5	–	Woody Hayes
1970	Ohio State*	7–0	9–1	No. 5	No. 2	L Rose Bowl 17–27 vs. Stanford	Woody Hayes
1971	Michigan	8–0	11–1	No. 6	No. 4	L Rose Bowl 12–13 vs. Stanford	Bo Schembechler
1972	Michigan	7–1	10–1	No. 6	No. 6	–	Bo Schembechler
1972	Ohio State	7–1	9–2	No. 9	No. 3	L Rose Bowl 17–42 vs. USC	Woody Hayes
1973	Michigan	7–0–1	10–0–1	No. 6	No. 6	–	Bo Schembechler
1973	Ohio State	7–0–1	10–0–1	No. 2	No. 3	W Rose Bowl 42–21 vs. USC	Woody Hayes
1974	Michigan	7–1	10–1	No. 3	No. 5	–	Bo Schembechler
1974	Ohio State	7–1	10–2	No. 4	No. 3	L Rose Bowl 17–18 vs. USC	Woody Hayes
1975	Ohio State	8–0	11–1	No. 4	No. 4	L Rose Bowl 10–23 vs. UCLA	Woody Hayes
1976	Michigan	7–1	10–2	No. 3	No. 3	L Rose Bowl 6–14 vs. USC	Bo Schembechler
1976	Ohio State	7–1	9–2–1	No. 6	No. 5	W Orange Bowl 27–10 vs. Colorado	Woody Hayes
1977	Michigan	7–1	10–2	No. 9	No. 8	L Rose Bowl 20–27 vs. Washington	Bo Schembechler
1977	Ohio State	7–1	9–3	No. 11	No. 12	L Sugar Bowl 6–35 vs. Alabama	Woody Hayes
1978	Michigan	7–1	10–2	No. 5	No. 5	L Rose Bowl 10–17 vs. USC	Bo Schembechler
1978	Michigan State	7–1	8–3	No. 12	–	–	Darryl Rogers
1979	Ohio State	8–0	11–1	No. 4	No. 4	L Rose Bowl 16–17 vs. USC	Earle Bruce
1980	Michigan	8–0	10–2	No. 4	No. 4	W Rose Bowl 23–6 vs. Washington	Bo Schembechler
1981	Iowa	6–2	8–4	No. 18	No. 15	L Rose Bowl 0–28 vs. Washington	Hayden Fry
1981	Ohio State	6–2	9–3	No. 15	No. 12	W Liberty Bowl 31–28 vs. Navy	Earle Bruce
1982	Michigan	8–1	8–4	–	No. 15	L Rose Bowl 14–24 vs. UCLA	Bo Schembechler
1983	Illinois	9–0	10–2	No. 10	No. 10	L Rose Bowl 9–45 vs. UCLA	Mike White
1984	Ohio State	7–2	9–3	No. 13	No. 12	L Rose Bowl 17–20 vs. USC	Earle Bruce
1985	Iowa	7–1	10–2	No. 10	No. 9	L Rose Bowl 28–45 vs. UCLA	Hayden Fry
1986	Michigan	7–1	11–2	No. 8	No. 7	L Rose Bowl 15–22 vs. Arizona State	Bo Schembechler
1986	Ohio State	7–1	10–3	No. 7	No. 6	W Cotton Bowl Classic 28–12 vs. Texas A&M	Earle Bruce
1987	Michigan State	7–0–1	9–2–1	No. 8	No. 8	W Rose Bowl 20–17 vs. USC	George Perles
1988	Michigan	7–0–1	9–2–1	No. 4	No. 4	W Rose Bowl 22–14 vs. USC	Bo Schembechler
1989	Michigan	8–0	10–2	No. 7	No. 8	L Rose Bowl 10–17 vs. USC	Bo Schembechler
1990	Illinois	6–2	8–4	No. 25	No. 24	L Hall of Fame Bowl 0–30 vs. Clemson	John Mackovic
	Iowa	6–2	8–4	No. 18	No. 16	L Rose Bowl 34–46 vs. Washington	Hayden Fry
	Michigan	6–2	9–3	No. 7	No. 8	W Gator Bowl 35–3 vs. Ole Miss	Gary Moeller
	Michigan State	6–2	8–3–1	No. 16	No. 14	W John Hancock Bowl 17–16 vs. USC	George Perles
1991	Michigan	8–0	10–2	No. 6	No. 6	L Rose Bowl 14–34 vs. Washington	Gary Moeller
1992	Michigan	6–0–2	9–0–3	No. 5	No. 5	W Rose Bowl 38–31 vs. Washington	Gary Moeller
1993	Ohio State	6–1–1	10–1–1	No. 11	No. 10	W Holiday Bowl 28–21 vs. BYU	John Cooper
1993	Wisconsin	6–1–1	10–1–1	No. 6	No. 5	W Rose Bowl 21–16 vs. UCLA	Barry Alvarez
1994	Penn State	8–0	12–0	No. 2	No. 2	W Rose Bowl 38–20 vs. Oregon	Joe Paterno
1995	Northwestern	8–0	10–2	No. 8	No. 7	L Rose Bowl 32–41 vs. USC	Gary Barnett
1996	Northwestern	7–1	9–3	No. 15	No. 16	L Florida Citrus Bowl 28–48 vs. Tennessee	Gary Barnett
1996	Ohio State	7–1	11–1	No. 2	No. 2	W Rose Bowl 20–17 vs. Arizona State	John Cooper
