List of Big Ten Conference football champions
Champions by year
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.

List of Big Ten Conference football champions

Section Title: Champions by year
Table Section Text: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ohio State	5–0	7–1	Started in 1936	Started in 1950	–	Francis Schmidt

1936	Northwestern	6–0	7–1	#7	Started in 1950	–	Pappy Waldorf

1937	Minnesota	5–0	6–2	#5	Started in 1950	–	Bernie Bierman

1938	Minnesota	4–1	6–2	#10	Started in 1950	–	Bernie Bierman

1939	Ohio State	5–1	6–2	#15	Started in 1950	–	Francis Schmidt

1940	Minnesota*	6–0	8–0	#1	Started in 1950	–	Bernie Bierman

1941	Minnesota*	5–0	8–0	#1	Started in 1950	–	Bernie Bierman

1942	Ohio State*	5–1	9–1	#1	Started in 1950	–	Paul Brown

1943	Michigan	6–0	8–1	#3	Started in 1950	–	Fritz Crisler

Purdue	6–0	9–0	#5	Started in 1950	–	Elmer Burnham

1944	Ohio State	6–0	9–0	#2	Started in 1950	–	Carroll Widdoes

1945	Indiana	5–0–1	9–0–1	#4	Started in 1950	–	Bo McMillin

1946	Illinois	6–1	8–2	#5	Started in 1950	W Rose Bowl 45–14 vs. UCLA	Ray Eliot

1947	Michigan*	6–0	10–0	#2	Started in 1950	W Rose Bowl 49–0 vs. USC	Fritz Crisler

1948	Michigan*	5–0	9–0	#1	Started in 1950	–	Bennie Oosterbaan

1949	Michigan	4–1–1	6–2–1	#7	Started in 1950	–	Bennie Oosterbaan

Ohio State	4–1–1	7–1–2	#4	Started in 1950	W Rose Bowl 17-14 vs. California	Wes Fesler

