Editing Big Ten Conference (section)

==Member universities==
===Full members===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Institution
! scope="col" | Location
! scope="col" | Founded
! scope="col" | Joined
! scope="col" | Type
! scope="col" | Enrollment<br /><small>(fall 2023)</small><ref name=CollegeNavigator>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ |title=College Navigator |website=[[National Center for Education Statistics]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=January 1, 2025 }}</ref>
! scope="col" | Endowment<br />{{nowrap|<small>(billions – [[fiscal year|FY]]24)</small><ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2024. {{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
! scope="col" | Nickname
! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Colors
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Illinois|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]}}'''
| [[Champaign-Urbana metropolitan area|Champaign-Urbana, Illinois]]{{efn|group=full|The overall university administration is in Urbana; the athletic administration is in Champaign.}}
| 1867
| 1896
| Public
| 56,563
| $3.689<br />([[University of Illinois System|system-wide]])
| [[Illinois Fighting Illini|Fighting Illini]]
| {{college color boxes|Illinois Fighting Illini}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Indiana University Bloomington]]'''
| [[Bloomington, Indiana]]
| 1820
| 1899{{efn|name=AAA|group=full|Athletic teams started competing in the conference effective with the 1900–01 school year.}}
| Public
| 47,527
| $3.821<br />([[Indiana University System|system-wide]])
| [[Indiana Hoosiers|Hoosiers]]
| {{college color boxes|Indiana Hoosiers}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Iowa|[[University of Iowa]]}}'''
| [[Iowa City, Iowa]]
| 1847
| 1899{{efn|name=AAA|group=full}}
| Public
| 30,042
| $3.502
| [[Iowa Hawkeyes|Hawkeyes]]
| {{college color boxes|Iowa Hawkeyes}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Maryland|[[University of Maryland, College Park]]}}'''
| [[College Park, Maryland]]
| 1856
| 2014
| Public
| 40,813
| $2.291<br />([[University System of Maryland|system-wide]])
| [[Maryland Terrapins|Terrapins]]
| {{college color boxes|Maryland Terrapins}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Michigan|[[University of Michigan]]}}'''
| [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]
| 1817
| 1896,{{Break}}1917{{efn|group=full|In April 1907, Michigan was voted out of the conference for refusing to adhere to league rules limiting football teams to no more than five games and players to three years of eligibility. Consequently, its athletic teams were independent from 1907–08 to 1916–17.}}
| rowspan="1" |Public
| 52,065
| $19.166
| [[Michigan Wolverines|Wolverines]]
| {{college color boxes|Michigan Wolverines}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Michigan State University]]'''
| [[East Lansing, Michigan]]
| 1855
| 1950{{efn|group=full|Athletic teams started competing in the conference effective with the 1953–54 school year.}}
| Public
| 51,316
| $4.419
| [[Michigan State Spartans|Spartans]]
| {{college color boxes|Michigan State Spartans}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Minnesota|[[University of Minnesota|University of Minnesota Twin Cities]]}}'''
| [[Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota]]
| 1851
| 1896
| Public
| 54,890
| $5.935
| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers|Golden Gophers]]
| {{college color boxes|Minnesota Golden Gophers}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Nebraska|[[University of Nebraska-Lincoln]]}}'''
| [[Lincoln, Nebraska]]
| 1869
| 2011
| Public
| 23,986
| $2.527<br />([[University of Nebraska system|system-wide]])
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Cornhuskers]]
| {{college color boxes|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Northwestern University]]'''
| [[Evanston, Illinois]]
| 1851
| 1896
| Private
| 23,203
| $14.210
| [[Northwestern Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| {{college color boxes|Northwestern Wildcats}}
|- 
! scope="row" | '''[[The Ohio State University]]'''
| [[Columbus, Ohio]]
| 1870
| 1912
| Public
| 60,046
| $7.932
| [[Ohio State Buckeyes|Buckeyes]]
| {{college color boxes|Ohio State Buckeyes}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[University of Oregon]]'''
| [[Eugene, Oregon]]
| 1876
| 2024
| Public
| 23,786
| $1.651
| [[Oregon Ducks|Ducks]]
| {{college color boxes|Oregon Ducks}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Pennsylvania State University]]'''
| [[Penn State University Park|University Park, Pennsylvania]]
| 1855
| 1990{{efn|group=full|Most sports teams started competing in the conference in the 1991–92 school year; football started Big Ten play in 1993.}}
| Public
| 50,399
| $4.769
| [[Penn State Nittany Lions|Nittany Lions]]
| {{college color boxes|Penn State Nittany Lions}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Purdue University]]'''
| [[West Lafayette, Indiana]]
| 1869
| 1896
| Public
| 52,905
| $4.106<br />([[Purdue University system|system-wide]])
| [[Purdue Boilermakers|Boilermakers]]
| {{college color boxes|Purdue Boilermakers}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''[[Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick]]'''
| [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]]-[[Piscataway, New Jersey]]
| 1766
| 2014
| Public
| 50,617
| $2.180<br />([[Rutgers University|system-wide]])
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights|Scarlet Knights]]
| {{College color boxes|Rutgers Scarlet Knights}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|UCLA|[[University of California, Los Angeles]]}}'''
| [[Los Angeles, California]]
| 1919
| 2024
| Public
| 46,678
| $4.299<ref>As of June 30, 2024. {{cite web |url=https://www.ucop.edu/investment-office/investment-reports/annual-reports/annual-endwoment-report-fy-2023-2024.pdf |title=University of California Annual Endowment Report - Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024 |date=January 27, 2025 |website=Office of the President |publisher=[[Regents of the University of California]] |access-date=February 12, 2025 }}</ref>
| [[UCLA Bruins|Bruins]]
| {{college color boxes|UCLA Bruins}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|USC|[[University of Southern California]]}}'''
| [[Los Angeles, California]]
| 1880
| 2024
| Private
| 47,147
| $8.145
| [[USC Trojans|Trojans]]
| {{college color boxes|USC Trojans}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Washington|[[University of Washington]]}}'''
| [[Seattle, Washington]]
| 1861
| 2024
| Public
| 55,620
| $5.457<ref>As of June 30, 2024. {{cite web |url=https://finance.uw.edu/treasury/files/CEF/2024CEF.pdf |title=2024 Consolidated Endowment Fund (CEF) Report |date=November 6, 2024 |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=February 12, 2025 }}</ref>
| [[Washington Huskies|Huskies]]
| {{college color boxes|Washington Huskies}}
|-
! scope="row" | '''{{sort|Wisconsin|[[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]}}'''
| [[Madison, Wisconsin]]
| 1848
| 1896
| Public
| 49,605
| $4.305
| [[Wisconsin Badgers|Badgers]]
| {{college color boxes|Wisconsin Badgers}}
|}
'''Notes:'''
{{notelist|group=full}}