1997	Michigan*	8–0	12–0	No. 1	No. 2	W Rose Bowl 21–16 vs. Washington State	Lloyd Carr
1998	Michigan	7–1	10–3	No. 12	No. 12	W Florida Citrus Bowl 45–31 vs. Arkansas	Lloyd Carr
	Ohio State	7–1	11–1	No. 2	No. 2	W Sugar Bowl 24–14 vs. Texas A&M	John Cooper
	Wisconsin	7–1	11–1	No. 6	No. 5	W Rose Bowl 38–31 vs. UCLA	Barry Alvarez
1999	Wisconsin	7–1	10–2	No. 4	No. 4	W Rose Bowl 17–9 vs. Stanford	Barry Alvarez
2000	Michigan	6–2	9–3	No. 11	No. 10	W Florida Citrus Bowl 31–28 vs. Auburn	Lloyd Carr
	Northwestern	6–2	8–4	–	–	L Alamo Bowl 17–66 vs. Nebraska	Randy Walker
	Purdue	6–2	8–4	No. 13	No. 13	L Rose Bowl 24–34 vs. Washington	Joe Tiller
2001	Illinois	7–1	10–2	No. 12	No. 12	L Sugar Bowl 34–47 vs. LSU	Ron Turner
2002	Iowa	8–0	11–2	No. 8	No. 8	L Orange Bowl 17–38 vs. USC	Kirk Ferentz
2002	Ohio State*	8–0	14–0	No. 1	No. 1	W Fiesta Bowl 31–24 vs. Miami	Jim Tressel
2003	Michigan	7–1	10–3	No. 6	No. 7	L Rose Bowl 14–28 vs. USC	Lloyd Carr
2004	Iowa	7–1	10–2	No. 8	No. 8	W Capital One Bowl 30–25 vs. LSU	Kirk Ferentz
2004	Michigan	7–1	9–3	No. 14	No. 12	L Rose Bowl 37–38 vs. Texas	Lloyd Carr
2005	Ohio State	7–1	10–2	No. 4	No. 4	W Fiesta Bowl 34–20 vs. Notre Dame	Jim Tressel
2005	Penn State	7–1	11–1	No. 3	No. 3	W Orange Bowl 26–23 vs. Florida State	Joe Paterno
2006	Ohio State	8–0	12–1	No. 2	No. 2	L BCS Championship Game 14–41 vs. Florida	Jim Tressel
2007	Ohio State	7–1	11–2	No. 5	No. 4	L BCS Championship Game 24–38 vs. LSU	Jim Tressel
2008	Ohio State	7–1	10–3	No. 9	No. 11	L Fiesta Bowl 21–24 vs. Texas	Jim Tressel
2008	Penn State	7–1	11–2	No. 8	No. 8	L Rose Bowl 24–38 vs. USC	Joe Paterno
2009	Ohio State	7–1	11–2	No. 5	No. 5	W Rose Bowl 26–17 vs. Oregon	Jim Tressel
2010^	Michigan State	7–1	11–2	No. 14	No. 14	L Capital One Bowl 7–49 vs. Alabama	Mark Dantonio
2010^	Wisconsin	7–1	11–2	No. 7	No. 8	L Rose Bowl 19–21 vs. TCU	Bret Bielema
2011	Wisconsin	6–2	11–3	No. 10	No. 11	L Rose Bowl 38–45 vs. Oregon	Bret Bielema
2012	Wisconsin	4–4	8–6	–	–	L Rose Bowl 14–20 vs. Stanford	Bret Bielema
2013	Michigan State	8–0	13–1	No. 3	No. 3	W Rose Bowl 24–20 vs. Stanford	Mark Dantonio
2014	Ohio State*	8–0	14–1	No. 1	No. 1	W CFP Semifinal at Sugar Bowl 42–35 vs. Alabama W CFP National Championship 42–20 vs. Oregon	Urban Meyer
2015	Michigan State	7–1	12–2	No. 6	No. 6	L CFP Semifinal at Cotton Bowl 0–38 vs. Alabama	Mark Dantonio
2016	Penn State	8–1	11–3	No. 7	No. 7	L Rose Bowl 49–52 vs. USC	James Franklin
2017	Ohio State	8–1	12–2	No. 5	No. 5	W Cotton Bowl 24–7 vs. USC	Urban Meyer
2018	Ohio State	8–1	13–1	No. 3	No. 3	W Rose Bowl 28–23 vs. Washington	Urban Meyer
2019	Ohio State	9–0	13–1	No. 3	No. 3	L CFP Semifinal at Fiesta Bowl 23–29 vs. Clemson	Ryan Day
2020	Ohio State	5–0	7–1	No. 2	No. 2	W CFP Semifinal at Sugar Bowl 49–28 vs Clemson L CFP National Championship 24–52 vs. Alabama	Ryan Day
2021	Michigan	8–1	12–2	No. 3	No. 3	L CFP Semifinal at Orange Bowl 11–34 vs. Georgia	Jim Harbaugh
2022	Michigan	9–0	13–1	No. 3	No. 3	L CFP Semifinal at Fiesta Bowl 45–51 vs. TCU	Jim Harbaugh
2023	Michigan*	9–0	15–0	No. 1	No. 1	W CFP Semifinal Rose Bowl 27–20 vs. Alabama W CFP National Championship 34–13 vs. Washington	Jim Harbaugh
2024	Oregon	9–0	13–0			TBD	Dan Lanning

