Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference
Established: 1896
NCAA	Division I FBS
Members	11
Sports fielded	25 (men's: 12; women's: 13)
Region	Midwestern United States Mid-Atlantic United States (Penn State)
Former names	Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives Big Nine Western Conference
Headquarters	Park Ridge, Illinois
Commissioner	James Delany (since 1989)
Website	http://www.bigten.org/
Locations

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east. The conference competes in the NCAA's Division I; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport. Member schools of the Big Ten also are members of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a leading educational consortium. Despite the conference's name, since Penn State joined in 1990, there have been 11 schools in the Big Ten, as signified by the hidden "11" in negative space of the Big Ten Conference logo (each "1" is on either side of the "T" in "Ten").

Contents 1 Members 1.1 Endowment 1.2 Membership timeline 2 History 3 Commissioners 4 Football 4.1 Bowl games 4.1.1 Bowl selection procedures 4.2 Marching bands 5 Men's basketball 5.1 NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations 5.2 Post-season NIT championships 6 Women's basketball 6.1 NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations 6.2 Women's National Invitation Tournament championship games 7 Rivalries 7.1 Football 7.2 Basketball 7.3 Extra-conference rivalries 8 Conference facilities 9 Media 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

Members

The Big Ten is the only Division I conference to have all of its member institutions affiliated with the Association of American Universities, a prestigious collection of 60 research institutions, and leads all conferences in the total amount of research expenditures.

Big Ten institutions are also, along with charter member the University Chicago, part of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, which shares a $5.6 billion research fund.

All or most member schools participate in baseball, men's and women's basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track and field, rowing, men's and women's soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, women's volleyball and wrestling.

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined Big Ten	Affiliation	Undergrad Enrollment	Nickname	Varsity Teams	NCAA Championships (As of Fall 2008)[1] (excludes football)	Big Ten Championships (As of Spring 2008)[2]
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	Champaign, Illinois (75,254)	1867	1896	Public	30,895	Fighting Illini	21	17	226
Indiana University	Bloomington, Indiana (69,291)	1820	1899 (Athletics 1900)	Public	30,394	Hoosiers	24	23	161
University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa (67,062)	1847	1899 (Athletics 1900)	Public	20,907	Hawkeyes	24	23	103
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan (114,024)	1817	1896 Inactive 1907-1916	Public	26,083	Wolverines	27	32	343
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan (46,525)	1855	1950 (Athletics 1953)	Public	36,072	Spartans	25	19	78
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota (388,020)	1851	1896	Public	38,645	Golden Gophers	25	15	149
Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois (74,239)	1851	1896	Private/ Non-sectarian	8,284	Wildcats	19	5	68
Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio (747,755)	1870	1912	Public	40,212*[3]	Buckeyes	36	22	181
Pennsylvania State University	State College, Pennsylvania (38,420)	1855	1990 (Athletics 1993)	Public	36,612*[4]	Nittany Lions	29	35	45
Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana (28,778)	1869	1896	Public	31,290	Boilermakers	18	3	66
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin (223,389)	1848	1896	Public	28,999[5]	Badgers	23	25	179
Former Member	Location	Founded	Member of Big Ten	Affiliation	Undergrad Enrollment	Nickname	Varsity Teams	NCAA Championships (as a member)	Big Ten Championships
University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	1890	1896-1946	Private/Non-sectarian	5,027	Maroons	19	1	73

• The University of Chicago was a co-founder of the conference and still maintains affiliation through the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.
• Lake Forest College attended the original 1895 meeting that led to the formation of the conference, but did not join it.

Endowment

• Michigan - $7.1 billion ^[6]
• Northwestern - $6.5 billion ^[6]
• Minnesota - $2.8 billion ^[6]
• Ohio State - $2.3 billion ^[6]
• Purdue - $1.8 billion ^[6]
• Penn State - $1.6 billion ^[6]
• Wisconsin - $1.6 billion ^[6]
• Indiana - $1.6 billion ^[6]
• Illinois - $1.5 billion ^[6]
• Michigan State - $1.2 billion ^[6]
• Iowa - $1.0 billion^[6]

Membership timeline

History

On January 11, 1895, the presidents of the Universities of Chicago, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin; Northwestern and Purdue Universities, and Lake Forest College met in Chicago to discuss the regulation and control of intercollegiate athletics. The eligibility of student-athletes was one of the main topics of discussion.^[7] The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives was founded at a second meeting on February 8, 1896.^[8] Lake Forest was not at the 1896 meeting that established the conference and was replaced by the University of Michigan. At the time, the organization was more commonly known as the Western Conference, consisting of Purdue, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Chicago, and Northwestern.

