College Football

Big Ten Football Champions: Complete list of winners by year

Updated Dec. 6, 2024 3:45 p.m. ET

The Big Ten conference has a storied history dating back to 1896. This year, Oregon and Penn State will face off to determine who reigns supreme.

Check out the complete list of Big Ten football champions including the year, team, conference record and head coach:

Big Ten Football Champions

2023: Michigan (9-0) Jim Harbaugh
2022: Michigan (9–0) Jim Harbaugh
2021: Michigan (8–1) Jim Harbaugh
2020: Ohio State (5–0) Ryan Day
2019: Ohio State (9–0) Ryan Day
2018: Ohio State (8–1) Urban Meyer
2017: Ohio State (8–1) Urban Meyer
2016: Penn State (8–1) James Franklin
2015: Michigan State (7–1) Mark Dantonio
2014: Ohio State (8–0) Urban Meyer
2013: Michigan State (8–0) Mark Dantonio
2012: Wisconsin (4–4) Bret Bielema
2011: Wisconsin (6–2) Bret Bielema
2010: Michigan State (7–1) Mark Dantonio, Wisconsin (7–1) Bret Bielema

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2009: Ohio State (7–1) Jim Tressel
2008: Ohio State (7–1) Jim Tressel, Penn State (7–1) Joe Paterno
2007: Ohio State (7–1) Jim Tressel
2006: Ohio State (8–0) Jim Tressel
2005: Ohio State (7–1) Jim Tressel, Penn State (7–1) Joe Paterno
2004: Iowa (7–1) Kirk Ferentz, Michigan (7–1) Lloyd Carr
2003: Michigan (7–1) Lloyd Carr
2002: Iowa (8–0) Kirk Ferentz, Ohio State (8–0) Jim Tressel
2001: Illinois (7–1) Ron Turner
2000: Michigan (6–2) Lloyd Carr. Northwestern (6–2) Randy Walker, Purdue (6–2) Joe Tiller
1999: Wisconsin (7–1) Barry Alvarez
1998: Michigan (7–1) Lloyd Carr. Ohio State (7–1) John Cooper, Wisconsin (7–1) Barry Alvarez
1997: Michigan (8–0) Lloyd Carr
1996: Northwestern (7–1) Gary Barnett, Ohio State (7–1) John Cooper
1995: Northwestern (8–0) Gary Barnett
1994: Penn State (8–0) Joe Paterno
1993: Ohio State (6–1–1) John Cooper, Wisconsin (6–1–1) Barry Alvarez
1992: Michigan (6–0–2) Gary Moeller
1991: Michigan (8–0) Gary Moeller
1990: Illinois (6–2) John Mackovic, Iowa (6–2) Hayden Fry, Michigan (6–2) Gary Moeller, Michigan State (6–2) George Perles
1989: Michigan (8–0) Bo Schembechler
1988: Michigan (7–0–1) Bo Schembechler
1987: Michigan State (7–0–1) George Perles
1986: Michigan (7–1) Bo Schembechler, Ohio State (7–1) Earle Bruce
1985: Iowa (7–1) Hayden Fry
1984: Ohio State (7–2) Earle Bruce
1983: Illinois (9–0) Mike White
1982: Michigan (8–1) Bo Schembechler
1981: Iowa (6–2) Hayden Fry, Ohio State (6–2) Earle Bruce
1980: Michigan (8–0) Bo Schembechler
1979: Ohio State (8–0) Earle Bruce
1978: Michigan (7–1) Bo Schembechler, Michigan State (7–1) Darryl Rogers
1977: Michigan (7–1) Bo Schembechler, Ohio State (7–1) Woody Hayes
1976: Michigan (7–1) Bo Schembechler, Ohio State (7–1) Woody Hayes
1975: Ohio State (8–0) Woody Hayes
1974: Michigan (7–1) Bo Schembechler, Ohio State (7–1) Woody Hayes
1973: Michigan (7–0–1) Bo Schembechler, Ohio State (7–0–1) Woody Hayes
1972: Michigan (7–1) Bo Schembechler, Ohio State (7–1) Woody Hayes
1971: Michigan (8–0) Bo Schembechler
1970: Ohio State (7–0) Woody Hayes
1969: Michigan (6–1) Bo Schembechler, Ohio State (6–1) Woody Hayes
1968: Ohio State (7–0) Woody Hayes
1967: Indiana (6–1) John Pont, Minnesota (6–1) Murray Warmath, Purdue (6–1) Jack Mollenkopf
1966: Michigan State (7–0) Duffy Daugherty
1965: Michigan State (7–0) Duffy Daugherty
1964: Michigan (6–1) Bump Elliott
1963: Illinois (5–1–1) Pete Elliott
1962: Wisconsin (6–1) Milt Bruhn
1961: Ohio State (6–0) Woody Hayes
1960: Iowa (5–1) Forest Evashevski, Minnesota (6–1) Murray Warmath
1959: Wisconsin (5–2) Milt Bruhn
1958: Iowa (5–1) Forest Evashevski
1957: Ohio State (7–0) Woody Hayes
1956: Iowa (5–1) Forest Evashevski