Note: an asterisk (*) denotes a national championship for that season recognized by the College Football Data Warehouse.

^ Ohio State vacated all wins from the 2010 season and its share of the championship due to NCAA violations.

Championships by team

Team	Big Ten titles	Outright Big Ten titles	Winning years
Michigan	45	19	1898, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1918, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2021, 2022, 2023
Ohio State	39	24	1916, 1917, 1920, 1935, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Minnesota	18	7	1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1960, 1967
Illinois	15	8	1910, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1946, 1951, 1953, 1963, 1983, 1990, 2001
Wisconsin	14	8	1896, 1897, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1952, 1959, 1962, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2012
Iowa	11	4	1900, 1921, 1922, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1981, 1985, 1990, 2002, 2004
Michigan State	9	5	1953, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1987, 1990, 2010, 2013, 2015
Northwestern	8	2	1903, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1995, 1996, 2000
Purdue	8	1	1918, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1943, 1952, 1967, 2000
Chicago	7	6	1899, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1922, 1924
Penn State	4	2	1994, 2005, 2008, 2016
Indiana	2	1	1945, 1967
Oregon	1	1	2024
Nebraska	0	0
Maryland	0	0
Rutgers	0	0
Washington	0	0
USC	0	0
UCLA	0	0

Keys

Italics indicate a school no longer competing in the Big Ten.
Bold indicates an outright conference championship.

Notes

Ohio State vacated all wins from the 2010 season and its share of the title.

Championships by head coach

Head Coach	School	Big Ten Championships
Woody Hayes	Ohio State	13
Bo Schembechler	Michigan	13
Fielding H. Yost	Michigan	10
Henry L. Williams	Minnesota	8
Bernie Bierman	Minnesota	7
Amos Alonzo Stagg	Chicago	7
Robert Zuppke	Illinois	7
Jim Tressel	Ohio State	6^
Lloyd Carr	Michigan	5
Earle Bruce	Ohio State	4
Harry Kipke	Michigan	4
Barry Alvarez	Wisconsin	3
Bret Bielema	Wisconsin	3
John Cooper	Ohio State	3
Mark Dantonio	Michigan State	3
Ray Eliot	Illinois	3
Forest Evashevski	Iowa	3
Hayden Fry	Iowa	3
Jim Harbaugh	Michigan	3
Philip King	Wisconsin	3
Urban Meyer	Ohio State	3
Gary Moeller	Michigan	3
Bennie Oosterbaan	Michigan	3
Joe Paterno	Penn State	3
John Wilce	Ohio State	3
Gary Barnett	Northwestern	2
Milt Bruhn	Wisconsin	2
Fritz Crisler	Michigan	2
Duffy Daugherty	Michigan State	2
Ryan Day	Ohio State	2
Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	2
Dick Hanley	Northwestern	2
Howard Jones	Iowa	2
Noble Kizer	Purdue	2
George Perles	Michigan State	2
Francis Schmidt	Ohio State	2
Murray Warmath	Minnesota	2
Paul Brown	Ohio State	1
Elmer Burnham	Purdue	1
Bump Elliott	Michigan	1
Pete Elliott	Illinois	1
Gustave Ferbert	Michigan	1
Wes Fesler	Ohio State	1
James Franklin	Penn State	1
Arthur Hall	Illinois	1
Stu Holcomb	Purdue	1
Charles P. Hutchins	Wisconsin	1
William Juneau	Wisconsin	1
Alden Knipe	Iowa	1
Dan Lanning	Oregon	1
John Mackovic	Illinois	1
Walter McCornack	Northwestern	1
Bo McMillin	Indiana	1
Jack Mollenkopf	Purdue	1
Clarence Munn	Michigan State	1
James Phelan	Purdue	1
John Pont	Indiana	1
Darryl Rogers	Michigan State	1
A. G. Scanlon	Purdue	1
Clarence Spears	Minnesota	1
Glenn Thistlethwaite	Northwestern	1
Joe Tiller	Purdue	1
Ron Turner	Illinois	1
Pappy Waldorf	Northwestern	1
Randy Walker	Northwestern	1
Mike White	Illinois	1
Carroll Widdoes	Ohio State	1
Ivy Williamson	Wisconsin	1

