Big Ten Conference

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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.

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
MarylandUniversity 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	42,914*	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)
Notre Dame University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, Indiana	1842	2017	Private (Catholic)	11,773	Fighting Irish	Men's ice hockey	ACC