1955: Ohio State (6–0) Woody Hayes
1954: Ohio State (7–0) Woody Hayes
1953: Illinois (5–1) Ray Eliot, Michigan State (5–1) Clarence Munn
1952: Purdue (4–1–1) Stu Holcomb, Wisconsin (4–1–1) Ivy Williamson
1951: Illinois (5–0–1) Ray Eliot
1950: Michigan (4–1–1) Bennie Oosterbaan
1949: Michigan (4–1–1) Bennie Oosterbaan, Ohio State (4–1–1) Wes Fesler
1948: Michigan (5–0) Bennie Oosterbaan
1947: Michigan (6–0) Fritz Crisler
1946: Illinois (6–1) Ray Eliot
1945: Indiana (5–0–1) Bo McMillin
1944: Ohio State (6–0) Carroll Widdoes
1943: Michigan (6–0) Fritz Crisler, Purdue (6–0) Elmer Burnham
1942: Ohio State (5–1) Paul Brown
1941: Minnesota (5–0) Bernie Bierman
1940: Minnesota (6–0) Bernie Bierman
1939: Ohio State (5–1) Francis Schmidt
1938: Minnesota (4–1) Bernie Bierman
1937: Minnesota (5–0) Bernie Bierman
1936: Northwestern (6–0) Pappy Waldorf
1935: Minnesota (5–0) Bernie Bierman, Ohio State (5–0) Francis Schmidt
1934: Minnesota (5–0) Bernie Bierman
1933: Michigan (5–0–1) Harry Kipke, Minnesota (2–0–4) Bernie Bierman
1932: Michigan (6–0) Harry Kipke, Purdue (5–0–1) Noble Kizer
1931: Michigan (5–1) Harry Kipke, Northwestern (5–1) Dick Hanley, Purdue (5–1) Noble Kizer
1930: Michigan (5–0) Harry Kipke, Northwestern (5–0) Dick Hanley
1929: Purdue (5–0) James Phelan
1928: Illinois (4–1) Robert Zuppke
1927: Illinois (5–0) Robert Zuppke, Minnesota (3–0–1) Clarence Spears
1926: Michigan (5–0) Fielding H. Yost, Northwestern (5–0) Glenn Thistlethwaite
1925: Michigan (5–1) Fielding H. Yost
1924: Chicago (3–0–3) Amos Alonzo Stagg
1923: Illinois (5–0) Robert Zuppke, Michigan (4–0) Fielding H. Yost
1922: Chicago (4–0–1) Amos Alonzo Stagg, Iowa (5–0) Howard Jones, Michigan (4–0) Fielding H. Yost
1921: Iowa (5–0) Howard Jones
1920: Ohio State (5–0) John Wilce
1919: Illinois (6–1) Robert Zuppke
1918: Illinois (4–0) Robert Zuppke, Michigan (2–0) Fielding H. Yost, Purdue (1–0) A. G. Scanlon
1917: Ohio State (4–0) John Wilce
1916: Ohio State (4–0) John Wilce
1915: Illinois (3–0–2) Robert Zuppke, Minnesota (3–0–1) Henry L. Williams
1914: Illinois (6–0) Robert Zuppke
1913: Chicago (7–0) Amos Alonzo Stagg
1912: Wisconsin (5–0) William Juneau
1911: Minnesota (3–0–1) Henry L. Williams
1910: Illinois (4–0) Arthur Hall, Minnesota (2–0) Henry L. Williams
1909: Minnesota (3–0) Henry L. Williams
1908: Chicago (5–0) Amos Alonzo Stagg
1907: Chicago (4–0) Amos Alonzo Stagg
1906: Michigan (1–0) Fielding H. Yost, Minnesota (2–0) Henry L. Williams, Wisconsin (3–0) Charles P. Hutchins
1905: Chicago (7–0) Amos Alonzo Stagg
1904: Michigan (2–0) Fielding H. Yost, Minnesota (3–0) Henry L. Williams
1903: Michigan (3–0–1) Fielding H. Yost, Minnesota (3–0–1) Henry L. Williams, Northwestern (1–0–2) Walter McCornack
1902: Michigan (5–0) Fielding H. Yost
1901: Michigan (4–0) Fielding H. Yost, Wisconsin (2–0) Philip King
1900: Iowa (2–0–1) Alden Knipe, Minnesota (3–0–1) Henry L. Williams
1899: Chicago (4–0) Amos Alonzo Stagg
1898: Michigan (3–0) Gustave Ferbert
1897: Wisconsin (3–0) Philip King
1896: Wisconsin (2–0–1) Philip King

Who has won the most Big Ten Championships?

Michigan has won the most Big Ten Championships with 44 titles. Below is a list of titles for each Big Ten school:

Michigan - 44
Ohio State - 39
Minnesota - 18
Illinois - 15
Wisconsin - 14
Iowa - 11
Michigan State - 9
Northwestern - 8
Purdue - 8
Chicago - 7
Penn State - 4
Indiana - 2
Nebraska - 0
Maryland - 0
Rutgers - 0

Which coach has won the most Big Ten Championships?

Ohio State's Woody Hayes and Michigan's Bo Schembechler are tied for most Big Ten football championships with 13. Below are the coaches with over five Big Ten titles: