Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Most of its 14 member institutions are in the Midwestern United States. The conference footprint will expand to the country's Pacific coast in 2024.

Big Ten Conference logo
Members
Institution | Location | Founded | Joined Conference | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Varsity Teams | NCAA Championships (as of January 1, 2014) [1] (excludes football) |
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Urbana and Champaign, Illinois | 1867 | 1896 | Public | 42,728 | Fighting Illini | 21 | 18 |
Indiana University Bloomington | Bloomington, Indiana | 1820 | 1899 (Athletics 1900) |
Public | 39,990 | Hoosiers | 24 | 24 |
University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | 1847 | 1899 (Athletics 1900) |
Public | 30,409 | Hawkeyes | 24 | 25 |
University of Maryland, College Park | College Park, Maryland | 1856 | 2014 | Public | 37,631 | Terrapins | 20 | 25 |
University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 1817 | 1896 Inactive 1907-1916 |
Public | 40,025 | Wolverines | 27 | 35 |
Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan | 1855 | 1950 (Athletics 1953) |
Public | 45,520 | Spartans | 25 | 19 |
University of Minnesota | Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota | 1851 | 1896 | Public | 51,194 | Golden Gophers | 23 | 17 |
University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Lincoln, Nebraska | 1869 | 2011 | Public | 24,593 | Cornhuskers | 21 | 17 |
Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois | 1851 | 1896 | Private/Non-sectarian | 13,407 | Wildcats | 19 | 8 |
Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio | 1870 | 1912 | Public | 52,568 | Buckeyes | 35 | 25 |
Pennsylvania State University | University Park, Pennsylvania | 1855 | 1990 (Athletics 1993) |
Public | 42,914*[2] | Nittany Lions (Lady Lions for women's basketball only) | 31 | 43 |
Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana | 1869 | 1896 | Public | 39,333 | Boilermakers | 18 | 3 |
Rutgers University | New Brunswick and Piscataway, New Jersey | 1766 | 2014 | Public | 41,565 | Scarlet Knights | 27 | 1 |
University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin | 1848 | 1896 | Public | 41,466 | Badgers | 23 | 28 |
Future members
The Big Ten will add four members after the 2023–24 school year, all from the Pac-12 Conference.
Institution | Location | Founded | Joining Conference | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Varsity Teams | NCAA Championships (as of 2022–23) [1] (excludes football) |
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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 Ten sports | Main Conference |
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Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland | 1876 | 2014 | Private (nonsectarian) |
5,066 | Blue Jays | Men's lacrosse | Centennial Conference (Div. III) |
2016 | Women's lacrosse | |||||||
University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, Indiana | 1842 | 2017 | Private (Catholic) |
11,773 | Fighting Irish | Men's ice hockey | ACC |
References
- "How many NCAA Division I championships has your school won?". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- Includes only University Park campus. "Undergraduate Enrollment by Level". Penn State Bursar. Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
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