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The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is the oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896, it predates the founding of its regulating organization, the NCAA .
The Big Ten Conference first sponsored football in 1896. This is an era-list of its annual standings from 1896 to 1958. [1] Standings
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Note: Due to COVID-19, the Big Ten suspended the season on August 11, but later decided to begin play on October 24.
With 11 members from 1993-2010, the Big Ten wasn’t splintered into divisions and didn’t have a conference championship game. That would soon change, though.
The 1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, under head coach Murray Warmath, compiled an 8–2 record, won the Big Ten championship, led the conference in scoring defense (8.8 points allowed per game), and lost to Washington in the 1961 Rose Bowl. The Golden Gophers were ranked No. 1 in the AP and Coaches Polls, both of which were released ...
The Big Ten, the oldest Division I Conference in America, has expanded for the first time since 2014.Four teams are joining for the upcoming 2024 season, bringing the total number of team members ...
The conference lost many members after the 2010 season when the original Big East launched a men's lacrosse league, and lost still more members with the Big Ten announcement. At the end of the final ECAC Lacrosse season, only one member had not announced a new lacrosse affiliation for the 2014–15 school year; that school would later join ...
Conference realignment is nothing new, but these football teams have been in the same conference the longest. Which Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC teams have been in the original conference the ...