Big Ten Conference football champions
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[edit] Yearly Big Ten Conference football champions
| 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 |
- A school name with an asterisk following it (ex: Ohio State*) acknowledges a major recognized national championship for that season. National Championships are from the NCAA Division I-A national football championship page, under the table of recognized national championships. Like that page states, the posted information is under constant debate. See here for what minor polls selected as national champions in past years.
[edit] Championships by school
| School | Big Ten Championships |
Last Big Ten Championship |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago* | 7 | 1924 |
| Illinois | 15 | 2001 |
| Indiana | 2 | 1967 |
| Iowa | 11 | 2004 |
| Michigan | 42 | 2004 |
| Michigan State | 6 | 1990 |
| Minnesota | 18 | 1967 |
| Northwestern | 8 | 2000 |
| Ohio State | 31 | 2006 |
| Penn State | 2 | 2005 |
| Purdue | 8 | 2000 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | 1999 |
* Chicago discontinued its football program in 1939 and withdrew from the conference in 1946.
