List of Big Ten Conference football champions
This is a list of yearly Big Ten Conference football champions. Co-champions are listed in alphabetical order.
Champions by year
Note: an asterisk denotes a national championship for that season recognized by the College Football Data Warehouse.^ Ohio State vacated all wins from the 2010 season and its share of the championship due to NCAA violations.''
Championships by team
| Team | Big Ten titles | Outright Big Ten titles | Winning years |
| Michigan | 42 | 16 | 1898, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1918, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004 |
| Ohio State | 23 | 1916, 1917, 1920, 1935, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 | |
| Minnesota | 18 | 7 | 1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1960, 1967 |
| Illinois | 15 | 8 | 1910, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1946, 1951, 1953, 1963, 1983, 1990, 2001 |
| Wisconsin | 14 | 8 | 1896, 1897, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1952, 1959, 1962, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Iowa | 11 | 4 | 1900, 1921, 1922, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1981, 1985, 1990, 2002, 2004 |
| Michigan State | 9 | 5 | 1953, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1987, 1990, 2010, 2013, 2015 |
| Northwestern | 8 | 2 | 1903, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1995, 1996, 2000 |
| Purdue | 8 | 1 | 1918, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1943, 1952, 1967, 2000 |
| Chicago | 7 | 6 | 1899, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1922, 1924 |
| Penn State | 4 | 2 | 1994, 2005, 2008, 2016 |
| Indiana | 2 | 1 | 1945, 1967 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 0 | |
| Maryland | 0 | 0 | |
| Rutgers | 0 | 0 |
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- Italics indicate a school no longer competing in the Big Ten.
- Bold indicates an outright conference championship.
Championships by head coach
| Head Coach | School | Big Ten Championships |
| Bo Schembechler | Michigan | 13 |
| Woody Hayes | Ohio State | 13 |
| Fielding H. Yost | Michigan | 10 |
| Henry L. Williams | Minnesota | 8 |
| Bernie Bierman | Minnesota | 7 |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg | Chicago | 7 |
| Robert Zuppke | Illinois | 7 |
| Jim Tressel | Ohio State | 7^ |
| Lloyd Carr | Michigan | 5 |
| Earle Bruce | Ohio State | 4 |
| Harry Kipke | Michigan | 4 |
| Barry Alvarez | Wisconsin | 3 |
| Bret Bielema | Wisconsin | 3 |
| John Cooper | Ohio State | 3 |
| Mark Dantonio | Michigan State | 3 |
| Ray Eliot | Illinois | 3 |
| Forest Evashevski | Iowa | 3 |
| Hayden Fry | Iowa | 3 |
| Philip King | Wisconsin | 3 |
| Urban Meyer | Ohio State | 3 |
| Gary Moeller | Michigan | 3 |
| Bennie Oosterbaan | Michigan | 3 |
| Joe Paterno | Penn State | 3 |
| John Wilce | Ohio State | 3 |
| Gary Barnett | Northwestern | 2 |
| Milt Bruhn | Wisconsin | 2 |
| Fritz Crisler | Michigan | 2 |
| Duffy Daugherty | Michigan State | 2 |
| Kirk Ferentz* | Iowa | 2 |
| Dick Hanley | Northwestern | 2 |
| Howard Jones | Iowa | 2 |
| Noble Kizer | Purdue | 2 |
| George Perles | Michigan State | 2 |
| Francis Schmidt | Ohio State | 2 |
| Murray Warmath | Minnesota | 2 |
| Paul Brown | Ohio State | 1 |
| Elmer Burnham | Purdue | 1 |
| Ryan Day* | Ohio State | 1 |
| Bump Elliott | Michigan | 1 |
| Pete Elliott | Illinois | 1 |
| Gustave Ferbert | Michigan | 1 |
| Wes Fesler | Ohio State | 1 |
| James Franklin* | Penn State | 1 |
| Arthur Hall | Illinois | 1 |
| Stu Holcomb | Purdue | 1 |
| Charles P. Hutchins | Wisconsin | 1 |
| William Juneau | Wisconsin | 1 |
| Alden Knipe | Iowa | 1 |
| John Mackovic | Illinois | 1 |
| Walter McCornack | Northwestern | 1 |
| Bo McMillin | Indiana | 1 |
| Jack Mollenkopf | Purdue | 1 |
| Clarence Munn | Michigan State | 1 |
| James Phelan | Purdue | 1 |
| John Pont | Indiana | 1 |
| Darryl Rogers | Michigan State | 1 |
| A. G. Scanlon | Purdue | 1 |
| Clarence Spears | Minnesota | 1 |
| Glenn Thistlethwaite | Northwestern | 1 |
| Joe Tiller | Purdue | 1 |
| Ron Turner | Illinois | 1 |
| Pappy Waldorf | Northwestern | 1 |
| Randy Walker | Northwestern | 1 |
| Mike White | Illinois | 1 |
| Carroll Widdoes | Ohio State | 1 |
| Ivy Williamson | Wisconsin | 1 |
^ Ohio State vacated all wins from the 2010 season and their share of the championship