Big Ten Conference facts for kids
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The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Most of its 14 member institutions are in the Midwestern United States.
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Members
| Institution | Location | Founded | Joined Conference | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Varsity Teams | NCAA Championships (as of January 1, 2014) (excludes football) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Urbana and Champaign, Illinois | 1867 | 1896 | Public | 42,728 | Fighting Illini | 21 | 18 |
| Indiana University Bloomington | Bloomington, Indiana | 1820 | 1899 (Athletics 1900) |
Public | 39,990 | Hoosiers | 24 | 24 |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | 1847 | 1899 (Athletics 1900) |
Public | 30,409 | Hawkeyes | 24 | 25 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | College Park, Maryland | 1856 | 2014 | Public | 37,631 | Terrapins | 20 | 25 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 1817 | 1896 Inactive 1907-1916 |
Public | 40,025 | Wolverines | 27 | 35 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan | 1855 | 1950 (Athletics 1953) |
Public | 45,520 | Spartans | 25 | 19 |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota | 1851 | 1896 | Public | 51,194 | Golden Gophers | 23 | 17 |
| University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Lincoln, Nebraska | 1869 | 2011 | Public | 24,593 | Cornhuskers | 21 | 17 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois | 1851 | 1896 | Private/Non-sectarian | 13,407 | Wildcats | 19 | 8 |
| Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio | 1870 | 1912 | Public | 52,568 | Buckeyes | 35 | 25 |
| Pennsylvania State University | University Park, Pennsylvania | 1855 | 1990 (Athletics 1993) |
Public | Nittany Lions (Lady Lions for women's basketball only) | 31 | 43 | |
| Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana | 1869 | 1896 | Public | 39,333 | Boilermakers | 18 | 3 |
| Rutgers University | New Brunswick and Piscataway, New Jersey | 1766 | 2014 | Public | 41,565 | Scarlet Knights | 27 | 1 |
| University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin | 1848 | 1896 | Public | 41,466 | Badgers | 23 | 28 |
Associate member
The Big Ten gained its first "associate member"—i.e., a school playing only a small number of sports (in this case, one) in the conference—in 2014. The same school brought a second sport into the Big Ten in 2016. A second school became an associate member in 2017.
| School | Location | Founded | Joined | Type (affiliation) |
Enrollment | Nickname | Big Ten sports |
Main Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland | 1876 | 2014 (men) 2016 (women) |
Private (nonsectarian) |
5,066 | Blue Jays | Men's and women's lacrosse | Centennial Conference (Div. III) |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, Indiana | 1842 | 2017 | Private (Catholic) |
11,773 | Fighting Irish | Men's ice hockey | ACC |
Images for kids
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The conference's headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois
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See also
In Spanish: Big Ten Conference para niños
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