The first reference to the conference as the Big Nine was in 1899 after Iowa and Indiana had joined. In January 1908, Michigan and the conference parted ways. Ohio State was added to the conference in 1912. The first reference to the conference as the Big Ten was in November 1917 after Michigan rejoined following a nine-year absence.

The conference was again known as the Big Nine after the University of Chicago decided to de-emphasize varsity athletics just after World War II. Chicago discontinued its football program in 1939 and withdrew from the conference in 1946 after struggling to gain victories in many conference matchups. It was believed that one of several schools, notably Pittsburgh, Nebraska, Michigan State, Marquette, Notre Dame, and Iowa State would replace Chicago at the time.^[9] On May 20, 1949,^[8] Michigan State ended the speculation by joining and the conference was again known as the Big Ten. The Big Ten's membership would remain unchanged for the next 40 years.

The conference’s official name throughout this period remained the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives. It did not formally adopt the name Big Ten until 1987, when it was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation. In 1990, the Big Ten universities voted to expand the conference to 11 teams, and extended an invitation to Penn State, which it accepted.^[10] When Penn State joined in 1990, it was decided that the conference would continue to be called the Big Ten, but its logo was modified to reflect the change; the number 11 is disguised in the white areas of the traditionally blue "Big Ten" lettering.

Following the addition of previously independent Penn State, efforts were made to encourage the University of Notre Dame, the last remaining non-service academy independent, to join the league. Early in the 20th century, Notre Dame had sought official entry into the Big Ten but was never extended an invitation.^[11] However, in 1999, both Notre Dame and the Big Ten entered into private negotiations concerning a possible membership that would include Notre Dame. Although the Notre Dame faculty senate endorsed the idea with a near unanimous vote, the ND board of trustees decided against joining the conference and Notre Dame ultimately withdrew from negotiations. [2]

The University of Texas also approached and entered into discussions with the Big Ten in the 1990s. UT was keen to upgrade it's academic profile and depart the SWC and desperate to seek affiliation with the Pac 10.

"Texas wanted desperately the academic patina that the Pac 10 yielded," recalls UT President Robert Berdahl,^{[citation needed]} who went on to serve as chancellor at Pac-10 member California-Berkeley. "To be associated with UCLA, Stanford and Cal in academics was very desirable."

Still, expansion in the Pac-10 depended on unanimous approval of the member schools. And Stanford, which had long battled UT in athletics as well as academics,^{[citation needed]} objected. For UT, the way west never materialized.

UT next approached the Big Ten. Having added Penn State in 1990, the Big Ten was now made of universities that, in the view of UT officials, matched UT's profile — large state schools with strong academic reputations. Berdahl liked the fact that all 11 conference members belonged to the American Association of Universities.

Yet, distance remained a disadvantage. Iowa, the closest Big Ten school to Austin, was 856 miles away.

But after adding Penn State in 1990, Big Ten officials had put a four-year moratorium on expansion. Although admitting interest, Big Ten bosses ultimately rejected UT's overtures.

Around 1993, it was also explored by the league to add Kansas, Missouri, and Rutgers, or other potential schools to create a 14-team league with two divisions.^[12] These talks died when the Big 8 Conference merged with former Southwest Conference members to create the Big 12.

Other possible universities that have gained favor for any possible expansion for the 12th spot in the conference include:

• University of Notre Dame^[13]
• Rutgers University^[14][15]
• Syracuse University^[14][15][16]
• University of Missouri^[15][16]
• University of Nebraska^[15][16]
• University of Pittsburgh^[17]

These schools all belong to rival BCS conferences, with the exception of University of Notre Dame football which is independent (all other Notre Dame sports teams compete in the Big East).