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===Membership map===
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| mark-title7=[[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana]]
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| mark-title9=[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|Illinois]]
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| mark-title10=[[Northwestern University|Northwestern]]
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| mark-title15=[[University of Southern California|USC]]
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| mark-title18=[[University of Washington|Washington]]
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| mark-title19=[[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins]]
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===Affiliate members===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|+Overview of affiliate members of the Big Ten Conference
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joined
!Type 
!Enrollment<br /><small>(fall 2023)</small><ref name=CollegeNavigator/>
!Nickname
!Colors
!Big Ten sport(s)
!Primary conference
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="2"|'''[[Johns Hopkins University]]'''
| rowspan="2"|[[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]]
| rowspan="2"|1876
| 2014
| rowspan="2"|Private not-for-profit ([[Non-sectarian]])
| rowspan="2"|30,362
| rowspan="2"|[[Johns Hopkins Blue Jays|Blue Jays]]
| rowspan="2"|{{college color boxes|Johns Hopkins Blue Jays}}
| men's lacrosse{{efn|group=ass|On July 1, 2014, [[Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse|Johns Hopkins University]] joined the conference as an affiliate member in men's lacrosse.}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Centennial Conference|Centennial]]{{efn|group=ass|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
|-
| 2016
| women's lacrosse{{efn|group=ass|On July 1, 2016, [[Johns Hopkins Blue Jays women's lacrosse|Johns Hopkins University]] became an affiliate member in women's lacrosse.}}
|-
| scope="row"| '''[[University of Notre Dame]]'''
| [[Notre Dame, Indiana]]
| 1842
| 2017
| Private not-for-profit ([[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]])
| 13,174
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Fighting Irish]]
| {{college color boxes|Notre Dame Fighting Irish}}
| men's ice hockey
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|}

