Big Ten baseball champions
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The Big Ten Conference
has been playing baseball
since 1896. From 1896 to 1980 the conference champion was determined by the team or teams with the best record. In the 1981 the conference began a tournament to name its champion. The conference also split the 10 schools into two divisions:East and West. In 1988 the conference went back to a single division but still used the tournament to determine its champion. In 1993 the conference returned to using the regular season to name it champion while the team that wins the tournament receives the automatic bid to the NCAA's College World Series
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Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
has been playing baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
since 1896. From 1896 to 1980 the conference champion was determined by the team or teams with the best record. In the 1981 the conference began a tournament to name its champion. The conference also split the 10 schools into two divisions:East and West. In 1988 the conference went back to a single division but still used the tournament to determine its champion. In 1993 the conference returned to using the regular season to name it champion while the team that wins the tournament receives the automatic bid to the NCAA's College World Series
College World Series
The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...
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1896-1980 regular season champions
- 1896 Chicago
- 1897 Chicago
- 1898 Chicago
- 1899 Chicago and Michigan
- 1900 Illinois
- 1901 Michigan
- 1902 Wisconsin
- 1903 Illinois
- 1904 Illinois
- 1905 Michigan
- 1906 Illinois
- 1907 Illinois
- 1908 Illinois
- 1909 Purdue
- 1910 Illinois
- 1911 Illinois
- 1912 Wisconsin
- 1913 Chicago
- 1914 Illinois
- 1915 Illinois
- 1916 Illinois
- 1917 Ohio State
- 1918 Michigan
- 1919 Michigan
- 1920 Michigan
- 1921 Illinois
- 1922 Illinois
- 1923 Michigan
- 1924 Michigan and Ohio State
- 1925 Indiana
- 1926 Michigan
- 1927 Illinois and Iowa
- 1928 Michigan
- 1929 Michigan
- 1930 Wisconsin
- 1931 Illinois
- 1932 Indiana
- 1933 Minnesota
- 1934 Illinois
- 1935 Minnesota
- 1936 Michigan
- 1937 Illinois
- 1938 Indiana and Iowa
- 1939 Iowa
- 1940 Illinois and Northwestern
- 1941 Michigan
- 1942 Iowa and Michigan
- 1943 Ohio State
- 1944 Michigan
- 1945 Michigan
- 1946 Wisconsin
- 1947 Illinois
- 1948 Illinois and Michigan
- 1949 Iowa and Michigan
- 1950 Michigan and Wisconsin
- 1951 Ohio State
- 1952 Illinois and Michigan
- 1953 Illinois and Michigan
- 1954 Michigan State
- 1955 Ohio State
- 1956 Minnesota
- 1957 Northwestern
- 1958 Minnesota
- 1959 Minnesota
- 1960 Minnesota
- 1961 Michigan
- 1962 Illinois
- 1963 Illinois
- 1964 Minnesota
- 1965 Ohio State
- 1966 Ohio State
- 1967 Ohio State
- 1968 Minnesota
- 1969 Minnesota
- 1970 Minnesota
- 1971 Michigan State
- 1972 Iowa
- 1973 Minnesota
- 1974 Iowa and Minnesota
- 1975 Michigan
- 1976 Michigan
- 1977 Minnesota
- 1978 Michigan
- 1979 Michigan State
- 1980 Michigan
1981-1992
| Divisions for Baseball ('81-'87) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| West | East | ||
| Illinois | Indiana | ||
| Iowa | Michigan | ||
| Minnesota | Michigan State | ||
| Northwestern | Ohio State | ||
| Wisconsin | Purdue | ||
| Year | Tournament champion | East regular season champion | West regular season champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Michigan | Michigan | Minnesota |
| 1982 | Minnesota | Ohio State | Illinois |
| 1983 | Michigan | Michigan | Minnesota |
| 1984 | Michigan | Michigan | Minnesota |
| 1985 | Minnesota | Michigan | Illinois |
| 1986 | Michigan | Michigan | Minnesota |
| 1987 | Michigan | Michigan | Minnesota |
| Year | Tournament champion | Best regular season record |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Minnesota | Michigan |
| 1989 | Illinois | Michigan |
| 1990 | Illinois | Iowa |
| 1991 | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 1992 | Minnesota | Ohio State |
1993-present
| Year | Conference champion | Tournament champion |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 1994 | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 1995 | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 1996 | Penn State | Indiana |
| 1997 | Michigan | Ohio State |
| 1998 | Illinois | Minnesota |
| 1999 | Ohio State | Michigan |
| 2000 | Minnesota | Illinois |
| 2001 | Ohio State | Minnesota |
| 2002 | Minnesota | Ohio State |
| 2003 | Minnesota | Ohio State |
| 2004 | Minnesota | Minnesota |
| 2005 | Illinois | Ohio State |
| 2006 | Michigan | Michigan |
| 2007 | Michigan | Ohio State |
| 2008 | Michigan | Michigan |
| 2009 | Ohio State | Indiana |
| 2010 | Minnesota | Minnesota |
| 2011 | Illinois/Michigan State | Illinois |
Membership and Championship Totals
- In the early years of the conference, schools did not field a team every season. The years listed are when they first began competing for the league title.
School First Year of
CompetitionLast Year of
CompetitionRegular
Season
ChampionshipsTournament
ChampionshipsBig Ten Baseball TournamentThe Big Ten Baseball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.-History:...Chicago University of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...1896 1946 5 0 Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...1896 - 29 3 Indiana Indiana UniversityIndiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...1906 - 4 2 Iowa University of IowaThe University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...1906 - 7 0 Michigan University of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...1896 - 35 8 Michigan State Michigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...1951 - 4 0 Minnesota University of MinnesotaThe University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...1906 - 22 9 Nebraska 2012 - 0 0 Northwestern Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....1898 - 2 0 Ohio State Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...1913 - 15 8 Penn State Pennsylvania State UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...1992 - 1 0 Purdue Purdue UniversityPurdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...1906 - 1 0 Wisconsin University of Wisconsin–MadisonThe University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...1896 1991 5 0
- Chicago withdrew from the Big Ten after the 1946 season and currently competes in the UAAUniversity Athletic AssociationThe University Athletic Association is an American athletic conference that competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. Member teams are located in Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, and New York...
. - Wisconsin dropped its baseball program after the 1991 season.