Commissioners

The office of the commissioner of athletics was created in 1922 "to study athletic problems of the various member universities and assist in enforcing the eligibility rules which govern Big Ten athletics."^[7]

Name	Years	Notes
Major John L. Griffith	1922–1944	died in office
Kenneth L. "Tug" Wilson	1945–1961	retired
Bill Reed	1961–1971	died in office
Wayne Duke	1971–1989	retired
James Delany	1989–present

Football

Bowl games

Since 1946, the Big Ten champion has had a tie-in with the Rose Bowl game, now a BCS bowl. The Big Ten also has tie-ins with six non-BCS bowls.

• Rose Bowl Game: Pasadena, California (Big Ten champion against Pac-10 champion)
• Capital One Bowl: Orlando, Florida (Big Ten #2 pick against SEC #2 pick)
• Outback Bowl: Tampa, Florida (Big Ten #3 pick against SEC #3/4 pick)
• Champs Sports Bowl: Orlando, Florida (Big Ten #4 pick against ACC #4 pick)
• Alamo Bowl: San Antonio, Texas (Big Ten #5 pick against Big 12 #4/5 pick)
• Insight Bowl: Tempe, Arizona (Big Ten #6 pick against Big 12 #6 pick)
• Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Detroit, Michigan (Big Ten #7 pick against MAC champion)

Beginning with the 2010 football season, the Big Ten will have a new postseason alignment:

• Rose Bowl Game: Pasadena, California (Big Ten champion against Pac-10 champion)
• Capital One Bowl: Orlando, Florida (Big Ten #2 pick against SEC #2 pick)
• Outback Bowl: Tampa, Florida (Big Ten #3 pick against SEC #3/4 pick)
• Gator Bowl: Jacksonville, Florida (Big Ten #4/5 pick against SEC pick)
• Insight Bowl: Tempe, Arizona (Big Ten #4/5 pick against Big 12 pick)
• Texas Bowl: Houston, Texas (Big Ten #6 pick against Big 12 #6 pick)
• Dallas Football Classic: Dallas, Texas (Big Ten #7 pick against Conference USA or #8 Big 12)
• Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Detroit, Michigan (Big Ten #8 pick against MAC champion)

Michigan appeared in the first bowl game, the 1902 Rose Bowl. The Big Ten did not allow their schools to participate in bowl games, other than the Rose Bowl, until the agreement struck with the Pacific Coast Conference for the 1947 Rose Bowl. From 1946 through 1971, the Big Ten did not allow the same team to represent the conference in consecutive years in the Rose Bowl with an exception made after the 1961 season in which Minnesota played in the 1962 Rose Bowl after playing in the 1961 Rose Bowl due to Ohio State declining the bid. It was not until the 1975 season that the Big Ten allowed teams to play in bowl games other than the Rose Bowl. Due to those rules, Big Ten powers such as Michigan and Ohio State have lower numbers of all-time bowl appearances than powerhouse teams from the Big 12 Conference (formerly the Big 8 Conference and Southwest Conference) and Southeastern Conference, which always placed multiple teams in bowl games every year.

Bowl selection procedures

Although the pick order usually corresponds to the conference standings, the bowls are not required to make their choices strictly according to the won-lost records; many factors influence bowl selections, especially the turnout of the fans for past bowl games. Picks are made after BCS selections; the bowl with the #2 pick will have the first pick of the remaining teams in the conference.

The Capital One, Outback, Alamo and Champs Sports Bowls can select any eligible team except a team that has two fewer wins or two more losses than another eligible team. The Insight and Motor City Bowls have no such restrictions, but if two Big Ten teams are selected by BCS bowls, the Alamo and Champs Sports Bowls also do not have that restriction. However, the bowls cannot select a 6-6 team if a 7-5 or better team is not selected by a Big Ten-affiliated bowl.^[18][19]

Marching bands

Big Ten football games are also well known for the participation and excellence of the Big Ten Conference universities' marching bands. Nine of the eleven participating Big Ten Conference universities have won the Sudler Trophy, the most prestigious award a collegiate marching band can receive. The first three trophies were all awarded to Big Ten conference members, and the Big Ten boasts more Sudler Trophy award winners than any other conference.

