List of Big Ten Conference baseball champions
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
1896 Chicago
Only Chicago , Illinois , Michigan , and Wisconsin compete.
1897 Chicago
1898 Chicago
First season Northwestern competed.
1899 Michigan
1900 Illinois
1901 Michigan
1902 Wisconsin
1903 Illinois
1904 Illinois
1905 Michigan
1906 Illinois
First season Indiana , Iowa , Minnesota , and Purdue competed.
1907 Illinois
1908 Illinois
1909 Purdue
1910 Illinois
1911 Illinois
1912 Wisconsin
1913 Chicago
First season Ohio State competed.
1914 Illinois
1915 Illinois
1916 Illinois
1917 Ohio State
1918 Michigan
1919 Michigan
1920 Michigan
1921 Illinois
1922 Illinois
1923 Michigan
1924 Michigan
1925 Indiana
1926 Michigan
1927 Illinois
1928 Michigan
1929 Michigan
1930 Wisconsin
1931 Illinois
1932 Indiana
1933 Minnesota
1934 Illinois
1935 Minnesota
1936 Michigan
1937 Illinois
1938 Indiana
1939 Iowa
1940 Illinois
1941 Michigan
1942 Iowa
1943 Ohio State
1944 Michigan
1945 Michigan
1946 Wisconsin
Last season Chicago competed.
1947 Illinois
Tie games began counting as 1/2 a win and 1/2 a loss.
1948 Illinois
1949 Indiana
1950 Michigan
1951 Ohio State
First season Michigan State competed.
1952 Illinois
1953 Illinois
Michigan
1954 Michigan State
1955 Ohio State
1956 Minnesota
Minnesota
1957 Northwestern
1958 Minnesota
1959 Minnesota
1960 Minnesota
Minnesota
1961 Michigan
1962 Illinois
Michigan
1963 Illinois
1964 Minnesota
Minnesota
1965 Ohio State
1966 Ohio State
Ohio State
1967 Ohio State
1968 Minnesota
1969 Minnesota
1970 Minnesota
1971 Michigan State
1972 Iowa
1973 Minnesota
1974 Minnesota
1975 Michigan
1976 Michigan
1977 Minnesota
1978 Michigan
1979 Michigan State
1980 Michigan
1981 Michigan
Big Ten tournament winner declared conference champion.
1982 Minnesota
1983 Michigan
1984 Michigan
1985 Minnesota
1986 Michigan
1987 Michigan
1988 Minnesota
1989 Illinois
1990 Illinois
1991 Ohio State
Last season Wisconsin competed.
1992 Minnesota
First season Penn State competed.
1993 Ohio State
Regular season winner declared conference champion.
1994 Ohio State
1995 Ohio State
1996 Penn State
1997 Michigan
1998 Illinois
1999 Ohio State
2000 Minnesota
2001 Ohio State
2002 Minnesota
2003 Minnesota
2004 Minnesota
2005 Illinois
2006 Michigan
2007 Michigan
2008 Michigan
2009 Ohio State
2010 Minnesota
2011 Michigan State
2012 Purdue
First season Nebraska competed.
2013 Indiana
2014 Indiana
2015 Illinois
First season Maryland and Rutgers competed.
2016 Minnesota
2017 Nebraska
2018 Minnesota
2019 Indiana
2020 Season cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Nebraska
2022 Maryland
2023 Maryland
2024 Illinois
2025 Oregon , UCLA , USC , and Washington will begin league play.[ 1]
Championships by school
School
Big Ten
Years
Michigan
35
1899 , 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
31
1900 , 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 , 2024
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
15
1917 , 1924, 1943 , 1951 , 1955 , 1965 , 1966 , 1967 , 1991 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1999 , 2001 , 2009
Iowa
7
1927, 1938, 1939 , 1942, 1949, 1972 , 1974
Indiana
7
1925 , 1932 , 1938, 1949, 2013 , 2014 , 2019
Wisconsin 5
1902 , 1912 , 1930 , 1946 , 1950
Chicago 4
1896 , 1897 , 1898 , 1913
Michigan State
4
1954 , 1971 , 1979 , 2011
Northwestern
2
1940, 1957
Purdue
2
1909 , 2012
Nebraska
2
2017, 2021
Maryland
2
2022, 2023
Penn State
1
1996
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
Current teams Former teams Championships & awards
