Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Most of its 18 member institutions are in the Midwestern United States. The conference footprint expanded to the country's Pacific coast in 2024.

Members
InstitutionLocationFoundedJoined ConferenceAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameVarsity TeamsNCAA Championships (as of January 1, 2014)  (excludes football)University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana and Champaign, Illinois18671896Public42,728Fighting Illini2118Indiana University BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana18201899(Athletics 1900)Public39,990Hoosiers2424University of IowaIowa City, Iowa18481899(Athletics 1900)Public30,409Hawkeyes2425 MarylandUniversity of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland 1856 2014 Public 37,631 Terrapins 20 25University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan18171896 Inactive  1907-1916Public40,025Wolverines2735Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan18551950 (Athletics 1953)Public45,520Spartans2519University of MinnesotaMinneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota18511896Public51,194 Golden Gophers2317University of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln, Nebraska18692011Public24,593Cornhuskers2117Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois18511896Private/Non-sectarian13,407 Wildcats198Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio18701912Public52,568Buckeyes3525Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, Pennsylvania18551990 (Athletics 1993)Public42,914*Includes only University Park campus.   Nittany Lions (Lady Lions for women's basketball only)3143Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, Indiana18691896Public39,333Boilermakers183 Rutgers University New Brunswick and Piscataway, New Jersey 1766 2014 Public 41,565 Scarlet Knights 27 1University of WisconsinMadison, Wisconsin18481896Public41,466Badgers2328

 Newest members 
The Big Ten added four members after the 2023–24 school year, all from the Pac-12 Conference.
InstitutionLocationFoundedJoining ConferenceAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameVarsity TeamsNCAA Championships (as of 2022–23)  (excludes football) University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 1876 2024 Public 23,202 Ducks 20 34 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, California 1919 2024 Public 45,900 Bruins 25 121 University of Southern California (USC) Los Angeles, California 1880 2024 Private 49,500 Trojans 23 112 University of Washington Seattle, Washington 1861 2024 Public 49,522 Huskies 22 9

Associate members
The Big Ten gained its first "associate member"—i.e., a school playing only a small number of sports (in this case, one) in the conference—in 2014. The same school brought a second sport into the Big Ten in 2016. A second school became an associate member in 2017.
 School  Location  Founded  Joined  Type(affiliation)  Enrollment  Nickname  Big Tensports  Main Conference Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland 1876 2014 Private(nonsectarian) 5,066 Blue Jays  Centennial Conference (Div. III) 2016   Notre Dame, Indiana 1842 2017 Private(Catholic) 11,773 Fighting Irish  ACC

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