During the pre-game show performance, the marching band of a Big Ten Conference university has the tradition of playing the opposing team's fight song. The origin of this tradition is from the Big Ten's Purdue University where the "All-American" Marching Band became the first school in history to play their opponent's fight song.^{[20][21] [22]}

Men's basketball

The Big Ten has participated in basketball since 1904, and has led the nation in attendance every season since 1978.^[23] It has been a national powerhouse in men's basketball, having multiple championship winners and often sending four or more teams to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Previous NCAA champions include Indiana with five titles, Michigan State with two, and Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio State with one each.^[24] Ohio State played in the first NCAA tournament national championship game in 1939, losing to Oregon. Despite this, Jimmy Hull of Ohio State was the first NCAA tournament MVP. The first three tournament MVP's came from the Big Ten (Marv Huffman of Indiana in 1940 and John Katz of Wisconsin in 1941).

Big Ten teams have also experienced success in the postseason NIT. Since 1974, 13 Big Ten teams have made it to the championship game, winning eight championships. NIT champions from the Big Ten include Michigan and Ohio State with two, and Indiana, Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue with one each.

In addition, the Helms Athletic Foundation recognizes Illinois as the 1915 National Champions, Minnesota as the 1902 and 1919 National Champions, Northwestern as the 1931 National Champion, Purdue as the 1932 National Champions, and Wisconsin as the 1912, 1914 and 1916 National Champions.

Since 1999, the Big Ten has taken part in the ACC–Big Ten Challenge with the Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC holds an 10-1 record against the Big Ten, and Michigan State is the only Big Ten school without a losing record in the challenge.

NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations

† denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate more than one overtime.

Year	Champion		Runner-up		Venue and city
1939	Oregon	46	Ohio State	33	Patten Gymnasium	Evanston, Illinois
1940	Indiana	60	Kansas	42	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri
1941	Wisconsin	39	Washington State	34	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (2)
1953	Indiana (2)	69	Kansas	68	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (4)
1956	San Francisco (2)	83	Iowa	71	McGaw Hall	Evanston, Illinois (2)
1960	Ohio State	75	California	55	Cow Palace	San Francisco, California
1961†	Cincinnati	70	Ohio State	65	Municipal Auditorium	Kansas City, Missouri (8)
1962	Cincinnati (2)	71	Ohio State	59	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky (3)
1965	UCLA (2)	91	Michigan	80	Memorial Coliseum	Portland, Oregon
1969	UCLA (5)	92	Purdue	72	Freedom Hall	Louisville, Kentucky (6)
1976	Indiana (3)	86	Michigan	68	Spectrum	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1979	Michigan State	75	Indiana State	64	Jon M. Huntsman Center	Salt Lake City, Utah
1981	Indiana (4)	63	North Carolina	50	Spectrum	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2)
1987	Indiana (5)	74	Syracuse	73	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana (2)
1989†	Michigan	80	Seton Hall	79	Kingdome	Seattle, Washington (4)
1992	Duke (2)	71	Michigan	51	Metrodome	Minneapolis, Minnesota
1993	North Carolina (3)	77	Michigan	71	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana (3)
2000	Michigan State (2)	89	Florida	76	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana (4)
2002	Maryland	64	Indiana	52	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia (2)
2005	North Carolina (4)	75	Illinois	70	Edward Jones Dome	St. Louis, Missouri (3)
2007	Florida (2)	84	Ohio State	75	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia (3)
2009	North Carolina (5)	89	Michigan State	72	Ford Field	Detroit, Michigan

Post-season NIT championships

Year	Champion		Runner-up		MVP	Venue and city
1974	Purdue	87	Utah	81	Mike Sojourner, Utah	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1979	Indiana	53	Purdue	52	Butch Carter and Ray Tolbert, Indiana	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1980	Virginia	58	Minnesota	55	Ralph Sampson, Virginia	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1982	Bradley	68	Purdue	61	Mitchell Anderson, Bradley	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1984	Michigan	83	Notre Dame	63	Tim McCormick, Michigan	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1985	UCLA	65	Indiana	62	Reggie Miller, UCLA	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1986	Ohio State	73	Wyoming	63	Brad Sellers, Ohio State	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1988	Connecticut	72	Ohio State	67	Phil Gamble, UConn	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1993	Minnesota	62	Georgetown	61	Voshon Lenard, Minnesota	Madison Square Garden	New York City
1997	Michigan	82	Florida State	73	Louis Bullock, Michigan	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2004	Michigan	62	Rutgers	55	Daniel Horton, Michigan	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2006	South Carolina	76	Michigan	64	Renaldo Balkman, South Carolina	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2008	Ohio State	92	Massachusetts	85	Kosta Koufos, Ohio State	Madison Square Garden	New York City
2009	Penn State	69	Baylor	63	Jamelle Cornley, Penn State	Madison Square Garden	New York City

