This is a thread dedicated to our schools and their National Titles.
Please acknowledge if the sport is NCAA sponsored or not.
We will acknowledge schools and their achievements prior to joining this conference. We will NOT include those numbers as part of the BIG totals.
BIG Ten Totals 6/27/24
Fall Sports
Men's cross country (12)
Year School
1938 Indiana
1940 Indiana
1942 Indiana†
1955 Michigan State
1956 Michigan State
1958 Michigan State
1959 Michigan State
1982 Wisconsin
1985 Wisconsin
1988 Wisconsin
2005 Wisconsin
2011 Wisconsin
Women's cross country (3)
1984 Wisconsin
1985 Wisconsin
2014 Michigan State
Field hockey (4)
Year School
1986 Iowa
2001 Michigan
2021 Northwestern
2024 Northwestern
Football (44)
The Division I (FBS) football championship is not officially bestowed by the NCAA; however, the Big Ten teams among the champions and co-champions listed in its official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records[1] book are shown below.
Year National Champion(s)†
1901 Michigan & 2 others
1902 Michigan & 1 other
1903 Michigan & 1 other
1904 Michigan, Minnesota & 1 other
1905 Chicago & 1 other
1913 Chicago & 2 others
1914 Illinois & 2 others
1918 Michigan & 1 other
1919 Illinois & 4 others
1921 Iowa & 5 others
1922 Iowa & 4 others
1923 Illinois, Michigan & 2 others
1925 Michigan & 2 others
1926 Michigan & 4 others
1927 Illinois & 4 others
1931 Purdue & 2 others
1932 Michigan & 2 others
1933 Michigan, Ohio State & 2 others
1934 Minnesota & 1 other
1935 Minnesota & 4 others
1936 Minnesota & 2 others
1940 Minnesota & 2 others
1941 Minnesota & 2 others
1942 Ohio State, Wisconsin & 1 other
1944 Ohio State & 1 other
1947 Michigan & 1 other
1948 Michigan
1954 Ohio State & 1 other
1957 Ohio State & 1 other
1958 Iowa & 1 other
1960 Minnesota & 1 other
1961 Ohio State & 1 other
1965 Michigan State & 1 other
1966 Michigan State & 1 other
1968 Ohio State
1970 Ohio State & 2 others
1997 Michigan & 1 other
2002 Ohio State
2014 Ohio State
2023 Michigan
2024 Ohio State
Men's soccer (12)
Year School
1967 Michigan State†
1968 Michigan State‡
1982 Indiana
1983 Indiana
1988 Indiana
1995 Wisconsin
1998 Indiana
1999 Indiana
2003 Indiana
2004 Indiana
2012 Indiana
2018 Maryland
Women's soccer (1)
Year School
2015 Penn State
Women's volleyball (11)
Year School
1999 Penn State
2007 Penn State
2008 Penn State
2009 Penn State
2010 Penn State
2013 Penn State
2014 Penn State
2015 Nebraska
2017 Nebraska
2021 Wisconsin
2024 Penn State
Winter Sports
Men's basketball (10)
Year School
1902 Minnesota†
1907 Chicago†
1908 Chicago†
1909 Chicago†
1912 Wisconsin†
1914 Wisconsin†
1915 Illinois†
1916 Wisconsin†
1919 Minnesota†
1931 Northwestern†
1932 Purdue†
1940 Indiana
1941 Wisconsin
1953 Indiana
1960 Ohio State
1976 Indiana
1979 Michigan State
1981 Indiana
1987 Indiana
1989 Michigan
2000 Michigan State
† Selected by Helms Athletic Foundation, formed in 1936, who compiled a retroactive list of college basketball champions in 1942 for the previous 41 years. In 12 of those years, a Big Ten team was selected: 1902, 1907–09, 1912, 1914–16, 1919, 1931–32, 1941. Chicago's 1908 national title was won in a championship series against the University of Pennsylvania.
Women's basketball (1)
Year School
1999 Purdue
Men's gymnastics (25)
Year School
1938 Chicago
1939 Illinois
1940 Illinois
1941 Illinois
1942 Illinois
1950 Illinois
1955 Illinois
1956 Illinois
1958 Illinois & Michigan State
1963 Michigan
1969 Iowa
1970 Michigan
1984 Ohio State
1989 Illinois
1996 Ohio State
1999 Michigan
2000 Penn State
2001 Ohio State
2004 Penn State
2007 Penn State
2010 Michigan
2012 Illinois
2013 Michigan
2014 Michigan
Trampoline (2)
Year School
1969 Michigan
1970 Michigan
Women's gymnastics (1)
Year School
2021 Michigan
Men's ice hockey (23)
Men's ice hockey became an official Big Ten sport in the 2013–14 season.
