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

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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
Ohio State
1925 Indiana
1926 Michigan
1927 Illinois
Iowa
1928 Michigan
1929 Michigan
1930 Wisconsin
1931 Illinois
1932 Indiana
1933 Minnesota
1934 Illinois
1935 Minnesota
1936 Michigan
1937 Illinois
1938 Indiana
Iowa
1939 Iowa
1940 Illinois
Northwestern
1941 Michigan
1942 Iowa
Michigan
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
Michigan
1949 Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
1950 Michigan
Wisconsin
1951 Ohio State First season  Michigan State  competed.
1952 Illinois
Michigan
1953 Illinois
Michigan
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
Iowa
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.
Big Ten tournament used to determine NCAA automatic qualifier only.
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
Illinois
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

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School Big Ten
Championships
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

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List of Big Ten Conference softball champions

References

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  1. ^ "Big Ten adds Oregon, Washington as newest members in blow to Pac-12". ESPN=en. Retrieved December 2, 2023.