Women's basketball

Women's basketball teams have played a total of nine times in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship (since 1982) and Women's National Invitation Tournament (since 1998). Big Ten women's teams have also led conference attendance from 1993-1999.^[25]

NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations

Year	Champion		Runner-up		Venue and city
1993	Texas Tech	84	Ohio State	82	The Omni	Atlanta, Georgia
1999	Purdue	62	Duke	45	San Jose Arena	San Jose, California
2001	Notre Dame	68	Purdue	66	Savvis Center	St. Louis, Missouri
2005	Baylor	84	Michigan State	62	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana

Women's National Invitation Tournament championship games

Year	Champion		Runner-up		Venue and city
1998	Penn State	59	Baylor	56	Ferrell Center	Waco, Texas
1999	Arkansas	67	Wisconsin	64	Bud Walton Arena	Fayetteville, Arkansas
2000	Wisconsin	75	Florida	74	Kohl Center	Madison, Wisconsin
2001	Ohio State	62	New Mexico	61	University Arena	Albuquerque, New Mexico
2007	Wyoming	72	Wisconsin	56	Arena-Auditorium	Laramie, Wyoming
2008	Marquette	81	Michigan State	66	Breslin Center	East Lansing, Michigan

Rivalries

Football

The members of the Big Ten have longstanding rivalries with each other, especially on the football field. Each school has at least one traveling trophy at stake. Some Big Ten rivalries include (with their respective traveling trophy in parentheses):

• Illinois-Northwestern (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk/Land of Lincoln Trophy)
• Indiana-Purdue (Old Oaken Bucket)
• Indiana-Michigan State (Old Brass Spittoon)
• Iowa-Minnesota (Floyd of Rosedale)
• Iowa-Wisconsin (Heartland Trophy)
• Minnesota-Wisconsin (Slab of Bacon/Paul Bunyan's Axe)
• Michigan-Michigan State (Paul Bunyan Trophy)
• Michigan-Minnesota (Little Brown Jug)
• Illinois-Ohio State (Illibuck)
• Illinois-Purdue (Purdue Cannon)
• Minnesota-Penn State (Governor's Victory Bell)
• Michigan State-Penn State (Land Grant Trophy)
• Ohio State-Penn State (No Trophy)
• Michigan-Ohio State (No Trophy, but Ohio State football players receive a gold pants charm if they win the game)
• Michigan-Chicago (No longer active)
• Northwestern-Chicago (No longer active)
• Illinois-Chicago (No longer active)

Furthermore, the Big Ten football schedule is set up with each team having two permanent matches within the conference, with the other eight teams in the conference rotating out of the schedule in pairs for two-year stints. Permanent matches are as follows:

• Illinois: Indiana, Northwestern
• Indiana: Illinois, Purdue
• Iowa: Minnesota, Wisconsin
• Michigan: Michigan State, Ohio State
• Michigan State: Michigan, Penn State
• Minnesota: Iowa, Wisconsin
• Northwestern: Illinois, Purdue
• Ohio State: Michigan, Penn State
• Penn State: Michigan State, Ohio State
• Purdue: Indiana, Northwestern
• Wisconsin: Iowa, Minnesota

Basketball

Indiana and Purdue have a heated rivalry in college basketball between the two schools with the most Big Ten basketball championships, winning 41 times between the two schools.

Michigan State and Wisconsin also have a recent venomous rivalry - Michigan State beat Wisconsin in the 2000 Final Four en route to their national championship. In 2008 the unranked Spartans upset the top-ranked Badgers in East Lansing, further adding to the rivalry. In the most recent big game between the two, Michigan State beat the Badgers in East Lansing, in the only meeting of the season. However, the Badgers under head coach Bo Ryan have beaten Tom Izzo's Spartans eleven times. Izzo has led MSU to only four victories against Wisconsin during this time-span.

In recent years, Illinois and Michigan State have also enjoyed some competitive rivalry matches with each other, particularly during the season of 2004-2005, when both Illinois and Michigan State made it to the Final Four.