Year School
1948 Michigan
1951 Michigan
1952 Michigan
1953 Michigan
1955 Michigan
1956 Michigan
1964 Michigan
1966 Michigan State
1973 Wisconsin
1974 Minnesota
1976 Minnesota
1977 Wisconsin
1979 Minnesota
1981 Wisconsin
1983 Wisconsin
1986 Michigan State
1990 Wisconsin
1996 Michigan
1998 Michigan
2002 Minnesota
2003 Minnesota
2006 Wisconsin
2007 Michigan State
Men's swimming and diving (29)
Year School
1924 Northwestern†
1927 Michigan†
1928 Michigan†
1929 Northwestern†
1930 Northwestern†[6]
1931 Michigan†[7]
1932 Michigan†
1933 Northwestern†[8]
1934 Michigan†
1935 Michigan†
1936 Michigan†
1937 Michigan
1938 Michigan
1939 Michigan
1940 Michigan
1941 Michigan
1943 Ohio State
1945 Ohio State
1946 Ohio State
1947 Ohio State
1948 Michigan
1949 Ohio State
1950 Ohio State
1952 Ohio State
1954 Ohio State
1955 Ohio State
1956 Ohio State
1957 Michigan
1958 Michigan
1959 Michigan
1961 Michigan
1962 Ohio State
1968 Indiana
1969 Indiana
1970 Indiana
1971 Indiana
1972 Indiana
1973 Indiana
1995 Michigan
2013 Michigan
Men's indoor track & field (1)
Year School
2007 Wisconsin
Men's wrestling (41)
Year School
1932 Indiana†
1967 Michigan State
1975 Iowa
1976 Iowa
1978 Iowa
1979 Iowa
1980 Iowa
1981 Iowa
1982 Iowa
1983 Iowa
1984 Iowa
1985 Iowa
1986 Iowa
1991 Iowa
1992 Iowa
1993 Iowa
1995 Iowa
1996 Iowa
1997 Iowa
1998 Iowa
1999 Iowa
2000 Iowa
2001 Minnesota
2002 Minnesota
2007 Minnesota
2008 Iowa
2009 Iowa
2010 Iowa
2011 Penn State
2012 Penn State
2013 Penn State
2014 Penn State
2015 Ohio State
2016 Penn State
2017 Penn State
2018 Penn State
2019 Penn State
2021 Iowa
2022 Penn State
2023 Penn State
2024 Penn State
† In 1928 and from 1931 to 1933, an NCAA team championship was not awarded because team scoring was unofficial.
Spring Sports
Baseball (6)
Year School
1953 Michigan
1956 Minnesota
1960 Minnesota
1962 Michigan
1964 Minnesota
1966 Ohio State
Men's golf (4)
Year School
1934 Michigan°
1935 Michigan°
1945 Ohio State
1961 Purdue
1979 Ohio State
2002 Minnesota
Women's golf (1)
Year School
2010 Purdue
Men's lacrosse (2)
Year School
2017 Maryland
2022 Maryland
Women's lacrosse (10)
Year School
2005 Northwestern
2006 Northwestern
2007 Northwestern
2008 Northwestern
2009 Northwestern
2011 Northwestern
2012 Northwestern
2015 Maryland
2017 Maryland
2019 Maryland
Women's rowing (3)
Prior to the NCAA sponsored championship, Wisconsin won 5 national titles.
Year School
1975 Wisconsin†
1976 Wisconsin†
1977 Wisconsin†
1978 Wisconsin†
1986 Wisconsin†
2013 Ohio State
2014 Ohio State
2015 Ohio State
† NWRA College Eights Champion
Softball (1)
Prior to the NCAA sponsored championship, Michigan State won 1 national title.
Year School
1976 Michigan State†
2005 Michigan
Men's tennis (2)
Year School
1957 Michigan
2003 Illinois
Men's outdoor track & field (9)
Year School
1921 Illinois
1923 Michigan
1927 Illinois†
1929 Ohio State
1932 Indiana
1944 Illinois
1946 Illinois
1947 Illinois
1948 Minnesota
† From 1925 through 1927, the NCAA team championship was unofficial because team points were not officially scored.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bi...mpionships