'''Notes'''
{{notelist|group=ass}}

===Former member===

The [[University of Chicago]] is the only full member to have permanently left the Big Ten Conference.{{efn|group=former|[[Lake Forest College]] attended the original 1895 meeting that led to the formation of the conference, but never participated in athletics or any other activities.}}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|+Overview of former member of the Big Ten Conference
! scope="col" | Institution
! scope="col" | Location
! scope="col" | Founded
! scope="col" | Joined
! scope="col" | Left
! scope="col" | Type
! scope="col" | Enrollment<br /><small>(fall 2023)</small><ref name=CollegeNavigator/>
! scope="col" | Nickname
! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Colors
! scope="col" | Current<br>conference 
|-
| '''[[University of Chicago]]'''
| [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| 1890
| 1896
| 1946{{efn|group=former|The [[University of Chicago]] was a co-founder of the conference. The school dropped football after the 1939 fall season (1939–40 school year), but remained a member in other sports until the end of the 1945–46 academic year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/mbkb/record-book-mbk.pdf |title=UChicago Men's Basketball Record Book |publisher=University of Chicago Athletics |access-date=September 15, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233943/http://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/mbkb/record-book-mbk.pdf |archive-date=December 2, 2013 }}</ref>}}
| Private not-for-profit ([[Non-sectarian]])
| 18,339
| [[Chicago Maroons|Maroons]]
| {{college color boxes|Chicago Maroons}}
| [[University Athletic Association|UAA]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=former}}

===Membership timeline===
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 id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference
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 bar:1 color:Full from:1896 till:end text:[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|Illinois]] (1896–present)

 bar:2 color:Full from:1896 till:end text:[[University of Minnesota|Minnesota]] (1896–present)

 bar:3 color:Full from:1896 till:end text:[[Northwestern University|Northwestern]] (1896–present)

 bar:4 color:Full from:1896 till:end text:[[Purdue University|Purdue]] (1896–present)

 bar:5 color:Full from:1896 till:end text:[[University of Wisconsin–Madison|Wisconsin]] (1896–present)

 bar:6 color:Full from:1896 till:1907 text:[[University of Michigan|Michigan]] (1896–1907)
 bar:6 shift:(45) color:OtherC1 from:1907 till:1917 text:Ind.
 bar:6 color:Full from:1917 till:end text:(1917–present)

 bar:7 color:Full from:1896 till:1940 text:[[University of Chicago|Chicago]] (1896–1946)
 bar:7 color:FullxF from:1940 till:1946 text:
 bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:1946 till:1976 text:Independent
 bar:7 color:OtherC2 from:1976 till:1986 text:[[Midwest Conference|MWC]]
 bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:1986 till:end text:[[University Athletic Association|UAA]]