Extra-conference rivalries

Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan are among the Big Ten football teams that have rivalries with Notre Dame. After the University of Southern California with 28 wins, the Michigan State Spartans have the winningest record against the Irish, with 27. The Purdue Boilermakers follow with 26.

Penn State had a longstanding rivalry with Pittsburgh of the Big East, but the two schools have not met since 2000. Penn State also had long histories with independent Notre Dame; West Virginia, Syracuse, and Rutgers of the Big East; Maryland and Boston College of the ACC; and Temple, of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Penn State also has strong intrastate rivalries with Patriot League universities Bucknell in men's basketball and men's lacrosse, and Lehigh in wrestling. Most of these rivalries were cultivated while Penn State operated independent of conference affiliation; the constraints of playing a full conference schedule, especially in football, have reduced the number of meetings between Penn State and its non-Big Ten rivals.

Iowa has an in-state rivalry with Iowa State, with the winner getting the Cy-Hawk Trophy. Iowa also holds rivalries in basketball with Drake and Northern Iowa.

Indiana has an out-of conference rivalry with Kentucky, but the rivalry has a much higher profile in basketball than in football.

Illinois has a longstanding basketball rivalry with Missouri, with the two men's teams squaring off annually in the "Braggin' Rights" game in St. Louis. This rivalry has been carried over into football as "The Arch Rivalry" with games played at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis in 2002 and 2003 and four games scheduled from 2007 to 2010.[3]

Wisconsin has a long-standing, in-state basketball rivalry with Marquette. The series has intensified as of late with both teams having made the Final Four in recent years. The schools also played an annual football game before Marquette abandoned its football program in 1961.

In the early days of the Big Ten, the Chicago-Michigan game was played on Thanksgiving, usually with conference championship implications and was considered one of the first major rivalries of the conference. Also in the early days of the conference, and at Knute Rockne's insistence, Northwestern and Notre Dame had a yearly contest, with the winner taking home a shillelagh, much like the winner of the USC-Notre Dame and Purdue-Notre Dame contests now receive. The Northwestern-Notre Dame shillelagh was largely forgotten by the early 1960s and is now solely an element of college football's storied past.^[26]

Conference facilities

The Big Ten has the distinction of being the conference with the most stadiums seating over 100,000, at three (Beaver Stadium, Michigan Stadium, and Ohio Stadium.). There are only two other stadiums of that size in college football. They are Neyland Stadium at the University of Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference and Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin in the Big 12 Conference.

The three stadiums are the three largest stadiums in the List of American football stadiums by capacity, as well as, third, fourth, and sixth in the list of the largest sports stadiums in the world.

School	Football stadium	Stadium capacity	Basketball arena	Arena capacity	Baseball stadium	Stadium capacity
Illinois	Memorial Stadium	70,000	Assembly Hall	16,618	Illinois Field	3,000
Indiana	Memorial Stadium	52,692	Assembly Hall	17,456	Sembower Field	2,250
Iowa	Kinnick Stadium	70,585	Carver-Hawkeye Arena	15,500	Duane Banks Field	3,000
Michigan	Michigan Stadium	110,001	Crisler Arena	13,751	Ray Fisher Stadium	4,000
Michigan State	Spartan Stadium	75,005	Breslin Student Events Center	16,280	Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field/Oldsmobile Park	2,500/11,000
Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium	50,805	Williams Arena	14,321	Siebert Field/Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	1,500/46,564
Northwestern	Ryan Field	49,256	Welsh-Ryan Arena	8,117	Rocky Miller Park	1,000
Ohio State	Ohio Stadium	102,329[27]	Value City Arena	19,500	Bill Davis Stadium	4,450
Penn State	Beaver Stadium	107,282	Bryce Jordan Center	15,261	Medlar Field at Lubrano Park	5,406
Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium	62,500	Mackey Arena	14,123	Lambert Field	1,100
Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium	80,321	Kohl Center	17,230	No baseball team	N/A

Media

On June 21, 2006, the Big Ten announced new television broadcast agreements. This involved a 10-year extension of its contract with ABC/ESPN as well as the formation of a brand new cable/satellite channel, the Big Ten Network. The Big Ten Network began broadcasting on August 30, 2007, "dedicated to covering both the athletic and academic content of the Big Ten member institutions on a national level".^[28] The Big Ten Network represents a 20-year partnership between the Big Ten and Fox. It is majority-owned by the Big Ten Conference, with Fox holding a minority interest. The official network name and logo were announced on October 12, 2006.^[29] The conference announced previously that it is continuing its relationship with CBS and ESPN for network broadcasts in basketball. Games on Big Ten Network replace the previous contract with ESPN Plus.