1950	Michigan	4–1–1	6–3–1	#9	#6	W Rose Bowl 14–6 vs. California	Bennie Oosterbaan

1951	Illinois	5–0–1	9–0–1	#4	#3	W Rose Bowl 40–7 vs. Stanford	Ray Eliot

1952	Purdue	4–1–1	4–3–2	#18	#12	–	Stu Holcomb

Wisconsin	4–1–1	6–3–1	#11	#10	L Rose Bowl 7–0 vs. USC	Ivy Williamson

1953	Illinois	5–1	7–1–1	#7	#7	–	Ray Eliot

Michigan State	5–1	9–1	#3	#3	W Rose Bowl 28–20 vs. UCLA	Clarence Munn

1954	Ohio State*	7–0	10–0	#1	#2	W Rose Bowl 20–7 vs. USC	Woody Hayes

1955	Ohio State	6–0	7–2	#5	#5	–	Woody Hayes

1956	Iowa	5–1	9–1	#3	#3	W Rose Bowl 35–19 vs. Oregon State	Forest Evashevski

1957	Ohio State*	7–0	9–1	#2	#1	W Rose Bowl 10–7 vs. Oregon	Woody Hayes

1958	Iowa*	5–1	8–1–1	#2	#2	W Rose Bowl 38–12 vs. California	Forest Evashevski

1959	Wisconsin	5–2	7–3	#6	#6	L Rose Bowl 44–8 vs. Washington	Milt Bruhn

1960	Iowa	5–1	8–1	#3	#2	–	Forest Evashevski

Minnesota*	6–1	8–2	#1	#1	L Rose Bowl 17–7 vs. Washington	Murray Warmath

1961	Ohio State*	6–0	8–0–1	#2	#2	–	Woody Hayes

1962	Wisconsin	6–1	8–2	#2	#2	L Rose Bowl 42–37 vs. USC	Milt Bruhn

1963	Illinois	5–1–1	8–1–1	#2	#2	W Rose Bowl 17–7 vs. Washington	Pete Elliott

1964	Michigan	6–1	9–1	#4	#4	W Rose Bowl 34–7 vs. Oregon State	Bump Elliott

1965	Michigan State*	7–0	10–1	#2	#1	L Rose Bowl 14–12 vs. UCLA	Duffy Daugherty

1966	Michigan State*	7–0	9–0–1	#2	#2	–	Duffy Daugherty

1967	Indiana	6–1	9–2	#4	#6	L Rose Bowl 14–3 vs. USC	John Pont

Minnesota	6–1	8–2	–	#14	–	Murray Warmath

Purdue	6–1	8–2	#9	#9	–	Jack Mollenkopf

1968	Ohio State*	7–0	10–0	#1	#1	W Rose Bowl 27–16 vs. USC	Woody Hayes

1969	Michigan	6–1	8–3	#9	#8	L Rose Bowl 10–3 vs. USC	Bo Schembechler

Ohio State	6–1	8–1	#4	#5	–	Woody Hayes

1970	Ohio State*	7–0	9–1	#5	#2	L Rose Bowl 27–17 vs. Stanford	Woody Hayes

1971	Michigan	8–0	11–1	#6	#4	L Rose Bowl 13–12 vs. Stanford	Bo Schembechler

1972	Michigan	7–1	10–1	#6	#6	–	Bo Schembechler

Ohio State	7–1	9–2	#9	#3	L Rose Bowl 42–17 vs. USC	Woody Hayes

1973	Michigan	7–0–1	10–0–1	#6	#6	–	Bo Schembechler

Ohio State	7–0–1	10–0–1	#2	#3	W Rose Bowl 42–21 vs. USC	Woody Hayes

1974	Michigan	7–1	10–1	#3	#5	–	Bo Schembechler

Ohio State	7–1	10–2	#4	#3	L Rose Bowl 18–17 vs. USC	Woody Hayes

1975	Ohio State	8–0	11–1	#4	#4	L Rose Bowl 23–10 vs. UCLA	Woody Hayes

1976	Michigan	7–1	10–2	#3	#3	L Rose Bowl 14–6 vs. USC	Bo Schembechler

Ohio State	7–1	9–2–1	#6	#5	W Orange Bowl 27–10 vs. Colorado	Woody Hayes

1977	Michigan	7–1	10–2	#9	#8	L Rose Bowl 27–20 vs. Washington	Bo Schembechler

Ohio State	7–1	9–3	#11	#12	L Sugar Bowl 35–6 vs. Alabama	Woody Hayes

1978	Michigan	7–1	10–2	#5	#5	L Rose Bowl 17–10 vs. USC	Bo Schembechler

Michigan State	7–1	8–3	#12	–	–	Darryl Rogers

1979	Ohio State	8–0	11–1	#4	#4	L Rose Bowl 17–16 vs. USC	Earle Bruce

1980	Michigan	8–0	10–2	#4	#4	W Rose Bowl 23–6 vs. Washington	Bo Schembechler

1981	Iowa	6–2	8–4	#18	#15	L Rose Bowl 28–0 vs. Washington	Hayden Fry

Ohio State	6–2	9–3	#15	#12	W Liberty Bowl 31–28 vs. Navy	Earle Bruce

1982	Michigan	8–1	8–4	–	#15	L Rose Bowl 24–14 vs. UCLA	Bo Schembechler

1983	Illinois	9–0	10–2	#10	#10	L Rose Bowl 45–9 vs. UCLA	Mike White

1984	Ohio State	7–2	9–3	#13	#12	L Rose Bowl 20–17 vs. USC	Earle Bruce

1985	Iowa	7–1	10–2	#10	#9	L Rose Bowl 45–28 vs. UCLA	Hayden Fry

1986	Michigan	7–1	11–2	#8	#7	L Rose Bowl 22–15 vs. Arizona State	Bo Schembechler

Ohio State	7–1	10–3	#7	#6	W Cotton Bowl Classic 28–12 vs. Texas A&M	Earle Bruce

1987	Michigan State	7–0–1	9–2–1	#8	#8	W Rose Bowl 20–17 vs. USC	George Perles

1988	Michigan	7–0–1	9–2–1	#4	#4	W Rose Bowl 22–14 vs. USC	Bo Schembechler

1989	Michigan	8–0	10–2	#7	#8	L Rose Bowl 17–10 vs. USC	Bo Schembechler

