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 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		Oregon ,  UCLA ,  USC , and  Washington  will begin league play. [1]

Championships by school

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
Oregon	1	2025
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

8List of Big Ten Conference softball champions

References

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

• Big Ten Baseball Regular Season Standings; Big Ten Conference. June 28, 2018.