On April 2, 2009, Ohio State signed a 10-year media-rights agreement with IMG College and RadiOhio, worth nearly $128 million, the largest such agreement in college sports.^[30]

See also

• Big Ten Network
• List of Big Ten National Championships
• Central Collegiate Hockey Association
• Committee on Institutional Cooperation
• Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities
• Western Collegiate Hockey Association

References

External links

• Official Site of the Big Ten Conference
• Short History on the Chicago-Michigan Games
• Big Ten football & basketball fan site
• Big Ten football & basketball forums
• 2010 Big Ten Football Composite Schedule
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v • d • e Football teams of the Big Ten Conference Illinois Fighting Illini • Indiana Hoosiers • Iowa Hawkeyes • Michigan Wolverines • Michigan State Spartans • Minnesota Golden Gophers • Northwestern Wildcats • Ohio State Buckeyes • Penn State Nittany Lions • Purdue Boilermakers • Wisconsin Badgers

v • d • e Football stadiums of the Big Ten Conference Beaver Stadium (Penn State) • Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin) • Kinnick Stadium (Iowa) • Memorial Stadium (Illinois) • Memorial Stadium (Indiana)  • Michigan Stadium (Michigan) • Ohio Stadium (Ohio State) • Ross–Ade Stadium (Purdue) • Ryan Field (Northwestern) • Spartan Stadium (Michigan State)  • TCF Bank Stadium (Minnesota)

v • d • e Men's basketball teams of the Big Ten Conference Illinois Fighting Illini • Indiana Hoosiers • Iowa Hawkeyes • Michigan Wolverines • Michigan State Spartans • Minnesota Golden Gophers • Northwestern Wildcats • Ohio State Buckeyes • Penn State Nittany Lions • Purdue Boilermakers • Wisconsin Badgers

v • d • e Basketball Arenas of the Big Ten Conference Assembly Hall (Illinois) • Assembly Hall (Indiana) • Breslin Student Events Center (Michigan State) • Bryce Jordan Center (Penn State) • Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa) • Crisler Arena (Michigan) • Kohl Center (Wisconsin) • Mackey Arena (Purdue) • Value City Arena (Ohio State) • Welsh-Ryan Arena (Northwestern) • Williams Arena (Minnesota)

v • d • e Basketball Student Sections of the Big Ten Conference The Barnyard (Minnesota) • Buckeye NutHouse (Ohio State) • Grateful Red (Wisconsin) • The Hawks Nest (Iowa) • Izzone (Michigan State) • Maize Rage (Michigan) • Nittany Nation (Penn State) • Orange Krush (Illinois) • Paint Crew (Purdue) • Wildside (Northwestern) • Crimson Guard (Indiana)

v • d • e Marching bands of the Big Ten Conference Marching Illini (Illinois) • Indiana University Marching Hundred (Indiana) • Hawkeye Marching Band (Iowa) • Michigan Marching Band (Michigan) • Spartan Marching Band (Michigan State) • University of Minnesota Marching Band (Minnesota) • The Ohio State University Marching Band (Ohio State) • Penn State Blue Band (Penn State) • Purdue All-American Marching Band (Purdue) • Wildcat Marching Band (Northwestern) • University of Wisconsin Marching Band (Wisconsin)

v • d • e Baseball Parks of the Big Ten Conference Illinois Field (Illinois) · Sembower Field (Indiana) · Duane Banks Field (Iowa)  · Ray Fisher Stadium (Michigan) · McLane Stadium (Michigan State) · Oldsmobile Park (Michigan State) · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota) · Rocky Miller Park (Northwestern) · Bill Davis Stadium (Ohio State) · Medlar Field (Penn State) · Lambert Field (Purdue)

