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 1981 the Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was established to decide 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 the champion. In 1993 the conference returned to using the regular season to name its champion while the team that wins the tournament receives the automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

Champions

These are the official Big Ten champions based on standings, the system used from 1896 to 1980 and from 1993 to the present. (From 1981 to 1992, the champion was determined by the conference tournament.)

Year Champion National Championship Notes
1896ChicagoOnly  Chicago ,  Illinois ,  Michigan , and  Wisconsin  compete.
1897Chicago
1898ChicagoFirst season  Northwestern  competed.
1899Michigan
1900Illinois
1901Michigan
1902Wisconsin
1903Illinois
1904Illinois
1905Michigan
1906IllinoisFirst season  Indiana ,  Iowa ,  Minnesota , and  Purdue  competed.
1907Illinois
1908Illinois
1909Purdue
1910Illinois
1911Illinois
1912Wisconsin
1913ChicagoFirst season  Ohio State  competed.
1914Illinois
1915Illinois
1916Illinois
1917Ohio State
1918Michigan
1919Michigan
1920Michigan
1921Illinois
1922Illinois
1923Michigan
1924Michigan
Ohio State
1925Indiana
1926Michigan
1927Illinois
Iowa
1928Michigan
1929Michigan
1930Wisconsin
1931Illinois
1932Indiana
1933Minnesota
1934Illinois
1935Minnesota
1936Michigan
1937Illinois
1938Indiana
Iowa
1939Iowa
1940Illinois
Northwestern
1941Michigan
1942Iowa
Michigan
1943Ohio State
1944Michigan
1945Michigan
1946WisconsinLast season Chicago competed.
1947IllinoisTie games began counting as 1/2 a win and 1/2 a loss.
1948Illinois
Michigan
1949Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
1950Michigan
Wisconsin
1951Ohio StateFirst season  Michigan State  competed.
1952Illinois
Michigan
1953Illinois
Michigan
Michigan
1954Michigan State
1955Ohio State
1956MinnesotaMinnesota
1957Northwestern
1958Minnesota
1959Minnesota
1960MinnesotaMinnesota
1961Michigan
1962IllinoisMichigan
1963Illinois
1964MinnesotaMinnesota
1965Ohio State
1966Ohio StateOhio State
1967Ohio State
1968Minnesota
1969Minnesota
1970Minnesota
1971Michigan State
1972Iowa
1973Minnesota
1974Minnesota
Iowa
1975Michigan
1976Michigan
1977Minnesota
1978Michigan
1979Michigan State
1980Michigan
1981MichiganBig Ten tournament winner declared conference champion.
1982Minnesota
1983Michigan
1984Michigan
1985Minnesota
1986Michigan
1987Michigan
1988Minnesota
1989Illinois
1990Illinois
1991Ohio StateLast season Wisconsin competed.
1992MinnesotaFirst season  Penn State  competed.
1993Ohio StateRegular season winner declared conference champion.
Big Ten tournament used to determine NCAA automatic qualifier only.
1994Ohio State
1995Ohio State
1996Penn State
1997Michigan
1998Illinois
1999Ohio State
2000Minnesota
2001Ohio State
2002Minnesota
2003Minnesota
2004Minnesota
2005Illinois
2006Michigan
2007Michigan
2008Michigan
2009Ohio State
2010Minnesota
2011Michigan State
Illinois
2012PurdueFirst season  Nebraska  competed.
2013Indiana
2014Indiana
2015IllinoisFirst season  Maryland  and  Rutgers  competed.
2016Minnesota
2017Nebraska
2018Minnesota
2019Indiana
2020Season cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021Nebraska
2022Maryland
2023Maryland
2024
2025 Oregon ,  UCLA ,  USC , and  Washington  will begin league play.[1]

Championships by school

SchoolBig Ten
Championships
Years
Michigan 351899, 1901, 1905, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008
Illinois 301900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1922, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1962, 1963, 1989, 1990, 1998, 2005, 2011, 2015
Minnesota 24 1933, 1935, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2018
Ohio State 151917, 1924, 1943, 1951, 1955, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2009
Iowa 71927, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1949, 1972, 1974
Indiana 71925, 1932, 1938, 1949, 2013, 2014, 2019
Wisconsin 51902, 1912, 1930, 1946, 1950
Chicago 41896, 1897, 1898, 1913
Michigan State 41954, 1971, 1979, 2011
Northwestern 21940, 1957
Purdue 21909, 2012
Nebraska 22017, 2021
Maryland 22022, 2023
Penn State 11996
Rutgers 0

Italics indicates a team no longer competing in baseball in the Big Ten.

Bold indicates an outright Big Ten championship.

See also

List of Big Ten Conference softball champions

References

  1. "Big Ten adds Oregon, Washington as newest members in blow to Pac-12". ESPN=en. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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