1990	Illinois	6–2	8–4	#25	#24	L Hall of Fame Bowl 30–0 vs. Clemson	John Mackovic

Iowa	6–2	8–4	#18	#16	L Rose Bowl 46–34 vs. Washington	Hayden Fry

Michigan	6–2	9–3	#7	#8	W Gator Bowl 35–3 vs. Ole Miss	Gary Moeller

Michigan State	6–2	8–3–1	#16	#14	W John Hancock Bowl 17–16 vs. USC	George Perles

1991	Michigan	8–0	10–2	#6	#6	L Rose Bowl 34–14 vs. Washington	Gary Moeller

1992	Michigan	6–0–2	9–0–3	#5	#5	W Rose Bowl 38–31 vs. Washington	Gary Moeller

1993	Ohio State	6–1–1	10–1–1	#11	#10	W Holiday Bowl 28–21 vs. BYU	John Cooper

Wisconsin	6–1–1	10–1–1	#6	#5	W Rose Bowl 21–16 vs. UCLA	Barry Alvarez

1994	Penn State	8–0	12–0	#2	#2	W Rose Bowl 38–20 vs. Oregon	Joe Paterno

1995	Northwestern	8–0	10–2	#8	#7	L Rose Bowl 41–32 vs. USC	Gary Barnett

1996	Northwestern	7–1	9–3	#15	#16	L Florida Citrus Bowl 48–28 vs. Tennessee	Gary Barnett

Ohio State	7–1	11–1	#2	#2	W Rose Bowl 20–17 vs. Arizona State	John Cooper

1997	Michigan*	8–0	12–0	#1	#2	W Rose Bowl 21–16 vs. Washington State	Lloyd Carr

1998	Michigan	7–1	10–3	#12	#12	W Florida Citrus Bowl 45–31 vs. Arkansas	Lloyd Carr

Ohio State	7–1	11–1	#2	#2	W Sugar Bowl 24–14 vs. Texas A&M	John Cooper

Wisconsin	7–1	11–1	#6	#5	W Rose Bowl 38–31 vs. UCLA	Barry Alvarez

1999	Wisconsin	7–1	10–2	#4	#4	W Rose Bowl 17–9 vs. Stanford	Barry Alvarez

2000	Michigan	6–2	9–3	#11	#10	W Florida Citrus Bowl 31–28 vs. Auburn	Lloyd Carr

Northwestern	6–2	8–4	–	–	L Alamo Bowl 66–17 vs. Nebraska	Randy Walker

Purdue	6–2	8–4	#13	#13	L Rose Bowl 34–24 vs. Washington	Joe Tiller

2001	Illinois	7–1	10–2	#12	#12	L Sugar Bowl 47–34 vs. LSU	Ron Turner

2002	Iowa	8–0	11–2	#8	#8	L Orange Bowl 38–17 vs. USC	Kirk Ferentz

Ohio State*	8–0	14–0	#1	#1	W Fiesta Bowl 31–24 vs. Miami	Jim Tressel

2003	Michigan	7–1	10–3	#6	#7	L Rose Bowl 28–14 vs. USC	Lloyd Carr

2004	Iowa	7–1	10–2	#8	#8	W Capital One Bowl 30–25 vs. LSU	Kirk Ferentz

Michigan	7–1	9–3	#14	#12	L Rose Bowl 38–37 vs. Texas	Lloyd Carr

2005	Ohio State	7–1	10–2	#4	#4	W Fiesta Bowl 34–20 vs. Notre Dame	Jim Tressel

Penn State	7–1	11–1	#3	#3	W Orange Bowl 26–23 3OT vs. Florida State	Joe Paterno

2006	Ohio State	8–0	12–1	#2	#2	L BCS Championship Game 41–14 vs. Florida	Jim Tressel

2007	Ohio State	7–1	11–2	#5	#4	L BCS Championship Game 38–24 vs. LSU	Jim Tressel

2008	Ohio State	7–1	10–3	#9	#11	L Fiesta Bowl 24–21 vs. Texas	Jim Tressel

Penn State	7–1	11–2	#8	#8	L Rose Bowl 24-38 vs. USC	Joe Paterno

2009	Ohio State	7–1	11–2	#5	#5	W Rose Bowl 26–17 vs. Oregon	Jim Tressel

2010^	Michigan State	7–1	11–2	#14	#14	L Capital One Bowl 49–7 vs. Alabama	Mark Dantonio

Wisconsin	7–1	11–2	#7	#8	L Rose Bowl 21–19 vs. TCU	Bret Bielema

2011	Wisconsin	6–2	11–3	#10	#11	L Rose Bowl 45–38 vs. Oregon	Bret Bielema

2012	Wisconsin	4–4	8–6	–	–	L Rose Bowl 20–14 vs. Stanford	Bret Bielema

2013	Michigan State	8–0	13–1	#3	#3	W Rose Bowl 24–20 vs. Stanford	Mark Dantonio

2014	Ohio State*	8–0	14–1	#1	#1	W CFP Semifinal at Sugar Bowl 42–35 vs. Alabama W College Football Playoff National Championship 42–20 vs. Oregon	Urban Meyer

2015	Michigan State	7–1	12–2	#6	#6	L CFP Semifinal at Cotton Bowl 38–0 vs. Alabama	Mark Dantonio

2016	Penn State	8–1	11–3	#7	#7	L Rose Bowl 52–49 vs. USC	James Franklin

2017	Ohio State	8–1	12–2	#5	#5	W Cotton Bowl 24–7 vs. USC	Urban Meyer

2018	Ohio State	8–1	13–1	#3	#3	W Rose bowl 28–23 vs. Washington	Urban Meyer

Sentence(s)

Joe Paterno's Penn State won the Big Ten Championship three times (1994, 2005, and 2008).

final_sentence: Joe Paterno's Penn State won the Big Ten Championship three times (1994, 2005, and 2008).