v • d • e Current head football coaches of the Big Ten Conference Ron Zook (Illinois Fighting Illini) • Bill Lynch (Indiana Hoosiers) • Kirk Ferentz (Iowa Hawkeyes) • Rich Rodriguez (Michigan Wolverines) • Mark Dantonio (Michigan State Spartans) • Tim Brewster (Minnesota Golden Gophers) • Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern Wildcats) • Jim Tressel (Ohio State Buckeyes) • Joe Paterno (Penn State Nittany Lions) • Danny Hope (Purdue Boilermakers) • Bret Bielema (Wisconsin Badgers)

v • d • e Current Big Ten Conference men's basketball head coaches Bruce Weber (Illinois Fighting Illini) • Tom Crean (Indiana Hoosiers) • Todd Lickliter (Iowa Hawkeyes) • John Beilein (Michigan Wolverines) • Tom Izzo (Michigan State Spartans) • Tubby Smith (Minnesota Golden Gophers) • Bill Carmody (Northwestern Wildcats) • Thad Matta (Ohio State Buckeyes) • Ed DeChellis (Penn State Nittany Lions) • Matt Painter (Purdue Boilermakers) • Bo Ryan (Wisconsin Badgers)

v • d • e Big Ten business schools Indiana University (Kelley) • Michigan State University (Broad) • Northwestern University (Kellogg) • The Ohio State University (Fisher) • Pennsylvania State University (Smeal) • Purdue University (Krannert) • University of Illinois College of Business • University of Iowa (Tippie) • University of Michigan (Ross) • University of Minnesota (Carlson) • University of Wisconsin School of Business

v • d • e Big Ten Law Schools University of Illinois College of Law • Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington • University of Iowa College of Law • University of Michigan Law School • Michigan State University College of Law • University of Minnesota Law School • Northwestern University School of Law • Moritz College of Law (Ohio State) • The Pennsylvania State University — Dickinson School of Law • University of Wisconsin Law School

v • d • e Big Ten Student Newspapers Daily Illini (Illinois) • Indiana Daily Student (Indiana) • The Daily Iowan (Iowa) • Michigan Daily (Michigan) • The State News (Michigan State) • Minnesota Daily (Minnesota) • The Daily Northwestern (Northwestern) • The Lantern (Ohio State) • The Daily Collegian (Penn State) • Purdue Exponent (Purdue) • The Badger Herald and The Daily Cardinal (Wisconsin)

v • d • e Big Ten Student Radio Stations WPGU (Illinois) • WIUX-LP (Indiana) • KRUI-FM (Iowa) • WCBN-FM (Michigan) • WDBM (Michigan State) • KUOM (Minnesota) • WNUR-FM (Northwestern) • WKPS (Penn State) • WSUM (Wisconsin)

v • d • e Official Fight Songs of the Big Ten Conference Illinois Loyalty & Oskee Wow-Wow (Illinois) • Indiana, Our Indiana (Indiana) • Iowa Fight Song & Roll Along Iowa & On Iowa (Iowa) • The Victors (Michigan) • Michigan State University Fight Song (Michigan State) • Minnesota Rouser (Minnesota) • Go U Northwestern (Northwestern) • Across the Field & Buckeye Battle Cry (Ohio State) • Fight On, State (Penn State) • Hail Purdue! (Purdue) • On, Wisconsin! (Wisconsin)

v • d • e National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Conferences · Hall of Champions Division I sports and championships Baseball (Championship, CWS) · Basketball (Men, Women) · Women's Bowling · Cross Country (Men, Women) · Women's Field Hockey · Fencing (Championship) · Football (BCS, Championship, Championship Subdivision) · Golf (Men, Women) · Gymnastics (Men, Women) · Ice Hockey (Men, Women) · Lacrosse (Men, Women) · Rifle · Rowing (Women's Championship) · Skiing · Soccer (Men, Women) · Softball (Championship, CWS) · Swimming & Diving (Men, Women) · Tennis (Men, Women) · Track & Field (Men's Indoor & Outdoor, Women's Indoor & Outdoor) · Volleyball (Men, Women) · Water Polo (Men, Women) · Wrestling (Men's Championship) · Institutions · Athletic Directors Division II Institutions · Baseball (CWS) · Men's Basketball · National Football Championship · Softball (CWS) · Men's Soccer  · Women's Basketball Division III Institutions · Baseball (CWS) · Men's Basketball · National Football Championship  · Softball (CWS) · Men's Soccer · Women's Basketball