^ Ohio State vacated all wins from the 2010 season and their share of the championship

References

v t e Big Ten Conference football champions
Western Conference	Wisconsin (1896) Wisconsin (1897) Michigan (1898) Chicago (1899) Iowa & Minnesota (1900) Michigan & Wisconsin (1901) Michigan (1902) Michigan, Minnesota, & Northwestern (1903) Michigan & Minnesota (1904) Chicago (1905) Michigan, Minnesota, & Wisconsin (1906) Chicago (1907) Chicago (1908) Minnesota (1909) Illinois & Minnesota (1910) Minnesota (1911) Wisconsin (1912) Chicago (1913) Illinois (1914) Illinois & Minnesota (1915) Ohio State (1916)
Big Ten	Ohio State (1917) Illinois, Michigan, & Purdue (1918) Illinois (1919) Ohio State (1920) Iowa (1921) Chicago, Iowa, & Michigan (1922) Illinois & Michigan (1923) Chicago (1924) Michigan (1925) Michigan & Northwestern (1926) Illinois & Minnesota (1927) Illinois (1928) Purdue (1929) Michigan & Northwestern (1930) Purdue, Michigan & Northwestern (1931) Michigan & Purdue (1932) Michigan & Minnesota (1933) Minnesota (1934) Minnesota & Ohio State (1935) Northwestern (1936) Minnesota (1937) Minnesota (1938) Ohio State (1939) Minnesota (1940) Minnesota (1941) Ohio State (1942) Michigan & Purdue (1943) Ohio State (1944) Indiana (1945)
Big Nine	Illinois (1946) Michigan (1947) Michigan (1948) Michigan & Ohio State (1949)
Big Ten	Michigan (1950) Illinois (1951) Purdue & Wisconsin (1952) Illinois & Michigan State (1953) Ohio State (1954) Ohio State (1955) Iowa (1956) Ohio State (1957) Iowa (1958) Wisconsin (1959) Minnesota & Iowa (1960) Ohio State (1961) Wisconsin (1962) Illinois (1963) Michigan (1964) Michigan State (1965) Michigan State (1966) Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue (1967) Ohio State (1968) Michigan & Ohio State (1969) Ohio State (1970) Michigan (1971) Michigan & Ohio State (1972) Michigan & Ohio State (1973) Michigan & Ohio State (1974) Ohio State (1975) Michigan & Ohio State (1976) Michigan & Ohio State (1977) Michigan & Michigan State (1978) Ohio State (1979) Michigan (1980) Iowa & Ohio State (1981) Michigan (1982) Illinois (1983) Ohio State (1984) Iowa (1985) Michigan & Ohio State (1986) Michigan State (1987) Michigan (1988) Michigan (1989) Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, & Michigan State (1990) Michigan (1991) Michigan (1992) Ohio State & Wisconsin (1993) Penn State (1994) Northwestern (1995) Ohio State & Northwestern (1996) Michigan (1997) Michigan, Ohio State, & Wisconsin (1998) Wisconsin (1999) Michigan, Northwestern, & Purdue (2000) Illinois (2001) Ohio State & Iowa (2002) Michigan (2003) Iowa & Michigan (2004) Ohio State & Penn State (2005) Ohio State (2006) Ohio State (2007) Ohio State & Penn State (2008) Ohio State (2009) Michigan State & Wisconsin (2010) Wisconsin (2011) Wisconsin (2012) Michigan State (2013) Ohio State (2014) Michigan State (2015) Penn State (2016) Ohio State (2017) Ohio State (2018) Ohio State (2019) Ohio State (2020) Michigan (2021) Michigan (2022) Michigan (2023) Oregon (2024)
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Current teams	Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Oregon Ducks Penn State Nittany Lions Purdue Boilermakers Rutgers Scarlet Knights UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Washington Huskies Wisconsin Badgers
Championships & awards	Conference champions All-time standings (1896–1958), (1959–present) Championship Game Individual awards All-Big Ten Conference teams Chicago Tribune Silver Football
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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