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 bar:8 color:FullxF from:1899 till:1900 text:[[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana]] (1899–present)
 bar:8 color:Full from:1900 till:end

 bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1899 text:Ind.
 bar:9 color:FullxF from:1899 till:1900 text:[[University of Iowa|Iowa]] (1899–present)
 bar:9 color:Full from:1900 till:end

 bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1912 text:Independent
 bar:10 color:Full from:1912 till:end text:[[Ohio State University|Ohio State]] (1912–present)

 bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1907 text:[[Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association|MIAA]]
 bar:11 color:OtherC2 from:1907 till:1950 text:Independent
 bar:11 color:FullxF from:1950 till:1953 text:[[Michigan State University|Michigan State]] (1950–present)
 bar:11 color:Full from:1953 till:end

 bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1976 text:Independent
 bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:1976 till:1979 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]
 bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1982 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Ind.]]
 bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:1982 till:1990 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]
 bar:12 color:FullxF from:1990 till:1993 text:[[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]] (1990–present)
 bar:12 color:Full from:1993 till:end

 bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1907 text:Independent
 bar:13 color:OtherC2 from:1907 till:1918 text:[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]]
 bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1918 till:1921 text:Ind.
 bar:13 color:OtherC2 from:1921 till:1996 text:[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]]
 bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:2011 text:[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
 bar:13 color:Full from:2011 till:end text:[[University of Nebraska-Lincoln|Nebraska]] (2011–present)

 bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1921 text:Independent
 bar:14 color:OtherC2 from:1921 till:1953 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
 bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:2014 text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
 bar:14 color:Full from:2014 till:end text:[[University of Maryland, College Park|Maryland]] (2014–present)

 bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1958 text:Independent
 bar:15 shift:(-5) color:OtherC2 from:1958 till:1961 text:[[Middle Atlantic Conference|MAC]]
 bar:15 shift:(5) color:OtherC1 from:1961 till:1976 text:Independent
 bar:15 color:OtherC2 from:1976 till:1995 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]
 bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
 bar:15 shift:(-10) color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:2014 text:[[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]
 bar:15 color:Full from:2014 till:end text:[[Rutgers University–New Brunswick|Rutgers]] (2014–present)

 bar:16 color:AssocOS from:2014 till:end text:[[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins]] (2014–present)

 bar:17 color:AssocOS from:2017 till:end text:[[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] (2017–present)

 bar:18 shift:(-10) color:OtherC1 from:1919 till:1920 text:Ind.
 bar:18 shift:(5) color:OtherC2 from:1920 till:1928 text:[[Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SCIAC]]
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1928 till:1959 text:[[Pacific Coast Conference|PCC]]
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1959 till:1968 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|AAWU]]
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1968 till:1978 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-8]]
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2011 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2024 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
 bar:18 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:[[UCLA]] (2024–present)

 bar:19 color:OtherC2 from:1896 till:1922 text:Independent
 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1922 till:1959 text:[[Pacific Coast Conference|PCC]]
 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1959 till:1968 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|AAWU]]
 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1968 till:1978 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-8]]
 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2011 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2024 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
 bar:19 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:[[University of Southern California|USC]] (2024–present)

 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1908 text:Independent
 bar:20 shift:(-15) color:OtherC2 from:1908 till:1909 text:[[Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association|NIAA]]
 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1909 till:1912 text:Ind.
 bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1912 till:1915 text:[[Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association|NIAA]]
 bar:20 shift:(15) color:OtherC1 from:1915 till:1959 text:[[Pacific Coast Conference|PCC]]
 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1959 till:1968 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|AAWU]]
 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1968 till:1978 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-8]]
 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2011 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2024 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
 bar:20 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:[[University of Oregon|Oregon]] (2024–present)

 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1905 text:Independent
 bar:21 color:OtherC2 from:1905 till:1915 text:[[Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association|NIAA]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1915 till:1959 text:[[Pacific Coast Conference|PCC]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1959 till:1968 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|AAWU]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1968 till:1978 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-8]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2011 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2024 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
 bar:21 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:[[University of Washington|Washington]] (2024–present)

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