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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
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 | 30 | 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 |
| Minnesota | 22 | 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 | 16 | 1917, 1924, 1943, 1951, 1955, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2016 |
| Iowa | 7 | 1927, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1949, 1972, 1974 |
| Indiana | 7 | 1925, 1932, 1938, 1949, 2013, 2014, 2019 |
| Chicago | 5 | 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1913 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 1902, 1912, 1930, 1946, 1950 |
| Michigan State | 4 | 1954, 1971, 1979, 2011 |
| Northwestern | 2 | 1940, 1957 |
| Purdue | 2 | 1909, 2012 |
| Penn State | 1 | 1996 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 2017 |
| Maryland | 0 | |
| Rutgers | 0 | |
Italics indicates a team no longer competing in baseball in the Big Ten.
Bold indicates an outright Big Ten championship.